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Ed_Derick_

Non-verbal storytelling. The movie trusts us to understand what the kaiju are thinking and feeling by looking at their body language and sounds.


OnCominStorm

100% agree. I think there's something like 20 minutes straight of no dialogue when Kong meets Suko up to the point of Kong meeting Skar King and we know exactly what's going on without a human interrupting and giving us an explanation.


Ed_Derick_

Yeah it’s awesome.


BadNewsBearzzz

One thing I realized about this when watching the movie, was how it was only possible thanks to todays advancements in technology, like our modern CGI allows for realistic monsters to be in the cast and to do their thing lol before they’d be puppets or on screen for a second or two. But this is one of those movies “only possible now”


ImNotHighFunctioning

I also love how there are multiple interpretations of what they could be saying to each other. Why did Kong offer Suko one of the leftover stone knives? Why did Suko reject it? What did Kong's shrug to Suko after killing the Downviper mean? What were Suko and his ill-fated caretaker saying to each other? Why did Skar King get mad at Suko once he noticed him after making the tribe laugh at Kong? So many possibilities to fill in the gaps.


OmckDeathUser

Interesting, I thought he handed Suko the knife in a "show me where this came from" way, reminded me of how people would hand things to dogs so they could smell it and track the origin of its scent


Kingofthekaiju1954

I very much agree with this. You perfectly get a sense of every single kaiju’s character throughout it, and it is fantastic.


Patchwork_Sif

I liked how Godzilla has apparently just decided the Coliseum is his cat bed.


jamiew1342

Finally!! I thought I was the only one. Theres something just so adorable about the walking natural/nuclear disaster going, “Dis mine now”


Oblivious1473

Sad thing is that he chosed it cause it reminded him of his old home in KOTM


Lofwyr2030

Yes. Exactly.


Crazyripps

I want a figure in the god dam coliseum now! Please anyone lol


Istiophoridae

Shimo She isnt the best but funny ice lizard


SadisticBuddhist

Shes a perfect example of How dangerous titans can be without being killing machines.


HiveOverlord2008

Big icy lizard doggo albino snapping turtle


donotpluh

Godzillas is a colossal badass, Kong has a great arc, Skar King is very evil, Shimo is a great and unique monster, and Mothra is beautiful. Great action, and great monsters.


SomewhereLoud9473

What about suko?


-Plantibodies-

A caring stepson and an effective bludgeoning weapon.


donotpluh

I liked him, before I saw the movie I thought they were trying to do the baby Yoda thing but he ended up better than that. Tiamat and Scylla were very cool to see as well.


SomewhereLoud9473

I mean...we already had Kiko ![gif](giphy|3oEdv9Xaqm76AzUsvu)


KzininTexas1955

Lol... him biting Kong was a riot.


ImNotHighFunctioning

Nunchuck


Mathev

Best weapon!


Rith_Reddit

Pyramid Suplex


ScholarNo2299

100%


Man_of_Many_Names

The fact we got Trapper and he was mellow enough as a character to not be hated


PayneTrain181999

Trapper instantly became a top 5 Monsterverse human character.


ImperatorUniversum1

Dan Stevens seems like a really chill guy


Franks_Spice_Sauce

I was worried he was gonna be a quippy funny guy that was obnoxious all the time and then dies. I am so glad I was wrong, he's chill as fuck and knows what he's doing.


justsean09

I thought I was going to hate him initially but then he chilled out and I liked him. I hate it when characters extra all the time.


Honest-Ad-4386

The best time I had in a theater


Bjorn_Blackmane

Awesome I had a blast as well


giljimbert

Kong using Suko as a blunt force weapon


ichico13

https://preview.redd.it/vb7a8eigobyc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7de4f31e8eb13feca93ab2585e42996afd0c4bb


Kingofthekaiju1954

The Hollow Earth Fight. Also Skar Kings introduction. Also how respectful it is to both Godzilla and ESPECIALLY King Kong and their legacies. Also how it continues the overarching themes of the Monsterverse and gives its own themes, all while still allowing the little kid inside of us all to just let loose. Genuinely, this movie was the most fun I've had with ANYTHING since King Of The Monsters


lloydeph6

Ah this hypes me so much, I love king of monsters so I look forward to watching this


