Godzilla vs Kong (2021)

[Arachnerd]

Spoiler

Kong is definitely going to fight the real Godzilla. People are just arguing that their "first" ever battle on the battleship might not be Godzilla himself, but that doesn't guarantee that Kong never fights the real G-Man.

MechaGodzilla was introduced in the Showa era being disguised as Godzilla at first, so it very much seems like they're using the same concept here. I can't imagine the real one will be too pleased to find out he has a giant ape gunning for him, as well as military trying to kill him and last but not least being framed.

 

[psylockolussus]

Trailer looks meh.

 

[Drizzle]

This is a battle of dads.

I thought it looked familiar.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Kong is on the juice. The Lance Armstrong of monsters.

 

[Deck Rickard]

She's no stranger to being wasted in roles (Iron Man 3, for example) but at least it looks like she at least has more to do here than Sally Hawkins did in two Godzilla movies. Talk about a waste of an Academy Award nominee.

Heh, yeah. I love Rebecca Hall and Sally Hawkins; I wish some director out there would recognize when you have exceptional female talent even in a dumb sci-fi/action movie. I know some people didn’t like Brie Larson in Kong for whatever reason but at least she had stuff to do. Hawkins barely did anything. Juliette Binoche was totally wasted in Godzilla too. But then, everyone was wasted in that movie.

Seriously, I know the characters aren’t supposed to be the draw in these movies but they should at least be somewhat relatable and engaging. Godzilla 2014 was one time where I seriously didn’t care about ANY of the characters at all. They could have all died at the end of the movie and it wouldn’t have mattered. Even Cranston didn’t make an impact because he died before anything interesting happened.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Kong is on the juice. The Lance Armstrong of monsters.

“Everybody keeps asking what I’m on. You want to know what I’m on? I’m on this aircraft carrier. Kicking Godzilla’s ass.”

 

[Roose Bolton]

While all this is going on, Rodan’s sitting this **** out, looking at Bernie Sanders memes.

 

[Drizzle]

Heh, yeah. I love Rebecca Hall and Sally Hawkins; I wish some director out there would recognize when you have exceptional female talent even in a dumb sci-fi/action movie. I know some people didn’t like Brie Larson in Kong for whatever reason but at least she had stuff to do. Hawkins barely did anything. Juliette Binoche was totally wasted in Godzilla too. But then, everyone was wasted in that movie.

Seriously, I know the characters aren’t supposed to be the draw in these movies but they should at least be somewhat relatable and engaging. Godzilla 2014 was one time where I seriously didn’t care about ANY of the characters at all. They could have all died at the end of the movie and it wouldn’t have mattered. Even Cranston didn’t make an impact because he died before anything interesting happened.

The character I liked most in the Godzilla movies was Ken Watanabe and of course they went and killed him off too. Him and Cranston were the most interesting characters in the first one, and Cranston dying early really hurt the movie IMO. The characters felt a little more lively in KOTM but it wasn't a huge improvement. Millie Bobby Brown and Kyle Chandler were more interesting lead characters than Aaron Taylor Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen, and Charles Dance was basically just Tywin Lannister in a Godzilla movie, which is always fun. But Thomas Middleditch, Bradley Whitford and Ice Cube Jr. just felt like they were there to fill the comic relief side characters quota from Skull Island.

 

[Roose Bolton]

With Ken Watanabe, they actually gave his character a meaningful send off unlike with Cranston.

Perhaps it depends on ones attachment to the lore, but I really connected with that moment and how it mirrored Serizawa’s sacrifice in the 1954 film. I appreciated a lot of that in KOTM really, for the most part it ticked all the boxes for my inner Godzilla fanboy.

 

[Punisher_MAX]

Couldn't Zilla, Kong and the other monsters have evolved to compensate their size though?

Pretty sure physics would say no lol

 

[Venom75]

So,after watching the trailer again and seeing how slanted it is towards Kong,I'd like to see the next trailer favor Godzilla.

