I'll try not to say too much about critics, If I were to talk about them too much it would eventually turn into an obscene rant involving Ghidorah's shiny triple dong.
First of all, The critics have absolutely NO idea what they're talking about and are biased as HELL. In fact, one of their "top critic" reviews has the summary "Is it a good movie? It's a Godzilla movie, so no."
I also disagree that movies can be objectively good or bad because they are works of art. Even if you take a s*** on the ground and call it art, someone will see it as good art. It's like the critics wanted to see a human portrait like Mona Lisa but saw one of Picasso's bizarre thingamajiggers and instantly hated it and called it a mess. If one were to really TRY to look at it in a non-negative light and put even the barest effort into understanding it, they would see that it's pretty good! Sure it's no 1954 Gojira and the plot is rather simple but it's still an amazing film for the monsters and Serizawa alone.
...P.S: Nice to see you again, Gudako.
_________________Through plenty of determination, I've beaten I Wanna Be The Guy and so I am a The Guy.
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