I got so anxious through the first act I had to pause and take a shower. I decided, it can’t just be the movie and thought maybe I’ve hit some side effects from a drug or something. Then I read the reviews and maybe it was the movie after all.
So glad this wasn’t just a get-out-of-prison story and the real tough stuff starts in the second act. And I’m absolutely on Joy’s side with her life choices, even if I probably wouldn’t be able to do what she managed to.
Great action. Dreadful acting. Deadly Godzilla. Disappointing ending. Overall, I don’t understand all the praise this gets. Maybe if you compare it to other Godzilla films, sure.
I often marvel that something so easy and now obvious as a camera tilt never happened before a certain moment. Someone had to think "whoa, but what if I... move the camera??" and they did. And it was the first time a rolling camera was tilted.
Everything Matrix 4 couldn't be. Everything Dr. Strange won't be.
Sometimes you watch a movie, and think, cinema for this genre is done, it's complete. No point in doing another one. Godfather did it for mafia drama. Portrait of a Lady on Fire did it for lesbian period drama. Everything Everywhere All at Once does it for whatever-genre-this-was. Easy 5 stars.
