The main problem with the Son of Godzilla is that it steers way too much into kids' territory for its own sake. There is nothing wrong with catering to children, don’t get me wrong, but there is making kids media and then making kids media and insulting their intelligence by making meandering stuff.
Godzilla’s egg hatches on an island where some scientists are conducting weather experiments, which just happens to mutate praying mantises and wake up a giant dormant spider.
As long as the practical effects go, the film is amazing. The Praying Mantises look terrifying, thanks to their scale and cinematography that make them look larger-than-life. Godzilla’s son, Manilla, is adorable, and someone who could’ve generated sympathy. The Giant Spider was as terrifying as you would expect. Kumonga was scary to look at, and its effects looked straight out of Them!
The film perhaps wastes too much time with Godzilla and Manila. There are sequences where Godzilla teaches Manila how to breathe radioactive breath and be a Godzilla basically, which goes on for way too long, and it’s awkwardly very human, which robs Godzilla of any authenticity
The main problem with the Son of Godzilla is that it steers way too much into kids' territory for its own sake. There is nothing wrong with catering to children, don’t get me wrong, but there is making kids media and then making kids media and insulting their intelligence by making meandering stuff.
Godzilla’s egg hatches on an island where some scientists are conducting weather experiments, which just happens to mutate praying mantises and wake up a giant dormant spider.
As long as the practical effects go, the film is amazing. The Praying Mantises look terrifying, thanks to their scale and cinematography that make them look larger-than-life. Godzilla’s son, Manilla, is adorable, and someone who could’ve generated sympathy. The Giant Spider was as terrifying as you would expect. Kumonga was scary to look at, and its effects looked straight out of Them!
The film perhaps wastes too much time with Godzilla and Manila. There are sequences where Godzilla teaches Manila how to breathe radioactive breath and be a Godzilla basically, which goes on for way too long, and it’s awkwardly very human, which robs Godzilla of any authenticity
