Everything GREAT About Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire! 

Using RU-vid’s fucked copyright claim system as a makeshift Shazam is one of the most genius things I’ve ever heard

I like how Godzilla not only uses the Roman Colosseum as his bed, but he also tries to take the path of least destruction. He climbs over the shortest part of the building as best he can, he walks through the river instead of a straight line through the city.

How could you not win the detail of Godzilla being the only one not off balance in zero G and in fact being more in his element being able to swim through the air!

This movie doesn’t have the deepest story, but it honestly does not need one

Something I don't think gets mentioned a lot is how this movie manages to avoid the typical "we used to date but it didn't work out so we hate each other" plotline with Irene and Trapper. It's established that they know each other cause they dated in college and made sure to point out that they broke up because he didn't take anything seriously but that doesn't mean they hate each other, they simply don't work that way, they tried but are better friends. Maybe there was some drama when they broke up but it's refreshing to see a film acknowldge that people can still get along despite their history, they were drawn to each other in the first place so it makes sense they still enjoy each other's company but they just didn't need all that relationship stuff to enjoy it.

The shot of Godzilla and Kong leaping to battle against Skar King and Shimo is one of the most BEAUTIFUL things I've ever seen! The amount of hype at that point was electric!!

9:18 that's actually super respectful that they avoided littering the forest with fake feathers, all the more reason to love this movie

Something a lot of people don’t pay attention to in this movie is that almost everyone had an arch, even the monsters. Dr. Andrews learned to respect Jia’s choice whatever it may be. Jia finds that she does belong with Dr. Andrews. Trapper doesn’t have one, but he was great from the moment he was on screen so I didn’t mind. Bernie grew by seeing that recording everything for followers isn’t as important as the lives of others, in this case the Iwi people. Kong learned to become a father to Suko and a leader for his kind. Suko developed by accepting Kong as a father and overcoming his fears of the Skar King’s second in command. Godzilla learned that Kong is not an enemy, but an ally, although Mothra needed to knock some sense into him for that. Lastly, Shimo went from being enslaved for most of her life to finally being freed and making the choice to help Godzilla and Kong defeat her enslaver.

8:14 Little fun story of my life: I got Dengue literally 2 days before this movie came out, i spent 15 days in bed, with fever and vomit. So i had to block myself from the wider internet to avoid getting spoiled. Now you can imagine how i felt seeing this scene! DO. NOT. LET. A. ALIEN. MOSQUITO. TOUCH YOU!!

The best part was how everyone was expecting Suko to be this poor innocent baby and then he turns out to be this vicious little kaiju-Gollum. 😂 Even when he turns over to Kong's side he's still a scrappy little fighter who kills several of Skar King's goons 😂😂😂

4:57 You know Lee is really desperate to know something if he's willing to get a copyright strike! That's dedication, and that's why we love this channel!

I'm still shocked that the filmmakers were able to keep Mothra's appearance in this movie a secret. It was a genuine, and VERY welcome surprise. I've only been to the cinema twice since December. The first time was GODZILLA MINUS ONE. The second one GODZILLA X KONG. Two brand new Godzilla movies in a timespan of less than six months. I feel like I died and went to nerd Heaven.

Can we appreciate the sheer amount of visual storytelling that occurred in this movie with the titans alone. Everyone seems to think dialogue, specifically human dialogue, is the only way a story can be told or a scene can be properly interpreted. Well this movie and many other fantastic CGI heavy films have shown that to be false. Just let the titans emote through facial expressions and actions alone and it’ll work!

“He gave Tiamat the old Hawk Tuah” was not the line I was expecting 😅

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something I love as a long-time Godzilla nerd is the purple pink shade Godzilla becomes after his cross-country kaiju hunting trip because for as wild as it is, its kind of a Godzilla reference. in Godzilla 2000 and through a lot of the millennium era Godzilla movies, his spikes did become larger and pointier almost crystalline with a purple hue to their tips. its like... whenever theyre looking for new ways to interact and engage with the monsters theyre keeping core elements there from the sources. they're finding ways to reinterpret and reinvent but keeping core elements for each of them to let you know "this is what sets them apart". Godzilla is a fundamental element, he's a force of nature that cannot and will not be stopped, he is constantly finding new wellsprings of power and using it to show how insignificant we are in the grand scheme. everything that comes against him loses and even a defeat is merely a temporary setback Kong is an animal, plain and simple, he needs enough enrichment and social engagement to be kept happy or he will lash out and a big part of ensuring that he is okay is that human element. at our best humanity has the role of caretaker for the animals around us, we form zoos, we form wildlife preserves, we form organisations to preserve and protect animals. however at our worst we displace animals into worlds they no longer recognise and that are no longer made for them. Kong is a reminder that animals and us share a world together. Mothra is a more spiritual element to the forces of nature. that everything lives even after were gone. yes right now we are the dominant species but hundreds of thousands of years ago so were dinosaurs. the roman empire thought it would last forever, the pyramids were built over 2500 years and we are still closer to the death of cleopatra than she was the completion of the pyramids. because Mothra is in a constant state of death and rebirth (much like a phoenix), she reminds us that all things are temporary and that in a moment we can all at any point die. that if we don't take care of the world the world WILL keep on spinning without us

I like how at no point in the battle does Godzilla seem like he's actively trying to really hurt/kill Shimo, like he understands that she's not doing this of her own free will.

