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\u201cGodzilla vs. Kong.\u201d Cr: Warner Bros.\/Legendary Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By no means a thinking person\u2019s film, Godzilla vs. Kong<\/em> nonetheless has moments of something like \u2014 what might be called \u2014 you could say \u2014 intelligence. Perhaps the smartest thing it did, for instance, was cast Kaylee Hottle in the part of Jia, a young girl who can talk to Kong. Both actress and character are deaf; when she first appears, the filmmakers pull off a nifty perspective shift by sucking out most of the sound. (But if you have a good enough subwoofer, you\u2019ll feel the telltale earthquakes in your bones. Kong cometh!) Later, we learn that Jia communicates with the big monkey the same way certain primate researchers interact with their subjects: in sign language. So not only does a deaf kid get to star in a major monster picture \u2014 it also makes effortless, plot-relevant sense to have her there. Kind of remarkable, really. <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Source: Jason Kehe, Wired<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

AT A GLANCE:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Over at Wired<\/em>, Jason Kehe<\/a> examines the plethora of monster movies that have cropped up during the COVID-19 pandemic. He compares and contrasts three major contenders: Godzilla vs. Kong<\/em>, Love and Monsters<\/em>, and Monster Hunter<\/em>, calling them overachieving spectacles that \u201cexist to visit mindless, magnificent mayhem upon people and places, with scarcely a pause to consider the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Godzilla vs. Kong<\/em>, Kehe notes, attempts to overcome its status as a dumbed-down \u201ckaiju clobberfest\u201d with a couple of intelligent choices. The primary one is the casting of Kaylee Hottle, who is deaf, in the part of Jia, a young girl who can communicate with Kong using sign language. But despite its efforts to rise above the tropes of the classic monster flick, \u201cit\u2019s a stupid film,\u201d Kehe concludes, pointing to its \u201ctitularly self-defeating team-up of a finale.\u201d In an aside, he notes, \u201cSomeday, someone in Hollywood will have the guts to pick a side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Warner Bros. Pictures\u2019 and Legendary Pictures\u2019 action adventure \u201cGodzilla vs. Kong,\u201d a Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures release. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Love and Monsters<\/em> and Monster Hunter<\/em> were both released in 2020, well before this year\u2019s Godzilla vs. Kong<\/em>, and they \u201cboth contribute something special, timely, and even moving to the modern meaning of monsterdom at the megaplex,\u201d Kehe writes. Love and Monsters<\/em> \u201cis too sweet and a little stupid, but only because it wants to be,\u201d he remarks, noting that it uses every trick in the book: cute kids, cute dogs and cute robots. \u201cAnd somewhere along the way, it works. You give in, and fall in love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Milla Jovovich in \u201cMonster Hunter,\u201d courtesy of Screen Gems <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Monster Hunter<\/em> is our best bet, at least in Kehe\u2019s estimation. It stars \u201cthe legendary\u201d Milla Jovovich, who is directed \u2014 in their fifth collaboration \u2014 by her husband, Paul W. S. Anderson. In one pivotal scene, Kehe writes, a monster hunter hurls his spear into the eye of a giant sand rhino, splattering eye goo everywhere. \u201cThat\u2019s when you know: This movie wants to be the purest, most perfect expression of what the genre can be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ending of Monster Hunters<\/em> provides the most satisfaction for fans of the genre, Kehe posits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMonster Hunter<\/em> does not have an ending; as an adaptation of a narratively looping video game franchise, it merely stops. Mid-fight, to be exact. You are amazed, relieved, and ready to play it again. Here, finally, is a monster movie that truly knows itself. There\u2019s no tearful reunion, no promise of a better tomorrow. Just more carnage on the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Want more? Head over to Wired<\/em> to read the full story: \u201cOne Thing Covid Didn\u2019t Smash to Pieces? Monster Movies<\/a><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wired examines how monster movies like \u201cGodzilla vs. Kong,\u201d \u201cLove and Monsters\u201d and \u201cMonster Hunter\u201d helped get us through the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40164,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":""},"categories":[248],"class_list":["post-40163","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amplify"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOne Thing COVID Didn\u2019t Smash to Pieces? 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