The MonsterVerse needs to embrace a darker tone

This needs to happen for real...

The way it going, I don’t think that will happen

I agree. Only one thing: 3:20 is a bit too much in my opinion. 2:00 - maximum 2:20 should be enough. You can see that in the Justice Leage (synder cut). The hardcore fans like to sit in the cinema for 4 hours, but the rest?

For a comparison: Dune, the new version. I'm really looking forward to that. The director has already announced that there will be 2 parts, because the story is so complex. sometimes less is more!

For god's sake, Gamera vs Jiger was 2 hours and 50 minutes and Peter Jackson's King Kong is 3 hours and 20 minutes (extended edition, the theatrical cut is 3 hours and 2 minutes).  Justice League could have easily been 3 hours and 45 minutes in my opinion, but Dune Part 1 could be 3 hours and so can Dune Part 2.

Mebo

I disagree. More is more. 
Although actually I agree with that.

sonictiger

Keep in mind The lightheartedness is what made GVK successful. People don’t take giant monsters seriously anymore,

Uh, people are hating the COMEDY, ALL OF IT.

I didn’t mean the comedy

Sure, we can keep the bombast and the crazy fun action but give the story a darker tone.

No, the fact that the movie wasn’t dark is what people liked.... it didn’t take itself seriously, people wanted that rather than a serious story.

SarcasticGoji

you that is already in order, would be bad if we were all of the same opinion.

Mebo 
what?

Geez SarcasticGoji, what do you want from future MonsterVerse movies????

SarcasticGoji my translation was bad ... I meant that this is the case from your point of view, but I don't quite share this opinion. Of course Peter Jackson has an overlength (after all, I have the film here). But these are exceptions. You can't apply that to all films.

I think as a director I don't just want to make films for the fans alone, but I also want to win new fans.

True, but you need to indulge new ones in a way they'll get behind your product as Disney has always done it with the Marvel Cinematic Universe even though they're interconnected to the max.

I would love to see the MonsterVerse take on a much more serious and darker tone, unfortunately most critics and general audiences often criticize and bash monster movies for taking on a serious tone.

The Return of Godzilla/Godzilla 1985 suffered from that, with critics bashing it for being "Too straight to be funny"

Godzilla 2014 was even criticized for taking itself too seriously and not being a "goofy monster action movie", which is why the later MonsterVerse installments have focused more on fun monster action than having a serious tone.

which sucks, as I prefer this series tackles a serious tone...

A film can have humor, but then this humor must be placed in the right place. "Godzilla on a beer to be invited", is in any case not one of them to call an example! I would have liked to see more seriousness in this genre.

YES THANK YOU

One thing should not be forgotten: Godzilla is a Japanese brand. The japanese tell stories differently. Many of their traditions seem strange to us "from the West". The Japanese certainly feel the same way about us.

Toho has a lot of anime in their program that are great stories. "Akira" is one of them, for example. It's not everyone's story, but I love the film.

Mebo

Honestly, I felt the sarcastic "Sure, let's bring him in for a beer" line in King of the Monsters actually worked in that situation because it felt like a genuine reaction. I mean, when you have an angry 390 ft monster threatening your base and then someone tells you to disable weapons and to open the shield how else are you going to react? 

it was some of the other attemps at humor that didn't work so well...