Godzilla vs. Kong breaks all records since lockdown and quarantine

American cinemas closed nearly a year ago after the spread of the Corona virus, and partially returned several months ago, but many movie chains insisted on not opening their doors, not even with the health measures followed, which caused a large number of large and important films not to be released during this period. .

But at the end of last March, nearly all of the theaters returned to work across the country, opening up with a big movie that was already anticipated, Godzilla vs. Kong, which quickly achieved successive successes and set records in cinema. In the era of corona, with revenues of $ 285 million so far, in addition to the praise of critics.

The audience is looking for simplicity

When the movie "Tenet", directed by Christopher Nolan, was shown last August, many fans of the entertainment market praised the courage of Warner Brothers, the producers and the director, in showing the film at a time that represented one of the heights of Corona, and they thought that this might be a return to the cinema again with a big movie And a popular director.

But the film came to represent a fatal blow to its very weak revenues around the world, which disappointed many and made Warner decide to display its films in the future in both theaters and on its "HBO Max" platform at the same time.

This can be compared to the current situation. "Godzilla v. Kong" was able to do the opposite. Years later, we can say that this film has contributed to saving the cinema market.

In fact, everyone's betting on the movie The Creed was misplaced. The film, which carries many complications in narration, plot and time, was not the appropriate work in this difficult period to attract the audience, but on the contrary, the movie "Monsters" depends on familiar characters, visual effects and simple plot It's a much better option for viewers who don't want to overburden their minds, but rather innocent fun and entertain themselves.

An extension of the stories of ancient monsters

One of the most important reasons for the success of "Godzilla v. Kong" is the great popularity of the two main characters, despite their being of the type of monsters that have long been considered anti-human, and these characters have persisted for decades and in various film series are almost all successful at varying levels.

The first time that King Kong appeared on the screen was in 1933, and his character was subsequently presented in more than 12 films, while Godzilla's first appearance was in the Japanese movie that bore the name of the character in 1954, which succeeded to the point that the famous monster appeared in 33 films. In addition to many American and Japanese TV series.

This film is not the first meeting between the two characters, they appeared together in 1962, but the latest version is part of a separate new film series that brings together the two worlds of brutality that began in 2014 with the movie "Godzilla".

In this movie, the two monsters fight for the first time in this new world, and this hostility has been interpreted as being historical between each other's ancestors, and implanted in their genes.

The film was divided into two dramatic lines, each line connected to a monster, until reaching the point of meeting or final conflict, and this allowed the viewer to learn about the capabilities of each monster as well as develop a kind of sympathy with them, especially Kong, who gained in this version the ability to understand sign language, and was sent On a long journey to search for his home, and the home of all monsters.

The film contained many characteristics returned in this cinematic genre, such as aggressive humans and a mad scientist that tries to simulate the world of monsters, and human characters that are very flat and often ridiculous, but on the other hand the visual effects were very distinctive, especially with the great development that this has witnessed. The technical aspect of the art of cinema in recent years, which makes the reintroduction of old films again a necessity for the vast difference in time.

Although the film's story may seem very simple, this simplicity is what distinguishes it, and made the work able to interest viewers around the world, especially with its display in the three-dimensional system in many theaters, which is considered an additional attraction competing for display on electronic platforms. In the movie revenue at the box office.