GODZILLA VS KONG Directors Says Intense Destruction Mentioned In PG-13 Rating Is An "Understatement"

GODZILLA VS KONG Directors Says Intense Destruction Mentioned In PG-13 Rating Is An "Understatement"

Recently, Godzilla vs. Kong was rated PG-13 by the MPA, and director Adam Wingard has now made it clear that the intense creature violence and destruction mentioned is actually an "understatement."

By JoshWilding - Jun 05, 2020 03:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Godzilla vs. Kong

Even though we haven't actually seen anything from Godzilla Vs. Kong beyond a teaser poster seemingly using imagery from past MonsterVerse movies, there's understandably still a lot of excitement surrounding the sure to be epic crossover. After all, a modern take on the battle between these two icons is something Kaiju fans are definitely hyped about. 

A trailer hasn't been released yet, and speculation continues to run rampant that Warner Bros. is planning to push Godzilla vs. Kong from this November to The Matrix 4's May 2021 slot. However, the plot thickened recently when the MPA gave the movie a PG-13 rating, in part, due to "intense sequences of creature violence/destruction."

In the past, director Adam Wingard has said that his movie is a "massive monster brawl," but he's now responded to this rating reveal with a simple statement: "That's an understatement."

With so much uncertainty surrounding the possibility of theaters re-opening in the coming months, it's no great surprise that Warner Bros. is holding off on spending money on marketing Godzilla vs. Kong. However, a trailer surely wouldn't hurt at this point, especially after this tease from Wingard!
 

That’s an understatement ;)

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DoubleD
DoubleD - 6/5/2020, 3:33 AM
Hope it's good after King of Flops.
DoubleD
DoubleD - 6/5/2020, 3:45 AM
As a kid I was a huge Godzilla fan. Biggest issue with all the new movies is the monster's are GIGANTIC take them out of the movie. Lose the human story story and interaction with the people like they don't even exist in the movie.
demery
demery - 6/5/2020, 6:57 AM
@TheJustinHammer - I thought Kong: Skull Island handled that along with the monster action way better than either of the Godzilla flicks.
demery
demery - 6/5/2020, 8:40 AM
@TheJustinHammer - This is probably unrelated, but a thing I noticed re-watching Kong: Skull Island again is how King Kong himself doesn't really get involved with the plot that much except in the prologue, the end of the first half that becomes the major inciting incident that leaves the human characters left wandering around the island and the third act.

Whenever we see him, we just see him minding his own business from cleaning himself in the water after his encounter with the humans and noticing his injury, fighting octopus-creature and then eating it in the very same scene, protecting the other animals of the island, watching northern light equivalents at night.

We get to see a lot more of King Kong as a character more than we did with Godzilla in either of his flicks. There were moments with him that were cool or I felt genuinely bad for him (especially during the finale of the 2014 flick), but we don't see how he minds his own business before the plot comes around. Maybe he notices the people following him and tries to bugger off in order to survive or something.
JustALurker
JustALurker - 6/5/2020, 3:57 AM
Am not dying to see this, cuz I already saw a very similar version of it. It has a rapidly growing king Kong and everything


LameLuka
LameLuka - 6/5/2020, 5:12 AM
@JustALurker - the final act of Rampage was really fun to watch. The rest eh, not so much
JustALurker
JustALurker - 6/5/2020, 7:06 AM
@LameLuka - probably just like Kong Vs Zilla will be.
LameLuka
LameLuka - 6/5/2020, 3:48 PM
@JustALurker - I don't know about that. I have enjoyed all 3 Monsterverse movies so far so will most likely end up enjoying GvK also. Heard the runtime is shorter (around Skull Island runtime) which means a tighter movie and less fooling around
LameLuka
LameLuka - 6/5/2020, 5:15 AM
If the leaks are anything to go by,this movie will have more monster action than King of the Monsters. Especially the final act (which is rumored to have 3 fights alone, without counting the rest of the movie)
JohnMarston220
JohnMarston220 - 6/5/2020, 6:26 AM
I'm hoping theirs less humans & more monsters interacting/fighting this time around.
I liked King of the Monsters, but my main gripe was that you'd see a monster battle going on for like 20 seconds to then quickly get cut off by the main humans "saving the world"- and to top it off, they film some monster v monster fights way too upclose that you dont know what the hell is going on lol.
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 6/5/2020, 7:44 AM
In these monster movie worlds how do they rebuild the world only to destroy it once again??
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