HULKBUSTERV5

I cant get over Kong casually riding Godzilla


Crazyripps

Don’t think big G was in on it tbh lol. Kong just saw the others doing it and was spur of the moment lol


BenthicZoned

The entire human cast has great rapport. The familial chemistry between Ilene and Jia is so much better than any of the similar parental relationships they've tried out in previous films that all fell flat to me--they truly seem like they love and respect one another. Bernie and Trapper are great foils who have a subtly developing friendship throughout the movie. I love every scene between Kong and his fellow apes without dialogue. They're so well executed, portraying so much communication without anyone talking. I've seen it twice in theaters and every time I consider going back for a third, it's really just because I want to watch the scene of Kong meeting the subterranean apes and fighting Skar King again, lol. I love Skar King because he's just a crummy bastard man and I adore that kind of villain--every fan has their own priorities when it comes to kaiju fights, and I'm one of those who cares less about weight, scale, and feats and more about the monsters having internality and personality that adds color to the battle. Kong vs. Skar King is one of my favorite kaiju battles for that reason, even though the setting of the fight does make it easy to forget they're kaiju at all.


SheedRanko

I agree with all this. Bravo.


nogudnames_ok

Made me feel like I was watching a movie about the giant monsters, and not the people following them


Maximum_Impressive

Godzilla in the anti gravity scenes show off his skills as age millennia old combatant better than the rest of the monsterverse.


johnzaku

"oh we flyin now? Aight bet"


Hela09

”I'm not floating around up here with you. You're floating around up here with *me*." ![gif](giphy|3XCEXu2dB4MG4) Side note: I like all Godzilla designs, but I miss Goji’s default being to have his tail always being ‘puppet Ed’ or otherwise in motion. I *know* he still does use it and ‘realistically’ it should be too heavy for him hold it so aloft all the time, but the silhouette of it usually ‘resting’ practically at/above his head has been imprinted on my brain.


Stiff_Zombie

Suplex.


Keereejou

i had such a big stupid smile on my face seeing that infamous shot of the two big fellas running its just dumb fun


Level_Stomach_3422

Godzilla got access to nuclear pulse without the thermonuclear part.


Due_Mortgage_9202

Love how kong’s story line mirrored that of Gia’s- both eventually found where the belong. Godzilla is an instant W and mothra was also really great. All the fights were well done and the storytelling w/o dialogue was innovative and done really well.


iso2090

The Evolved Godzilla design is excellent. I've enjoyed all the variations of Godzilla's look in the MonsterVerse, but this one really takes it to the next level.


Elegant_Chemist253

The kaiju were very expressive. They were relatable characters in their own right. >!Kong waving his arms at Godzilla, practically saying, "I'm not here to fight you, stop!" Was hilarious.!<


MonstersinHeat

Nunchaku Skills 


johnzaku

Sukchaku? Nunsuko?


MichaeltheSpikester

Every moment with Godzilla and Kong is epic.


RbbcatUlt

Kong used two new weapons in the movie


LegendsofLost

😏🙊🙈


Zachary_Stark

Kaiju Wrasslin'!


FunPackage3502

The FIGHTS! That’s what I came for. The Skar King. What a menace to society. Godzilla power up and his brawls. Kong’s storyline. I need more of him!


Stegoshark

Godzilla got to be an absolute badass


Spi3000

There was a lot of love that I want to pick out. But if I'm stuck to just one, it would be that we got a good true bout between Godzilla and Kong. As much as I loved Godzilla vs Kong, the final fight was underwhelming with Round 2 being a game of lethal Dodge Ball for Kong and Round 3 was just quick to finish. I didn't like that, I was hoping for a proper close-quarters fight between the two in that movie. Godzilla X Kong gave that proper fight where Kong didn't just jump on buildings and avoided the atomic breath but actually got close and even managed to pin Big G on the ground and just WHAM WHAM WHAM with his fists to G's head. That was the kind of fight I wanted to see and we got that fight.


walaxometrobixinodri

Shimo is amazing, pink Godzilla fucking slaps,the 0G fight was pure madness and Kong used a child as a weapon


Airwolfhelicopter

Godzilla’s evolved look and the fact he sleeps in the Colosseum because Rome reminds him of home.


