Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire / (Ecoa)

"Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" is a 2024 American monster film based on the Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett, and Jeremy Slater cowritten screenplay adaptation of the Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett, and Adam Wingard cowritten narrative, filmed in Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Hawaii, Rio de Janeiro and Village Roadshow Studios, directed by Adam Wingard; a sequel to 2021 Godzilla vs. Kong, the 13th in the King Kong franchise, and the 38th in the Godzilla franchise. The film stars Rebecca Hall as Dr. Ilene Andrews, a scientist and anthropological linguist at Monarch; Brian Tyree Henry as Bernie Hayes, a conspiracy theorist and former Apex employee; Dan Stevens as Trapper, a veterinarian at Monarch; Kaylee Hottle as Jia, last known survivor of the Iwi tribe and Ilene's adopted daughter; Alex Ferns as Mikael, a pilot at Monarch; and Fala Chen as Iwi Queen. Hall, Henry, and Hottle reprise their roles from the previous Godzilla vs. Kong 2021 film. In this film, Kong encounters more of his species in the Hollow Earth and must unite again with Godzilla to stop the tyrannical Skar King and the powerful, frost-breathing Shimo from invading the Earth's surface. Released on March 29, 2024, running 113 minutes.After the destruction of Hong Kong in the 2021 film Godzilla vs. Kong, the Monarch organization manages to acquire some parts of Mechagodzilla and start constructing the B.E.A.S.T. (Bio Enhanced Anatomech Seismic Thunder) Glove, a gauntlet created by Monarch under the codename "Project Powerhouse" to aid Kong in future conflicts. However, funding for the project eventually stopped, and Outpost 1 within Hollow Earth became the facility to store the B.E.A.S.T. Glove. Opportunity presents the necessity for its first use by Kong in this adventure. This is reminiscent of the Thanos Infinity Gauntlet, the powerful Dwarven-made Uru glove that was designed to channel the power of all six Infinity Stones in the electronic fist from the Marvel Legends Series.Monarch was founded in the late 1940s ~ 1954 as a secret Japanese-American quasi-governmental coalition in order to hunt and study massive unidentified terrestrial organisms (MUTOs). The 21st century Monarch leader Ishiro Serizawa's father, Eiji, is described as the "founding father" of the organization.It was disillusioning to see Kong aging with graying fur, getting a false tooth, suffering frostbite, and needing a gauntlet to defeat the simian Titan, Skar King. This should not be. The script and screenwriters do not know the godlike superspecies Kong of folklore, the Mighty King Kong. Godzilla showed no signs of age. So, who is King of Monsters? Both seemed weak in the face of lesser creatures that paled in comparison to the combatant creatures that came before them. This must be a farce.In the three MonsterVerse movies featuring both Godzilla and Kong in duet, Godzilla never wins a battle without Kong's help. This latest movie, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, is further evidence. How is it that Kong is aging and Godzilla is not? The MonsterVerse script writers don't favor Kong. They have even discontinued referring to him as King Kong. Why? In the first ever 1962 "King Kong vs. Godzilla," Kong defeats Godzilla. Now, in the MonsterVerse, they are Kaijū, lit. 'Strange Beast'. Kaijū characters are often somewhat metaphorical in nature; Godzilla, for example, serves as a metaphor for nuclear weapons. "Godzilla" (1954) was widely considered the first official Kaijū film. Since then, other characters are now referred to as Kaijū, including King Kong, Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Gamera. Thus, Kong became second rate, even though he 'saved the day' for Godzilla more than once. Bear in mind that Kong was always a 'good guy', and Godzilla was a 'bad guy' until the 1964 battle with "Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster" (aka "Three Giant Monsters: The Greatest Battle on Earth"), when he became a 'good guy'; a heroic monster, battling terrible villains only after Mothra convinced Godzilla and Rodan to join forces. As a 'good guy', Godzilla never won a battle without help. So, in my mind, Kong is still King.I have only a few Godzilla movies but every Kong movie. This 2024 movie is my least favorite; still a worthy addition to my collection.

This was a Christmas gift for our son-in-law. He loved the movie and is a great addition to his collection.

Just an all out fun movie...you won't be disappointed!!!! Great characters. Too bad that cute little girl has naturally grown up some but she does a great job. Big surprise with Mothra!!!!

A fun movie with great monster sequences and cinematic storytelling with the monsters by having them emote wrather than speak or have subtitles.SPOILER WARNING!!!Godzilla's evolution was unexpected but awesome and the return of the Spiral Heat Ray had me applauding when I saw the film in theaters.Main complaint is that the Monsterverse has done away with Godzilla being a part of a species that fought Skar King's horde in the ancient days, with Godzilla being the last man standing of his species. I feel that has resulted in a lot of character development being torn away way too late in the franchises development, I can only hope that might get reversed at somepoint so we can get a good Godzilla BC miniseries.

I enjoyed the movie

I'm satisfied with this purchase . No regional B.S. with this Blu-ray

Excellent movie, great seller

I watch this movie everyday and wherever I have access to it. It’s very entertaining and funny,