The MonsterVerse needs to embrace a darker tone

Dark does not equate better.

A darker movie, or more serious film, is usually dictated by the story itself. For example, you can make a lighthearted Batman movie--The 1966 Adam West Batman movie did it pretty well with its satire and comedic investment. (Say what you will about how campy and goofy it is, but it was also very comic accurate for the time.)

Now take The Dark Knight. The movie isn't dark for the sake of being dark and serious. It's dark because its story requires it. Its themes of anarchy, escalation and nihilism in a post-9/11 world would be rather difficult to pull off with the tone of the 1966 Batman.

I'm less concerned about the tone of these films, and more concerned with how well said tones fit the stories. As long as said stories work, the tone should as well.

And if you feel the tone isn't always working, ala, comedic beats, that should help inform you about the quality of the story.

I agree with GH (Gman), what he says about Batman is a very good example.

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I don’t think that justifies an R rating. The material would get  one but would it be a good movie? Gojira isn’t R and has done the best job. 

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Godzilla and Kong appeal a lot to children, they make up a big part of the audience for these films.

As cool as an R-rated Godzilla or Kong movie would be, I feel like it would end up alienating a huge part of it's audience, which could, unfortunatly, cause the film to not perform that well.

That's very true

Also I do not like the idea of saying that movies that aren’t R rated are censored. Neither I like the Idea of saying R is what makes a film good or fully realizes the artistic part of the film. Most R rated films are that because they tend to indulge themselves and use questionable things to draw in an audience. Honestly, I think a practice of restraint is healthy. 

I really liked the tone that Godzilla 2014 gave us, even if the story was a little simple. I also feel that Bryan Cranstons character in that movie gave better "investigation" scenes than what was shown in GvK. Team Godzilla could've easily still figured out what was going on even if they were captured early. They would've likely been brought in the CEO's(i forget his name) office so he could explain his evil plan(without revealing MechaG, just hinting at it) and later being broken out indirectly by MechaG, which would've been the big reveal.

Nope. Instead they just had a light hearted adventure throughout the facility and completely took away any of the potential mystery and revealed Mechagodzilla way earlier on than needed. 

Maybe we'll get a Destroy All Monsters type movie in the monsterverse that brings back that serious tone. 

https://youtu.be/odM92ap8_c0
 This trailer is amazing can’t wait to see it