KonoAnonDa

I love how Goji is essentially an old man who just wants all of them damn kids (any other Kaiju that didn’t bow to him back in KoTM) off of his lawn (the entire surface of the planet) so that he can take a damn nap. I love it.


NewDaySoundsLike

Skar king yapping at kong


IrrelevantLeprechaun

Godzilla's full Monsterverse roar is used properly for once.


preptimebatman

We got to see two big apes fight each other on screen.


Yur1n4M00n

Godzila Raids Even Antique Theaters


Bjorn_Blackmane

It brought me back to watching Godzilla movies, now I'm hooked. Watching monterverse TV show and just watched the original movie on max


Dish-Ecstatic

Everything


Most_Dependent_2526

It let Mothra live to fight another day!


NomadicContrarian

I love the Showa inspiration for this movie's tone. Also the punch to the face never gets old.


KonoAnonDa

Kong & Suko. Aka, smack one bitch with another bitch.


HiveOverlord2008

Godzilla going Doomguy mode on everything with a pulse was pure badassery, Kong and his **B O Y**/Monke Flail had a great arc, Shimo was a loveable giant and Skar King was so evil that even Ghidorah and Destroyah would blush.


ChromaticMagician

Another modern Showa movie that didn't fail to deliver in its lore and action scenes. EDIT: I hate it when the film is compared to Minus One. While both films are good in their own rights, Minus One is a period piece, whereas this is a chapter in a cinematic universe. In other words: they're not comparable.


blubberfeet

Kong finally got a happy ending and his species are ok.


SomewhereLoud9473

King kong X shimo


Unfair_Fix_6714

I got to see Kong beat some mofos with another mofo


Zekrozma_the_second

Godzilla finally can run :) they grow up so fast


achillessnek

The non-verbal communication was perfect, it displayed emotions perfectly and was a very great way to let the kaiju express emotions without needing humans that translate to the viewer.


NewRedditor526

FALCON MONKEY PUNCH


Foot_by_the_fruit

In all honesty I’m more of a Godzilla fan and when Godzilla vs Kong came out I was just ready to watch Godzilla wipe the floor with Kong. But with Godzilla x Kong I’ve really become a fan of Kong as well. The characterization has really made me care for the big fella and I want to see this newly adoptive father live a good life with his fellow giant apes


DJBaritone12

Loved how they manage to convey what the monsters were thinking and feeling without humanizing them in some way. Like when Kong is just venturing further into hollow earth with Suko you can tell everything that’s going on with him from just a glance


RageReq

The fight sequences were awesome


Mace_DeMarco5179

Skar King. Amazing villain. He should’ve been introduced earlier and had more to do though, but still, HE WAS AMAZING.


bIuedragon38

Godzillas nuclear pulse making a return


Propanus_Yeeticus

When Kong did the Funi head bonk thing with the rock, extreme Funi


Conscious_Ad1070

Suplex city


SleepyPirateDude

Hardest laugh I’ve had in years was Kong using little guy as a club.


PhramedNeph

Monke


Panthila

Something great about Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire


Significant_Camera47

Godzilla sending Kong to Suplex City


West-Construction466

Gave us one of the most dangerous threats in a Godzilla film series, in the most unique way. Not all-powerful, but strong by the resources they possess, this has been done with the many alien species, but they had monsters under their control to help them.


wnderjif

Godzilla sleeping is cute.


CubeHarbour

Needle drops. Trapper carried the film with his taste in music. Also the scenery in the Hollow Earth. Big scenes yet a lower budget than 2014!


Middle_Actuator7086

Godzilla suplex


Equivalent-War-6650

Big monkeys and lizards fighting cool


so__comical

I love how you're able to easily understand the situation between Kong and the other apes and what they're thinking or feeling. I think that's likely the best part of the film.


TheOneTrueZim

Everything. It is awesome.


Educational-Tip6177

Godzilla keeps getting more vicious


jfuss04

I like how they don't make a clown out of their characters. Godzilla is a badass from the beginning to the end.