10:19 I kept thinking "Boy" every time Kong had the axe over his should like that. That was very much the dynamic I was getting - Norse God of War 15:40 I expected her to be back since she died. I mean Mothra once died in the first 5 minutes of a movie. The bulk of he movie there was a giant plant by the coast. Then Mothra came back from the plant. Mothra is magic. She always comes back. This was the ideal situation to bring her back in this incarnation. 16:27 Mommy Mothra saying: "GODZILLA! Stop hitting your little brother and listen!" - I still cannot bring myself to think "Shimo". "Cryolante" seems like a way more fitting name to me.

Are we gonna get an “everything great about Godzilla Minus One” because that movie absolutely deserves one

5:02 - Best guess, it’s a Holkenborg piece that didn’t make it onto the OST selection, which will probably show up on the recording sessions

My favourite scene is the look Godzilla gives Mothra, so sick, and humanizing.

13:38 Also FYI, Shimo is an ICE LADY, not an ice guy.

So I want to add two amazing pieces of context for this movie. First, Mothra. She appears so little because they weren't sure they were even going to GET the rights to use Mothra, and so were covering their bases with a backup monster to fill the same role just in case. And Second, you'd think there might be more opposition to this with Minus One about in the Japanese fanbase right? WRONG. The Japanese fanbase, by and large, seems to adore that they have both a silly Showa era style Godzilla film, and a serious disaster-esque Heisei style Godzilla film so close to one another. To them, it's the two cakes sort of thing.

1:20, Doug is way, way bigger than anyone seemingly gives him credit for. Everyone, self included, seems to picture him as a mid-sized dog compared to Kong's silverback, when in reality he's comparatively more the size of a decently large crocodile or a big alligator.

One thing I like, the sound Godzilla makes when he sees Mothra is the same sound he makes at the end when he turns and looks at Kong before blasting into the air to stop the ice storm, making me think it’s his way of saying “friend” or at atleast “Ally”

It’s not “apes together strong” this time, it’s “apes plus lizard plus moth plus ice lizard strong against bad ape”

I recall that during the Zero-gravity fight, Godzilla seemed to adapt to it about as quickly as Skar King did, and that made a lot of sense because he's in his element maneuvering through water-- low gravity would probably feel pretty similar to swimming

I actually had tears of joy when Monthra was revealed, she's beautifully designed. Happy for Shimo, she didn't deserve the abuse

My favourite detail that may be unintentional is that Godzilla had a home in King of the Monsters that was an ancient temple of sorts and since that was destroyed Godzilla has now chosen the Roman Coliseum as his new home. It's a great symbol of him accepting modern humans and forgiving them for making Mechagodzilla.

This movie is unapologetically fun. And as a long time Godzilla fan, it really spoke to that kid from 20 years ago who would rent the Japanese Godzilla movies from Blockbuster.

Fun Fact: Suko is the size Kong from his first movie and the only reason Kong got larger is because he was raised on a island not in hollow earth like the others.

The look from Kong to Godzilla was like "do that sky beam thing you do big guy."

What I love about the movie is that it’s basically just a showa era Godzilla film on crack and with CGI

“Kitty Lizard” is amazing. That is henceforth what i call Goji.

This is big budget Showa Era and I'm here for it... and this is still not the most ridiculous thing Gman has ever done in movies

I really love this channel for defending movies. I adore movies like these for the sheer spectacle and fun. But that doesn't mean they're dumb. They are movies and worth watching for what they are. And seeing someone just as hyped up for them is so nice and wholesome. Thank you CINEMAWINS for loving movies! ❤

I love how much of a cruel, sadistic bastard the Skar King is. It helps him stand out so much from other Kaiju villains, who are usually just mindless animals or being controlled by aliens.

I don't think this has been the best made of the Monsterverse movies, but it is absolutely my favorite. Seeing Godzilla and Kong fight together for that long a period and actually helping each other so much during the fight is one of the best cinematic moments I've ever seen in my life. That alone shows why there are some movies that just need to be seen in theaters to truly experience them.

