Film Preview: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Film Poster

Page Revisions:

(April 23, 2023) Original
(October 12, 2023) New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#1-#4)
(February 18, 2024) New Trailer (#3) — New Posters (#5-#6)
(March 17, 2024) New Trailer (#4) — New Posters (#7-#13)
(March 24, 2024) New Poster (#14) — Updated Plot Description

Release Date:

March 15, 2024

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “Two ancient titans, Godzilla and Kong, clash in an epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins and connection to Skull Island’s mysteries.”

Poster Rating: C (3) / C / C+ / C+ / C / C / C (5) / C

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Review: (#1-#3, C) Three hand-print designs that look well made, but don’t do much visually for the film, especially with the oppressively white background. (#4, C) For having two large creatures on the design, there’s a general lack of details other than choppers flying over Rio de Janeiro, which doesn’t have any relevance to the viewer.

(#5, C+) The affectations here don’t seem to make a lot of sense except in a splash of color effect that’s mostly lost in the paleness of the effort. (#6, C+) An attempt to make for a striking departure of a poster design for the Asian markets but the Chinese dragon feels out of place when it’s not a a character in the film. The dull orange background doesn’t improve it.

(#7, C) What a cheesy, gung-ho design that lacks a richness of detail and is overwhelmed by the lack of background details. Godzilla’s arm position feels weird (hence the “gung-ho” comment). (#8, C) Using the same color scheme as before, this one doesn’t put anyone’s arm in an unnerving position but it still lacks a background. (#9-#13) None of these-format specific designs have much of interest in them and that’s a bit disappointing considering how much money the film cost. Resources could have been spent for these designs but weren’t.

(#14, C) Not much different than prior efforts with this design, which has the empty details and the overbearing presence of the stars.

Trailer Rating: C / B- / C+ / C+

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Review: (#1, C) This dull teaser doesn’t tell the audience much about the film itself, but it does highlight the strong visual effects, which may be the hope the producers want to instill in the viewer.

(#2, B-) There are a lot of visual effects on display in this trailer and that will have some appeal to certain target demos, but the effort feels a bit forced at times and the premise is poorly conveyed.

(#3, C+) This lengthy trailer tells more of the story but manages to give away most of its potentially surprising elements and, in the process, begins to look like a colossal waste of time.

(#4, C+) An action-heavy trailer that will certainly appeal to some viewers who love widespread destruction but the plot is almost irrelevant in the trailer. That’s to be expected with a film that just wants to pack seats and not engage them.