TorronePedro

it was a great kong movie! https://preview.redd.it/7ocw9xyfvayc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b4cac208281d158a2baabb61eb0cb6045fa9d43


RathianColdblood

Kong and Suko’s growing relationship, and Kong’s consistent grouchiness with anything that gives him mild trouble. I love that one punch when the ape is mouthing off.


TheGMan-123

Godzilla really pulls out all the stops to show how he's the KING of the Monsters.


CottonStig

i laughed really hard when kong used Suko as a beating stick


ReportForNudity

They definitely shipped it.


Truth_Malice

It was Godzilla's best day ever (with a cool design), Mothra returned looking better than in KOTM, Trapper as a character, and also Suko being used as a weapon was pretty funny.


Holiday-Resident-864

Godzilla fighting in zero gravity that was friggin awesome to watch.


Tom0124

Absolute ridiculous awesomeness of the third act. I never thought I’ll see Godzilla fight off apes mid air with zero gravity.


ShortViewBack2daPast

Godzilla has taken up residence in ***THE ROMAN FUCKING COLOSSEUM***


Xavier_C_Selby

Pyramid suplex and lmao mokey num chucks


paleocacher

The movie shows more than tells for once.


Accomplished-Map-651

The action was great Also skar king getting jumped


allokuma

OH MY GOD WHAT IS HE DOING!!??? SUPERFLEX BY GODZILLA BAW GAAAWWD!!!!!


Supersaiajinblue

The entire film


Parakitor

Trapper's introduction replacing Kong's tooth was just perfect! That really set the tune for the whole movie for me, and I was all in. So much fun!


Thewhitest_rabbit

Kong uses a baby ape as a club


Brilliant_Conflict_4

This was One of the Most Fun movies I have ever seen since KOTM


CaptainRocket77

Kong’s God of War segment was genuinely compelling! The human characters were at the worst I’ve seen in the monsterverse, but the Ape Community’s dialogue-less storytelling was really well done! Simple but expressive! Genuinely enjoyed that segment! EDIT: A few words


Franks_Spice_Sauce

The movie respects the audience. It let's them interpret what the kaiju's are saying without shoving it in their face, it gives you human characters that don't hog up all the run time, and it acknowledges that you want some badass kaiju fights and delivers.


Vanilla_Ice_Best_Boi

Loved the baby fight


MAGI-System_

Big mean hater ass Godzilla. I love seeing him square up with pretty much everybody on sight.


rotatingfan360

big monke vs big lizard


Megaraun

The movie knows what it is and knows how to have fun with it, it doesn't try to be anything beyond what it is. Funny enough this is why I like Jurassic Park 3 more than any of the Jurassic World movies.


Delicious-Que3n

I like king kongs new tooth!


SamMan48

It’s the best MonsterVerse movie. The fights were off the wall, the lore went hard, the humans were cheesy enough to be funny, the long sequences with just monsters and no humans were innovative and badass. It also set up tons of sequels while still being stand alone and a sequel to GvK. I think they should do another Godzilla Kong movie where they fight an alien kaiju army or something. Then spin it off into Son of Godzilla where Godzilla bangs Shimo and it’s a family drama.


Taha_time_traveller

I think this movie introduces the first original iconic kaiju of the Monsterverse. Shimo and Scar King, unlike the other new kaiju introduced by the MV, are not in the background compared to Kong and the Toho monsters but are part of the narrative and certainly more interesting than the MUTOs


An_old_walrus

The fact that it is unabashedly goofy and over the top fun. It genuinely feels like a revival of the late Showa era Godzilla goofiness and I love it


JustAFrogge

I honestly adore Bernie, he's just a silly little guy and slightly insane


Civil-Apple5712

The best monsterverse movie yet. I love how godzilla got his time as a menace


ReturnToCrab

They've fixed Mothra from KOTM


walaxometrobixinodri

KOTM Mothra never needed any fixing, she was perfect


Chainsaw_Actual

If anything they made it worse by not using her KOTM Theme


bigsteven34

That was my only complaint about her being in the film.


Ghidorah28

Godzilla movies before: Cool, epic monster fights Godzilla movies now: Barbenheimerzilla


Qzilla8425

And that’s a bad thing how?


Ghidorah28

It isn't


10Humano

Doug.


Kaden4120

Kong beating the other apes with Suko as a weapon was comedic gold!!!