Godzilla became the physical embodiment of barbenheimer, and I love it to death

4:58 Hey @cinemawins-it’s a piece of score written for the movie. Not all of the cues in movies are always on the soundtrack. Source: I’m one of the editors on the movie 😊

gotta throw in a little love for Shimo’s sound design, it’s like a turbine and a bad windstorm mixed with a grizzly bear. that, and the 7 minutes of all-monster footage are fantastic and genuinely immersive without a word spoken

So when my family watched this, we finished and realized how much time had gone by. This movie was actually quick paced and yes we wish the fights were longer but the story kept us engaged and for the most part the writers of the monster verse have done well. Hope they continue to keep it up. Never at any point did we wish the movie was over or that we could move on from any scene

I legitimately think Skar King found the Great Apes' role as humanity's protection pointless, maybe he witnessed many other apes get killed by titans going after humans and probably were kept heavily in check by Godzilla's species. It likely got to a point where he instigated a war between the two species in order to assume his role as the new alpha. You definitely need to do Minus One soon. So different but so fantastic in a way so different than this

What I love about the Legendary Monsterverse is that they successfully navigate Marvel's success with the first three phases of the MCU, in that most of the movies have a distinct feel to them, but are recognizably in the same universe. Godzilla (2014) had a fairly grim, realistic tone, which Kong: Skull Island mostly followed, while subtly introducing some fantastic elements, which as Lee pointed out has been increasingly leaned into as the franchise has progressed. And that makes a certain narrative sense in that the awakening of the MUTOs and Godzilla's subsequent reappearance after presumed decades of little to no activity essentially kicks off humanity coming to the realization that the world isn't remotely what we thought it was. I am looking forward to whatever comes next and genuinely hope we get to see some more classic Godzilla monsters in the future (particularly curious to see if we ever get a Monsterverse Gigan, who design-wise was always my favorite Godzilla foe). However, even if they never made another movie in this franchise, it has had a fantastic run and my sort of lackluster interest in the film that kicked it off aside, the bulk of the Legendary Monsterverse really has stolen my heart as an old school kaiju fan.

I just about cried when Mothra returned. I still love this one, and my bf won't stop singing praises about it. Also, I love how Shimo's expression was when she saw Big G fire off his atomic breath toward the sky. After she had been imprisoned for so long under Skar King's control, I can only describe it as awe

This is the only movie channel I never miss. The best! Also, CW, thank you for your closed captions! Would you please PLEASE include the movie clip closed captions as well? Your narration is loud and clear, while the movie dialog is often soft-spoken or covered with other sounds. Thank you!

Jokes aside, Skar King gives me such strong JoJo villain vibes and I cannot get enough of it. It's awesome!

12:26 - Yes, me too. Even as a 28-year-old woman, when two people are arguing nearby, I always think it's my fault. 😢 I have a fear of upsetting people. If I think they're upset, I start panicking, even if they aren't actually upset.

My favorite thing is that Godzilla appears to do a perfect electric wind god fist from Tekken to Scylla at the start.

Mothra stayed in hollow earth to keep other apes from following through the portal to help skar king. It was a good plot device to keep the final fight to a tag team before the crystal was destroyed by Suko.

I love how much you love things. I know, I know, it's the whole point of the channel, but still.

Goji spent the last two movies hearing voices; there’s the ghidorah alpha call he kept hearing every time they tested mecha godzilla and then the iwi distress signal in this movie. He had no clue what the danger was he just kept hearing threats and either ran to confront them or rushed back and forth to fix smaller problems/help increase his own power because he didn’t know what the warnings were about yet.

5:25 help me hide this body caught me off guard 😂

5:04 Have you tried looking at the band "Magic Sword"? It sounds kinda like them, but that might just be the 80s synthwave vibes.

I be honest: They should give a Kong movie to Genndy Tartakovsky, they're almost animated anyway.

This movie does a great job of masking shallow characters with really funny dialogue and great performances. The characters were just as fun to watch as the monsters! Also Shimo is adorable and we love her.

I’m 100% convinced that Kong’s one-punch KO was a reference to Batman knocking out Guy Gardner Green Lantern the exact same way one time.

Kaylee Hottle as Jia was adorable.

I’m glad that Kong finally found more apes!!

Honestly, I love this movie because it embraces the silliness of it all.

16:55 I admire seeing Godzilla, Mothra, and Kong in the same scene together. I love this movie as it helps me with my anxiety.

That synth music you were stressing over might be a sampling from Magic Sword. Sounds really similar to some of their stuff

After 90 years, kong as a character FINALLY gets a happy ending. That legitimately gets to me

Kong Pulling a Kratos//Leonidas was Cool

One of my favorite movies of the year

I absolutely LOVE the way they portray entire communications with so many non speaking characters. And the fact you can actually SEE everything happening, its not completely obscured in impenetrable shadows. Even my 76 yo mother loved it. Its just FUN

2:37 I love this trope in kaiju movies where people merchandise the kaiju despite the fact they have cause so much dmg and even ptsd

Best thing about this movie: it doesn't happen mostly in the dark.

