The first trailer for Godzilla Vs Kong has been released and it is amazing! Check it out below and I also have done our traditional full breakdown of the trailer looking out for all of the secrets. Don’t worry I’ll give a spoiler warning before talking about the big spoiler.
Wow they sure gave us a lot and also kept a ton of the movie secret. Hopefully this is the only trailer we get so we can keep most of the plot hidden. Well everyone let’s get to it:
First off we have a mountainside exploding outwards and it is sending giant boulders flying into the city. There is a clue showing us what is causing this explosion but I’ll save that for later.
This is the first look we get at the fleet that has captured Kong and is escorting him somewhere. The teaser audio from the YouTube ads hints that they may be trying to use Kong to lure out Godzilla.
This is Eiza Gonzalez’s character Maya Simmons. The trailer seems to be implying that she is a good guy but I think she may end up being our human villain. The way this shot is framed, she does not look very heroic.
Kong taking a nap on his transport ship. Too much berry juice will do that to you.
Very cool dual logos with WB’s being Kong focused and Legendary’s being Godzilla. Also very interesting that the Kong paintings are in the style of Skull Island and Godzilla’s look more ancient.
Kong looks very unhappy as he inspects his bindings.
Alexander Skarsgard plays Nathan Lind and appears to be the protagonist of the movie and looks to have some deep ties to Kong.
Next up we have newcomer Kaylee Hottle as a Skull Island villager who has a special connection to Kong.
Look at my Kong doll!
Looks like there’s gonna be a connection between the kid and Rebecca Hall’s Ilene Andrews.
Kong chained up outside during the rain and the little girl comes out to try to calm him down.
Very sweet and tender moment and also the first shot of the trailer that is wallpaper worthy. The cinematography is beautiful.
The look of fear on all of the characters including Kong is great for setting up the tone.
A king’s arrival is never silent and Godzilla’s entrance into the trailer is definitely loud. Godzilla slices a ship in half with his dorsal plates and doesn’t seem to care. Godzilla seems to be in a bad mood and unlike the previous films in the Monsterverse seems to be taking an antagonistic role.
Missiles do nothing to stop him.
Godzilla takes out one of the jets with his tail. He really is attacking the humans this time.
Kong roars at the water angrily and Godzilla pops out like a crocodile attacking it’s prey. As a note Kong is still chained up here and has not moved onto the aircraft carrier.
Believe it or not this is going to be Godzilla’s first fight in the day in the entire Monsterverse so far. It really shows off how detailed the CG model is and looks amazing. Also we are seeing a return to the Gareth Edwards style from 2014 with a shot looking up at the Titans from the deck of the ship.
Look everyone it’s the banner image! All joking aside this punch has an amazing sense of scale and weight to it!
Kong shoulder checks Godzilla off of the aircraft carrier but that quickly back fires for kong.
Godzilla goes under the carrier and charges up his breath attack.
Kong does his best John McClane impression and jumps off the carrier in the nick of time.
Godzilla swims away from the wrecked fleet.
Here we have Shun Oguri playing Ren Serizawa, the son of Ken Watanabe’s character who sacrificed himself to save Godzilla in King of the Monsters. Behind him is something very interesting but I’ll save that for the spoiler section.
This may end up being one of the most beautiful shots in the entire Monsterverse. Godzilla roars surrounded by the skyline of Hong Kong with it’s neon lights.
Kyle Chandler returns as Mark Russell and is commenting on how weird it is that Godzilla is hurting people. Also the news item on the screen is super important as it mentions Godzilla has destroyed Pensacola, Fl and destroyed the APEX plant there. What’s APEX? Tune into the spoiler section to find out.
Never thought I’d see Legendary Godzilla going full rampage but man oh man does it look great.
Ok there is a lot to unpack in this image but the basics are that Godzilla seems to be going around the world and attacking places with an APEX facility. I think that this is the conspiacy board of Julian Dennison’s character.
I love that Millie Bobby Brown is going to be driving a storm chaser vehicle after the Titans.
Speaking of Julian and Mille, here are their characters Josh Valentine and Madison Russel driving the van. She still seems to be on team Godzilla and suspects something is agitating him that noone knows about. Maybe he’s not really a villain after all.
Brian Tyree Henry plays Bernie Hayes and it seems like he believes Maddison’s story.
Kong surveying Skull Island. I thought this was the Hollow Earth at first but it has a sky.
Kong finds a hand print made by one of his ancestors deep in the Hollow Earth.
The level of detail on Kong in this shot is insane! Also check out the futuristic vehicle in the background! Looks like the H.E.A.V. (Hollow Earth Antigravity Vehicle) from the toys!
Kong raises his battle axe and roars! The axe handle glows red and the blade…well we’ll get there.
Kong fights the Warbats inside the Hollow Earth!
Kong and Godzilla have a stand off at dawn. Could this be after the Hong Kong battle?
Some sort of weird bat Titan down in the Hollow Earth. Maybe they are related to Camazotz?
Kong seems to be standing on a glowing ancient carving of Godzilla while he fights off the bat Titans.
Godzilla gets hammer fisted by Kong and pushed back.
Nathan doesn’t look so good here. He’s also wearing something that looks like a pilot suit.
Kong rushes at Goji with his axe glowing blue like Godzilla’s dorsal plates.
Whoa Kong catches Godzilla’s breath weapon with the axe and smashes it into Godzilla’s face! This is definitely the thing that will give Kong an edge over Godzilla in the final fight.
Who are you rooting for in this fight?
Time for the conversation about Spoilers:
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The opening shot of the trailer shows a mountain exploading but it’s so dusty you really can’t see the cause until this blink and you’ll miss it glimspe of our bigger threat of the film. MechaGodzilla is here folks and it looks like the mechanical Titan does not care about collateral damage.
The second glimpse of Mechagodzilla is actually a bit more obvious. If you look behin Ren Serizawa you can clearly see the blueprints of Mechagodzilla with some text that appears to say “Fury Systems: Maximum Charge.”
Now it’s time to talk about APEX Cybernetics. With a name like that you know that they are behind the construction of Mechagodzilla but what is unknown at this time is their motivations. As we saw in the brief second of actual Mechagodzilla footage, MechaG doesn’t seem to care about human death which leads me to believe APEX wants to destroy the Titans no matter what. Godzilla also seems to be attracted to APEX sites across the globe which is very interesting. I wonder if the Godzilla that is destroying cities is actually MechaG in disguise?