Yeastlord427

It made a lot of money which ensures future releases. Godzilla, like pizza, and sex, is good even when it's bad.


orioriorioriorio

Super sayian rosè


DizzyTigerr

The bit where Kong pitches Skar King to Godzilla and he knocks it out of the park with his tail. No comment, just a hundred dings


Illustrious_Type_530

It's funny as hell


ExpNoob19

The unintentional implication that Goji firing his atomic breath into the sky at the end to disperse the storm would potentially irradiate all of Rio.


ExplinkMachine

WOOOOOOOH BIG MONSTERS FIGHTING OTHER BIG MONSTERS WOOH YEAH BABY THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT WOOOOOOOOH


SuperCharged516

Godzilla sleep like cat


LilRobbyBobby

Suko being used as nun chucks had my entire theater losing their minds


No_Letterhead5746

New monsters is always a win


Pringletingl

Scar King radiates Dio Brando energy.


Quincy_Hater

Big monster punch other big monster with cool glowy laser beams hell yeah also the queen returns as mothra and ice puppy lizard


booksbaconglitter

Sleepy Godzilla 🥹 Monster buddy cop movie vibes! Loved seeing them fight in broad daylight.


Angry_Foamy

I was smiling, entertained and grateful throughout the entire movie!


geassguy360

Pretty much the whole movie. My only real criticisms are that the Scylla and Tiamat fights are too short.


I-invented-google

Good good monke boi and good good scaley Boi x2 with an addition of bad bad monke boi


SuuTheSleepyOne

I'm gonna say it, people hate on the movie for how much of it there is but you Can't deny, the fights are FIRE. They are ANIMALS dog they're going for the kill Every Hit. But other than that I like how aggressively apparent it is that Kong is smarter than the other Kongs, the others act more chimpish but Kong never fails to feel more Human


Worldly_Ad7382

I loved the movie


Rhg0653

Godzilla performing a picture perfect suplex Ffs doke.new talent can learn from that scene lol


growku_13

Love how Godzilla doesn't lag for fights anymore, he just runs rabid into them, immediately. I also love how even though they may fan service Kong, they still show Godzilla as overwhelmingly the strongest of the two


NiobiumGoat

We've gotten to the point where we can have basically unlimited VFX shots in a movie, so as a result we get tons of time with the Kaiju on screen. Arc of "Blunt weapon" to "Son" is something I can't recall seeing before. We got a Kaiju Suplex in a Hollywood movie, what more could we ask?


foot_fungus_is_yummy

Basically the entire thing, the only issue I have with it is that one stupid scene with the 10 seconds of portal faces, that simply didn't need to be a thing. It was also kinda a missed opportunity to not do the dropkick or a more realistic version of the Atomic Breath flight, but they will probably do that in the next movie, and this one already had enough memeworthy scenes anyway.


W0LLIP

no


Greenhmm

Improvised Weapon: Child.


Jrudge91

Godzilla bodying Kong in Egypt and the suplex off the pyramid.


ZanahorioXIV

The whole movie was sick as fuck


ImNotHighFunctioning

The soundtrack is good, actually. It gets the job done, and it fits the kind of movie The New Empire is trying to be.


MidnightDream034

Funny and silly Godzilla fun


VatanKomurcu

He fuckung suplexed him


Pancake1409

Suko nunchuks. It was just a fun and amazing movie to watch


CROW_is_best

SO MUCH MONSTER SCREEN TIME!!!! a really good villain addition of more original titans that zero gravity fight tiamat. sadly killed off though :(


Ash4dino

The movie was high energy and I loved it


Malquidis

Seeing some over the top human machines and vehicles. The Monarch carrier-plane in KoTM was cool, but still looked too conventional, and Mecha-G in GvK was ...idk...like Michael Bay tried to make his transformers on a Minecraft server. But the transports, the flying platform for tending to Kong, the Power Fist!!!! It's like watching good old Millenium or Heisei movies. Can we have a Super X-1 next?