The entire movie was just Godzilla standing on business man he did not mess around

Another amazing video. And I think I figured out why you make videos I like better. It’s the discourse I would have had with friends when younger. When we would watch the movie together. Thanks for what you do.

I’ve waited for ages for this to happen

12:30 When you roll only one window down in the car.

3:49 Thank You, CinemaWins for giving me hope for a crossover

It gives Independence day vibes. Feel good destruction movie with Kaiju instead of aliens.

So there is a fan theory that Trapper will become Jet Jaguar and I hope that happens! I want it!

Hoping you do Minus One as well.

I understand how you might be busy with Inside Out 2 soon. I still have that spreadsheet of all the main videos you've made over the years. Also, I can't wait for the teaser frame for next week’s video! I hope you heard the announcement of Shrek 5, and I also have my 31st request for "Everything GREAT About Shrek (2001)!", 41st request for Jurassic Park 2 (1997) and 3 (2001), and my 31st request for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). But still, take your time. Love you, CinemaWins, Always! ❤🎉

I've been a huge Godzilla fan since I was a 6 year old kid in the early 90's, and I absolutely love the MonsterVerse. Can't get enough of these. It really feels like old school Showa era Toho.

Was waiting for this one. You never disappoint!

You want a deep story with interesting characters, watch Minus One. If you want fun monster vs monster action, watch New Empire.

Aww come on, you totally missed out on a "If I fits, I sits" joke with the G-man in the coliseum Edit: nevermind, ya did it!

I still love how much they've gone full Showa Era... And I'm hoping the next one is either the alien invader or Biolante. OR BOTH!

4:06 not always the most careful but he is taking care to stick to water and roadways, probably more so because trampling every building would be a hassle but it is still nice of him to

at 3:16 i honestly do wonder if the writers actually meant for it to be Ghidorastan69 but the editors or whoever thought itd be to on the nose for internet culture

I may not be into the Monsterverse due to the fast movement and the flashing lights (ex; the Godzilla's atomic breath) however I do appreciate how much effort is put in these movies and the story as well! I do have a questions for ya, can you do an review for Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron? It is my favorite comfort movie and it has helped me through my life. It has a beautiful message and beautiful animations along with amazing songs/music. I know that it is made by Dreamworks but still!

10:53 no way he said that💀

After Godzilla, Mothra's my favorite kaiju. I'm 40, and I cry with happiness whenever she shows up (Even in the older movies).

Was waiting for this

Desperately need a Godzilla Minus One video soon. That thing is a cinematic masterpiece so I can only assume the CinemaWins video of it would be fantastic.

16:00 people keep calling Godzilla stupid here, but let me lay it out for you: Goji fought Kong before, but because of their bonding over mechagodzilla, tolerated his existence in hollow earth, as long as he stays sown there. Godzilla gets a signal that he knows means The Scar King is back, so he needs to power up FAST. He yoinks some radiation from humans, and consumes a stache that's been building in the ice for millenia, all to prepare for an invasion of Scar King's kind. Next, he hears Kong Roar, not just trespassing on Goji's territory, but actively roaring, which can be read as a confrontation. The only logical conclusion is that Kong has joined Scar King and is attacking the surface, if you know what Goji does. I'm sure his judgement call was also altered by the fact that Goji has already fought a war against Scar King and all the Kings in past, so trusting one that you already have a tumultuous relationship with to NOT choose its own kind, just is not an option in Goji's mind. That, and the power ups he has flowing through him, are more than enough reason to not risk it and just attack.

Mothra flying in like "BOYS BEHAVE OR I'LL GROUND YOU BOTH!" was an amazing moment

"no group that's ever gone to Hollow Earth has returned with the same number of people." Not true. In Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, a group does leave with the same number of people they accidentally entered with (3).

You have no idea how REFRESHING it is to hear that you actually love the movie's score. Both the Godzilla and the Monsterverse subreddits were being infuriating about Junkie XL's scores for this and the previous Godzilla/Kong film. As for that one synthwave piece you played for a few seconds, it was probably composed by Tom, but it was likely not included in the score album.

Honestly I'm hoping that the success of the "monster driven" stories in these last two movies might lead us to a film that is more or less ALL monster. Have some humans for dialogue I guess but I really want a story where the entire plot is followed through do to the actions of the monsters

I saw this one in theaters and I had a blast. It was a love letter to Toho's Showa-era Godzilla films and all the better for it.

Can I assume you’ll be doing Godzilla Minus One soon?

And Minus One? :(

I had the honor of seeing this in theaters. I loved it.

I've always loved that Kong's scenes are set with such good music, making him seem even more human.

6:30 The firrst time in monsterverse history they didnt send a bunch of soldiers and or pilots to their death for no reason and finally just used drones and ranged attacks.