I love the original “King Kong” and as a monster movie fan, I can get some enjoyment from the original “Godzilla” (the uncut Japanese). However, “King Kong vs. Godzilla” has no chance of appealing to anyone who is not a diehard monster movie fan as it a combination of boring characters, a dull plot, bad dialog and some silly looking monsters.

In “King Kong vs. Godzilla”, King Kong and Godzilla arrive in Japan to cause chaos as they tear the place apart and battle each other. Somehow King Kong has grown well over a 100ft. and has become a lot stronger (we know this as in the original film he gets shot down by planes). In the end the two legends have a titanic wrestling match as they destroy buildings and shove trees down each other’s throats in a bid to destroy the other one.

If you have seen any of the other early “Godzilla” films you know that the real focus is on the monsters. Godzilla looks okay but King Kong look terrible at times. It’s a shame because the original “King Kong” had great special effects and that came out in the 30s. Besides the two main monsters, there is also a giant octopus and it’s pretty underwhelming. The human characters are very dull and just did not care about them in the slightest.

“King Kong vs. Godzilla” is arguably the weakest film to feature King Kong to date and also it is not one of the better entries in the “Godzilla” franchise. I will admit that the final battle is hilarious and I did enjoy it. This was a missed opportunity as a movie with two of cinema’s most famous giant monsters should have been really good but a lot of it just falls flat. Stick with some of the other “King Kong” movies and many of the other “Godzilla” films are better than this one too.