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While I am far from ashamed of my love of cult classic movies, I have never dabbled in anything remotely related to the Godzilla or King Kong franchises. Last week, however, I dived headfirst into Legendary Studios’ MonsterVerse with
Godzilla vs Kong, released in theatres and HBO Max on March 31. As I loaded the movie on my laptop, the fact that I had not seen the prior three movies in the MonsterVerse series did not deter me at all: Even I knew that Godzilla films are not known for their engaging plots.
Godzilla vs Kong follows the mysterious Apex Cybernetics corporation as they use Kong to access a potential energy source, which allows them to fight back against a seemingly rogue Godzilla and inadvertently incite an ancient rivalry between the two monsters. The film is best enjoyed by turning off one’s brain during the scenes of human exposition the plot is paper thin, but its flimsiness effectively contrasts the explosive battle scenes, making audiences wait in agony for t
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Last seen becoming friends with the Titan we know as Godzilla, Millie Bobby Brownâs Madison Russell is currently one of the leading human characters in the MonsterVerse. Through her role in
Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Madison became a central figure in understanding and advocating for the lizard god, and that role persists in
Godzilla vs. Kong. However, in director/fan Adam Wingardâs entry in this struggle of Titans, thereâs has been a bit of a change in Brownâs character and how she operates.
If a film title instantly pits two entitles against each other whether they’re superheroes, longtime rivals, horror juggernauts, or mythological creatures the fight needs to deliver. Fortunately, in the case of
Godzilla vs. Kong, the fourth entry in Legendary’s MonsterVerse, it more than serves up the epic smackdown. No matter where they’re fighting, Godzilla and Kong have little care for collateral damage or the human cost that comes after each creature’s need to have dominance over all; humans are little more than flies to them. (Albeit flies with access to nuclear weapons that will only make one of those creatures even more powerful.)