Godzilla vs Kong, Here Comes the Great Battle of the Two Titans

The release of Godzilla vs Kong presents a fresh choice in watching movies during a pandemic. Fun, suspense and science fiction combine, creating an entertaining spectacle. Plus, there is a new figure who becomes a surprise in the film.

FILM  begins with Kong in a security facility on Skull Island. Apparently, the giant ape monitoring and research team is trying to find Kong as well as asylum and the safest home. They heard the news that maybe Kong came from a place in the bowels of the earth called Hollow Earth.

On the other hand, Godzilla who had originally left the human world in peace suddenly returned to attack. One that he wants to target is Apex, a technology company whose goal is to solve the problem caused by Titan - giant creatures like Kong and Godzilla.

Godzilla vs Kong, Two Titans Blaring Battle

When Kong's surveillance team was about to take the monkey to Hollow Earth, they ran into Godzilla. The two Titans got into a fight, where in the end Godzilla returned to the sea and Kong's surveillance team managed to bring Kong to Hollow Earth.

However, Kong's return to Hollow Earth causes new problems. An ancient artifact brings him back to meet Godzilla, who again attacks Hong Kong, where Apex's headquarters are located. The fierce battle of the two Titans was inevitable, causing Hong Kong to fall into ruins.

In the midst of a fierce battle, Kong and Godzilla didn't realize that there were a pair of eyes watching them. A figure of terror created by Apex with the aim of making humans the highest authority. That's where the real fight begins, which is the most exciting part of the 113-minute film.

For fans of science fiction films that revolve around giant monsters, watching Godzilla vs Kong is quite exciting. The two iconic monsters finally meet and engage in an epic battle. However, please be patient. This is because the story rounds that bring the two of them together are in the middle and towards the end of the film.

John Lui, the film critic of The Straits Time, said that the film's weakness was quite long. Also, a number of things that even confused the audience because they did not focus on the core story of Godzilla against Kong. For example, Kong's return to Hollow Earth.

Godzilla and Kong are depicted just attacking each other and staring at each other. The reason for the “legendary competition” of the two - which was mentioned several times in the film - was also not elaborated. "The meeting and competition between the two seem to only show the filmmaker's ambition for a formidable crossover," wrote John Nugent, a critic of Empire.

Even so, the battle scenes for Godzilla and Kong were quite tense. Thanks to the stunning visual effects, the two's battles were exciting and jarring even though the reasons were unclear. "Anyway, the monsters are the main stars of this film," said Gabriela Meza, a columnist for the film Fuera de Foco.

In the midst of the excitement of fighting between monsters, the cast's performance was also quite impressive. Among them, Millie Bobby Brown who plays Madison. "Because all the monsters here use green screen technology, I have to be clever at imagining it while acting," Brown told The Sydney Morning Herald.

Overall, Godzilla vs Kong does not offer anything new apart from the battles and science fiction adventures that are often encountered in other films. The pattern of the appearance of another evil figure who stopped the two Titans from fighting was too predictable. Oh yeah, if you really don't want to know who this figure is before watching it live, our advice: don't be curious on social media or googling, OK.

GODZILLA vs KONG

DIRECTOR: Adam Wingard

PRODUCTION: Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment

ROLE: Alexander Skarsgard, Millie Bobby Brown, Kyle Chandler, Brian Tyree Henry Rebecca Hall, Eiza Gonzalez

GENRE: Adventure, action, scifi

AGE RATING: PG-13

DURATION: 113 minutes

Why is the clash of Godzilla and King Kong so interesting spectacle?

So far, Godzilla and King Kong have their own stories. Uniting the two in one story turns out to have a special motivation.
The idea that was considered interesting came from the director Adam Wingard. He said the debate over who would win if the two creatures were put together and fought had emerged long before the idea for this film was realized.

"I remember when I was a child, I argued with my friends, who would win the battle if Kong and Godzilla fought," said the director who was behind You're Next and Death Note.

Adam Wingard's statement was added by the producer.

"We have stories where they survive and fight in their respective universes. So bringing them together this time is a natural step," said producer Mary Parent.

It doesn't take much deep imagination to pack a fierce battle between the two creatures. Director Adam Wingard united it with the existence of the two creatures in the middle of human civilization.

"We made a story where mankind was able to accept Godzilla as a savior or protector. And this time something happened to the creature so that it attacked and acted recklessly. That part is what we highlight in the story," said Wingard.

The same applies to the character Kong, whose story is liberated from Skull Island and how a desert island can no longer hold itself in one place.

"We want to present something that fans have never really seen so far. Not only can Kong fight in the water, but how he can create massive chaos in a densely populated city," said head of production design, Tom Hammock.

This film then made the team have to redesign Hong Kong which was used as the backdrop for the climax scene of Kong with Godzilla . With tall buildings scattered like in Hong Kong, the battle between Godzilla and Kong became a battle of two creatures that were comparable to each other.

"Fans can assume that the location is a territorial zone for Godzilla, even though the existence of tall buildings there resembles Kong's hometown in the forest. He can take advantage of the height, jump and climb then drop himself on top of Godzilla who is Kong's fighting opponent," said the head of production design.