 

[Deck Rickard]

The character I liked most in the Godzilla movies was Ken Watanabe and of course they went and killed him off too. Him and Cranston were the most interesting characters in the first one, and Cranston dying early really hurt the movie IMO. The characters felt a little more lively in KOTM but it wasn't a huge improvement. Millie Bobby Brown and Kyle Chandler were more interesting lead characters than Aaron Taylor Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen, and Charles Dance was basically just Tywin Lannister in a Godzilla movie, which is always fun. But Thomas Middleditch, Bradley Whitford and Ice Cube Jr. just felt like they were there to fill the comic relief side characters quota from Skull Island.

With Ken Watanabe, they actually gave his character a meaningful send off unlike with Cranston.

Perhaps it depends on ones attachment to the lore, but I really connected with that moment and how it mirrored Serizawa’s sacrifice in the 1954 film. I appreciated a lot of that in KOTM really, for the most part it ticked all the boxes for my inner Godzilla fanboy.

Yeah Watanabe didn’t have anything to do in the first movie except stand around and look scared. At least they fleshed him out a bit more in KOTM and gave him an interesting send off. It was a little cheesy but I think it worked. Cranston died so early in G’14 that he barely made an impact.

And yeah, I agree that Millie and Chandler were more engaging leads than ATJ and Olsen. But I don’t fault the actors. The script made everyone so dull. The great David Strathairn is wasted in a boring military commander role.

The more I think about G’14, the more I absolutely HATE that movie. Godzilla is barely in it, and when he is, they usually cut away from him before we get to see him do anything, so we can follow ATJ’s boring character as he runs around making stupid decisions. Honestly I don’t think anything about that movie works.

 

[CB Fan]

Saw the trailer, liked the trailer, will be seeing in theaters and then if it’s good prolly again on hbomax the same night lol.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Does anyone know if Charles Dance is in this? Based on the end of KOTM, I would think so but I haven’t heard anything.

 

[Sithborg]

Okay....

Spoiler

So if that is MechaGodzilla, and he is the complete wrong size, how can Kong deal with actual Godzilla? And if he doesn't fight real Godzilla, that is some false advertising. Also, why make a Godzilla who is completely the wrong size? People have seen him before.

Spoiler

I am going with people are being a little too obsessive about size.

 

[antsman41]

So, I'm a novice when it comes to Godzilla...

Spoiler

Who makes MechaGodzilla? Is it a evil-science-kaiju scenario, aliens (since Ghidorah was technically an alien in KOTM), or something else?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Spoiler

I am going with people are being a little too obsessive about size.

Spoiler

They were the ones to emphaszied how big he was for 2 films. That was what the big question was. How can Kong deal with Godzilla, who would be so much bigger then him. And instead, they just shrunk him down to make it work. It's like the BvS logic, where Supes was nerfed in terms of power and turned into an idiot.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Spoiler

I am going with people are being a little too obsessive about size.

Spoiler

Size doesn’t matter!

 

[Arachnerd]

So, I'm a novice when it comes to Godzilla...

Spoiler

Who makes MechaGodzilla? Is it a evil-science-kaiju scenario, aliens (since Ghidorah was technically an alien in KOTM), or something else?

Spoiler

Depends on the version. Sometimes he's made by aliens, and others by humans to fight off a villainous Godzilla. I think they're kind of mashing both concepts here together by having it built by humans, but in disguise and with a nefarious purpose.

 

[Legendver2]

Why's everyone saying G looks smaller? He's looks about the same size next to all those bright skyscrapers like movies past.

 

[Gold Samurai]

Spoiler

 

[scarlet-witch]

I wasn't expecting this trailer to favor Kong so much. They made Godzilla look pretty "weak" in comparison.

 

[Luigi]

Spoiler

 

[HKpowerup]

Good trailer, but the music from 1:20 was a terrible choice and de-valued the awesome footage of Kong and Godzilla fighting.

Kong shoulder-tackling ‘Zilla into the sea was both awesome and hilarious, hilarious not in a bad way but rather the sight of him falling back into the sea made me laugh.

Interesting that they only show footage of Kong with the upper hand in the fight scenes.

 

[kguillou]

Haha I’m the only one who loved the music

I mean I get it. I’m a sucker for badass guitar riffs.