“Godzilla vs. Kong” was definitely the hype movie for the month of March. Released on March 31st, many came out to stream the movie on various different platforms. 

While shedding a few characters from “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” (2019), the latest monster mash-up, focuses on a straightforward mission to find Kong a new home because there can’t be two apex titans living on Earth’s surface. The fabled Hidden World is the answer, bringing scientists played by Alexander Skarsgard and Rebecca Hall together to escort Kong to the not-so-mythical realm’s entrance. Tagging along is deaf orphan Jia, played by a ridiculously adorable Kaylee Hottle, who can communicate with the giant gorilla.

The movie was definitely worth a wait to watch since “Godzilla vs. Kong” delivers exactly what the title promises. The scenery gave us the setting of “Kong: Skull Island”, where it puts the two giant monsters against each other for the first time since the Japanese-produced “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (1962). That one-off battle retained enough of a Godzilla-sized footprint in pop culture that, no matter how many other creatures the Japanese lizard squared off against, it was this pairing that seemed as inevitable as it was unlikely.

Besides, forty-nine years was a long enough time for the two movie stars to chill in their corners, so the timing couldn’t be more right for this long-in-coming rematch, one afforded the Blockbuster budget and razzle-dazzle we’d expect in 2021. Overall, I will say that the movie is an 8.5 out of 10. It has given the feeling of what it can do, excitement and a tense feeling of which creature is going to win this battle. Godzilla vs. Kong knows exactly what it wants to be and invests every minute of its two hours living up to that promise. Somewhat understandably, the humans are overshadowed by their enormous co-stars, but it is a glorious love letter to these iconic characters’ collective histories, a satisfying culmination of the arc leading up to it, and, hopefully, a jumping-off point for more stories set in this universe.