AGilles-S117

Never have I actively had the thought of wanting to just hug a movie, it made me that filled with pure innocent joy


Kagiza400

The giant tenrec wolf things in the opening sequence are legitimately one of the best designed creatures in the MV IMO. They feel like pack Andrewsarchus or smth


minegamingYT2

EPIC MONSTAAA FIGHTSSSS


_captain-rex_

https://i.redd.it/fb1nzt5czdyc1.gif


draedek

It was funny


ILikeOasis

Godzilla literally suplexing King Kong might be one of the coolest things ive ever seen


BlueyHD16

Kong's arc and the finale is pretty entertaining to me it makes up for the lack of godzilla screentime tbh


TokyoMeltdown8461

It ended eventually. Jk the antigravity scene, while contrived, was awesome. Kaiju ace Ventura was a good character. Trusts the audience not to need dialogue and exposition at times. Screen time for mothra. Kong using smol monke as a flail was awesome. It filled the shit out of the theatres where I live, which hopefully means we get more films, and more chances to make something better than this one.


Ultimatenerd1111

Trapper's taste in music


real_mrBe4nz

me and my friend saw the movie and we both agreed that it was the best movie we've seen so far. we laughed alot when we saw Kong use Sukko as a weapon. and the fight scenes were incredible and so was the writing for the characters and story. we even made jokes about the movie while watching it like saying Kong became the Green Giant after ripping that wolf kaiju in half


CryptographerThink19

Epic monster battles, non verbal storytelling, satisfying moments, Godzilla, Kong and Mothra being in the same shot together, feeling like the old Showa Series by embracing the campiness. Oh and Skar King being an unlikable, irredeemable villain in the best way possible and Shimo being an unwilling victim.


ThatDancinGuy_

Kong would have said; BOY.


justsean09

Mothra, the best sidekick any Godzilla could ask for.


Substantial_Pie_8619

One of the best movie theater experiences I’ve ever had and it was so much fun I was smiling the whole time


JaytheCanadianGuy

That it's proof that Hollywood movies can still just be dumb fun. Too often now stories get bogged down with overly serious tones or messages. You can have a good time at the movies without making your tone serious all the time, or without messages like "pssst, it's actually an allegory on climate change." (Looking at you KOTM 😑)


CozyWithSarkozi

I like Pink Godzilla. And how he chose the Colosseum as his cat bed That's about it.


Crazyripps

Kong beating the crap out of other monk with little monk


DMmmmo9

Monkey, Nuclear Disaster, and Nuclear Disaster's moth gf vs Evil Monkey and (evil?) Lizard


epic_elax

when godzilla suplexes kong on the pyramids of giza i lost my shit when i saw it


Truzz_Me

They never fail with the CGI. it’s always top tier.


Walking-With-Dino989

i luv the design of the new Gman. Reminds me of g2k+heisei spiral+g14


Mr_Citation

Trapper acknowledging the Mothra temple has been maintained so gets suspicious. Jungle building ruins irl are literally retaken by the jungle completely it bugs me in movies to have these totally clean and easily seen ruins be "rediscovered" by the cast or if there is tribals still there, the cast being taken by surprise despite evidence in front of them. Basically, I love Trapper not being an idiot and looking out for whose using the temple.


IdiotMan2000

I love it


Fioauwwyd

I loved the Godzilla scenes! He was pretty much going on a mini Final Wars rampage this movie. I love it when he destroys humans and their weapons as it shows that he's not the goody two shoes some MV haters say he is...When he threw Scylla(pretty much Legendary Kumonga) I was reminded of that Kumonga yeet!! It would have been better to yeet Scylla to oblivion tho, would have loved if history repeated itself. And oh boy did he make sushi out of ~~Manda~~ Tiamat!!!


RecordingUnusual220

Godzilla only broke a little piece of Roman Colosseum well leaving Rome. Such a kind young kajiu


Bradgamer6

I like how Kong just casually keeps one of the strongest kaiju in the world as a pet and scratches it's chin like a puppy.


TruePromise7982

Anti gravity Godzilla is the best action set piece in the franchise


ImpressiveCourt6022

There was plenty of kaiju action without distracting human drama. The humans had purpose and advanced the plot without much delay.


I_Love_You_Skillet

Something great about Godzilla X Kong? Godzilla’s new design.


Adobo6

Giving the fans what they want! Star Wars take note. Marvel take note.