Big Monster Go SMASH: A Retrospective on Godzilla and King Kong

“Godzilla vs. Kong” made landfall in the U.S. on March 31, 2021, having been released internationally seven days prior (Fear not, readers: no spoilers shall darken these pages.) At the time of this article’s publication, it has done well for itself, already sitting as the third-highest-grossing film of 2021 with a cool $297,300,000 made at the box office [https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/]. The movie stands as a sequel to Legendary Pictures’ “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” and “Kong: Sk