After "Godzilla" in 2014 opened the monster universe, the second work of this movie universe "Kong: Skull Island" has been released in 2017.
Because the main line of the first stage of Monster Universe is "Godzilla vs King Kong", King Kong, as another protagonist, obviously needs his own movie to cheer.
The movie "Skull Island" took the completely opposite style of "Godzilla" , so that this giant beast was deeply imprinted in the minds of the audience.
The expansion of the monster universe
The story of "Kong: Skull Island" takes place in 1976, which is earlier than the 2014 "Godzilla" in terms of timeline.
Therefore, linking the core of the entire monster universe---The Emperor's Project , the audience saw more relevant information in this movie.
At the same time, the previous work "Godzilla" defined Earth's monsters as mostly from the deep sea and underground, while this movie opens up the rest of the possibility - monsters may also exist on the surface, or even alien planets.
For example, the Skull Island where King Kong is located is surrounded by storms all year round, so the outside world cannot know the specific situation of this island.
In the monster universe, this is by no means an exception. We only discuss the movie "King Kong: Skull Island", which has also successfully expanded the framework while inheriting the worldview constructed by the previous "Godzilla".
It's King Kong, not a giant gorilla
The previous 2005 version of the "King Kong" movie actually portrayed King Kong as a giant gorilla. In fact, it was to enlarge the real silver-backed gorilla to about 8-15 meters . Its habits are no different from that of gorillas. They all need to rely on their arms to walk.
But the "Skull Island" version of King Kong is different, because it is one of the two protagonists of the monster universe. In the future, he needs to fight Godzilla, the king of monsters. If it is just an enlarged version of the orangutan, it is obviously not enough to watch.
Therefore, the shape of the King Kong in the Monster Universe is actually more human-like. It can walk upright on its feet like a human , and its movements are very flexible. It can even perform jumping, which is basically impossible for monsters. Difficult actions.
Of course, as a primate monster, King Kong will also use various props or weapons , which is obviously very helpful for the increase of combat power.
At the same time, the height of the independent version of King Kong is generally no more than 20 meters at most, but Godzilla is nearly 120 meters tall. If King Kong is still only this height, obviously the two do not have the conditions for a "war".
Therefore, the height of King Kong in "Skull Island" is set at about 31 meters , and it belongs to the childhood growth period, and the story is set in 1976, in other words, it is still 44 years before its battle with Godzilla. time to develop.
In fact, according to the news revealed by the Internet earlier, the filmmaker of "Godzilla vs King Kong" also claimed that in 2020, King Kong will evolve into a form that resembles ancient mythical beasts. This peak version of King Kong maintains strong flexibility and strength. Also has various unknown skills.
Obviously, the combat power of the ancient god version of King Kong is enough to have an earth-shattering showdown with Godzilla.
Affectionate King Kong
Unlike Godzilla, who is known as the ancient god, King Kong's positioning in the monster universe belongs to the people .
Therefore, the Skeleton Island where King Kong lives has been inhabited by indigenous humans since ancient times. The two not only live in harmony, but King Kong will also fight against the skeleton lizards to protect them.
After all, as a primate, King Kong is closer to humans than Godzilla, and his emotions are richer.
If Godzilla is the defender of the ecological environment, King Kong is the patron saint of mankind.
What is even more amazing is that King Kong not only protects human beings, but also has the ability to distinguish between good and evil.
In "Skull Island", the military bombed the island at the beginning, King Kong appeared in time, and mercilessly killed the military who maliciously destroyed and disturbed the island's environment.
According to the plot setting, King Kong's old enemy skeleton lizards are hidden in the ground of the island, and the bombing of the military is likely to force them all out, and King Kong, who is still in his infancy, may not have a chance of winning against large skeleton lizards. The enemy was killed, and the humans on the island could not be spared.
Therefore, Kong Kong attacked the military, to some extent, to protect human beings.
As for the male and female protagonists, the innocent human beings, King Kong helped them many times, and did not reject contact with them.
The director of Monster Universe has also claimed that the reason why King Kong in 1976 was set to be only 31 meters high is that he did not want it to be too large and appear too far away from humans.
Obviously, the producers wanted to set King Kong as an existence opposite to Godzilla , and "Skull Island" did exactly that.
No need to keep the mystery of Skull Island
Specific to the movie "Kong: Skull Island" itself, it can be said to have taken a diametrically opposite path from the previous work "Godzilla".
In "Godzilla", it focuses on the fear of monsters and the sense of powerlessness of human beings . Not only does Godzilla play very little in it, but the first appearance is even 60 minutes after the film, which makes it quite mystery.
In "Skull Island", King Kong appeared 5 minutes after the opening, and contributed a wonderful "gorilla war" in about 30 minutes .
Since then, the basic high energy has continued. The adventures of the protagonist group on Skull Island, the giant spiders in the jungle, the large raptors by the lake, etc., simply dazzled the audience.
The fight between King Kong and the giant octopus, the small lizard, and the final battle with the giant skeleton lizard are all exciting. After all, monster movies are all about fighting !
Since the battles basically take place during the day, which is different from the night in "Godzilla", the look and feel is indeed quite good.
Of course, because the focus is on monsters, the human line is handled quite simply , and even some characters are quite perfunctory. The typical example is the determination of the black lieutenant to kill King Kong, which is completely forcible to create conflict. The character design really can't stand scrutiny.
In addition, the skeleton lizard knocked down King Kong twice but did not make up the knife is also a typical plot need.
But in any case, the path taken in "Skull Island" is indeed normal, and monster films should let monsters appear early, and humans should not be overwhelmed, but the details still need to be perfected.
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