Godzilla vs. Kong Raises the Question: Is Nonsense the New Normal? (Column)
Owen Gleiberman, provided by
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By now, a great many people have seen “Godzilla vs. Kong,” and what a lot of them seem to agree on even many who like it is that the movie makes almost no sense. That’s nothing new. A number of noteworthy blockbusters have had issues in the
how-exactly-does-this-parse? department, like “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” or the “Transformers” films or “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” What’s new about the loopy, yes-we-really-have-stopped-making-sense quality of “Godzilla vs. Kong” is the chortling shrug of approval with which it’s been met. Most of what happens in the film is so defiant in its lack of purpose Kong