Having been an excited fan of giant monsters my entire life I could only be ever be nothing but ecstatic about the upcoming rumble between Kong and Godzilla screening sometime this year in cinemas.
It's probably the only film I'm planning on seeing at the flicks in 2021 if Corona will allow it and maybe by Autumn it'll be safe to sit in the local Cineworld again.
Kong has tussled with Godzilla before but its this particular modern monster universe that I've been following and watching keenly. I've seen them all so far and have enjoyed the lot.
Yet Kong and Godzilla come from different cultures and even different decades. Kong is an American ape from the 30's, whilst Godzilla is a Japanese atomic dragon from the 50's. In many ways Godzilla is a product of American-Japanese conflict, a fiery child of post-war nuke tests. Whether Zilla holds Kong responsible for anything we will just have to see. It will be interesting to see if the film's producers have nationalised the monsters, pitting them as America V Japan. I hope not.
For me the two giants - and they have got gigantic - represent something older than nations, something much more ancient, almost elemental and outside of humanity. I do hope this comes out in the new movie and the two titans are returned to their homes intact at the end of the film.
Will you be catching up with Kong and Godzilla readers?
So. Is this a remake of the earlier film, or a follow on sequel to Skull Island and the other Godzilla movie? Ive got to say I find this franchise a bit hard to reconcile, as giant creatures like this cant actually exist under normal circumstances. Pacific Rim has its transdimensional kaiju, which I can buy into, but super sized gorillas and mega dinos appearing out of nowhere?
ReplyDeleteits the next in the franchise Wote, yeah. Pure fantasy, not normal circumstances. Is it the size you can't buy into?
DeleteThe King Kong Skull Island film is the only one of the "modern" Kong/Godzilla films that I've really enjoyed. Both the originals were fantastic (I dont think I've seen the complete version of Gojira, just the 'hacked to pieces for Western audiences' one). But Kong vs Godzilla? Noooooo! Not unless they're tag-teamed against some other beasties.
ReplyDeleteActually, the U.S. version of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, released in 1956 by the King Brothers was not "hacked to pieces" by any means. In fact, the added scenes with Raymond Burr were quite effectively blended in with the original Gojira movie, and many fans thought it worked quite well. Truth be told, the original Japanese cut of Gojira was a bit long-winded, and it benefited from some trimming.
DeleteSorry man, that trailer offered the entire checklist of why I really hate these "new" giant monster movies:
ReplyDelete1/ CGI monsters, they don't look "real" in any sense of the word.
2/ the whole film has that dank "Video Game" look to it.
3/ glorification of the Military.
4/ cliché "macho" characters.
5/ loud, obnoxious rap music on the soundtrack.
Good luck with this one!
Amen to that! Couldnt have put it better myself.
DeleteI rather liked Kong:Skull Island, but the real problem with these movies is 'size'.
ReplyDeleteThe monsters are just way too big!
All humans would just be squished like ants or battered to death around this lot.
Saw it. It has way more problems than the horribly bad King Kong Vs Godzilla from 1963.
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