Originally Posted by
ZeroBG82
I mean, that's not how gravity works either. Like, at all. Not to mention that the acceleration of the mag-lev car would have seriously strained all three passengers if not killed them outright as they weren't strapped in. We're talking space shuttle type forces in play here. The film wasn't trying for any kind of realism. It was an excuse for two famous big monsters to beat on each other.
This didn't really need explanation, though. Both Kong and Godzilla are Alpha Titans. Kings. They've earned their respective titles through combat. True, we're more told about Kong's victories than shown them (the end credits of KotM, mostly), but none of the other monsters want any part of getting between them. The only reason they got involved during KotM was because Ghidorah could compel them to fight.
Think of it like boxing. These two guys are both champions, they've defeated all comers thus far. Big G is the World Champ, Kong is a more regional presence. But Kong's very existence means that Godzilla's title is disputed. He needs to assert his dominance and put the younger buck in his place. Now, G is apparently content to let Kong have Skull Island. Stay there, there's no beef. But as soon as you hit international waters, it's on like Ali-Frasier.
The film kind of hand waves it a bit with the ancient rivalry stuff. Apparently Kong's ancestors and G's ancestors have had this battle before. They are natural rivals, as opposed to G and Ghidorah who are unnatural ones. Which is the only reason the ending kind of works. Mutual respect. Your territory and mine. Peace in our time.
I do wish they'd invested more time in Ghidorah's seeming resurrection as MechaG. The bot just sort of comes alive and that's the end of it. But this was a grudge match of truly cosmic proportions, and it would have been nice to see that given a little bit more recognition than it got. It's still there in the film, but it's very between the lines. They really needed Madison to tell her dad about Ghidorah's involvement and spend a wee spot of time with the humans dwelling on the fact that we resurrected a conquering alien menace, with advanced tech upgrades no less.
But the plot is so bare bones here, and was clearly not where they spent their energy making the film. I'm sure there are tons of holes and problems, if you actually look at it in any depth. It's flimsy, but it knows it. It really just wants you to watch Kong and Godzilla smash stuff. And that's ok, too.
I think I'd rate it below both KotM and Skull Island, the more I think about it. But that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy myself. I'd watch more of these if they think it's worth paying to re-up the rights. Hell, go get Gamera as well and do a full alien invasion picture with Big G, Kong, Mothra and Gamera defending the earth from an army of evil space Titans and I'd watch the crap out of that.