We can’t have nice things, apparently: 2019’s “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” felt like Hollywood’s best attempt at capturing the action, excitement and thematic sensibilities of Japanese kaiju movies, but it underperformed at the box office and was under-loved by critics. That one-two punch led to some kind of course correction because now comes “Godzilla vs. Kong,” a movie with scant interest in human beings, previous storylines or anything else that isn’t a big ape hitting a big dinosaur.

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