Just because I wound up hating the movie as imo the worst Godzilla movie ever doesn't mean I take things to seriously. After King of the Monsters I knew it was never going to be a well made film, so my expectations were pretty low. I went in expecting a forgettable, disposable, MCU-lite dumb popcorn movie. It's just that even with those low expectations expecting it to be dumb it failed for me - it was too dumb, on a level I wasn't prepared for. I wish it had been only twice as dumb as I thought it would be, but it easily felt like five times that watching it. Of course opinions may vary, but mine...I might not take these movies that seriously, but Jesus H. Christ...made King of the Monsters feel like The Dark Knight by comparison.
While I wouldn't call the Showa era the glory days, I agree on Gamera: The Brave. To me it was basically what I wish the Showa era had been. It was "The Friend of All Children" done right for the first time. I know that to a lot of fans anything that harkens to that childish era is automatically crap, but that's just a damn shame. The Brave is easily equal to the first two of the Heisei trilogy, and better than the third (Revenge of Iris is a lot of fans favorite, but I find it a convoluted mess and the low bar of the trilogy personally).
Yes, but The Brave takes their concept and makes it work perfectly.