It’s a tricky balance admittedly but Wingard manages it well, ultimately godzilla is godzilla a force of nature he’s neither good nor bad he just is, kong, on the other hand, is actually given something of an arc with his longing for friendship and family imbuing him with humanity. So why do Godzilla and kong fight the various developments leading to it are best discovered on their own but fight they do probably the smartest thing Godzilla vs kong does is not delaying the fisticuffs yes there’s a cursory effort to ground the proceedings in a way that hangs together narratively while feeling like a natural progression.īut nothing to get in the way of the hot monster on monster action everyone shows up for even more of a challenge gave their huge respective fan bases were ensuring each of the title monsters got their moment to shine while also making their bouts enough of a contest to keep us engaged. Meanwhile, kong who’s now considerably bigger than he was during the 1970s set skull island is being shipped to an entire ecosystem called the hollow earth before he can attract the attention of that certain other alpha creature who may wish to take him down.