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I think the subtle difference between Hollywood and Japanese cinema is that Hollywood is literally applying the Avengers formula but on monsters. And that really ruined it for me.
As someone who grew up with the goofy Toho movies, I felt like the Americans used that formula more than the Avengers formula.
The human characters have little control over the monsters, relying on Godzilla or Kong to win fights and only being able to help them do what they already wanted to do. That's fairly in line with what the Japanese movies did.
Marvel movies have more quipy heroes with emotional backstories who rise to the occasion and save the world. There are some comedic human characters, but they're sidekicks to the monsters and aren't self aware like in Marvel movies. The monsters sometimes do silly things, but they don't quip and aren't sarcastic because they can't talk. There's tragedy in them being the last of their kind, but that's never the focus.
I really think the Monsterverse has carried on the legacy of Japanese monster mashes fairly well. They've actually been on the better end of the spectrum.