History YMMV / GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Kong ''using Suko as an [[ImprovisedWeapon improvised]] [[EpicFlail flail]]'' to clobber some of the Skar King's soldiers, before chucking to the ground. It's every bit as bizarre as it sounds, but you'll probably be laughing too hard to question it.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Kong ''using Suko as an ImprovisedWeapon.'' It's every bit as bizarre as it sounds, but you'll probably be laughing too hard to question it.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: While no one is complaining about [[spoiler:Mothra returning, it's rather disappointing that she and Godzilla only interact very briefly during the fight in Egypt. With her being Godzilla's "Queen of the Monsters" and ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' establishing a symbiotic relationship with the two, it feels like a missed opportunity to not have both of them meet up during the denouement]]. Much of this can be chalked up to licensing as the production team always intended to use [[spoiler:Mothra]] but weren't sure if they had the rights to the character so they used a placeholder kaiju Phosphera before changing back to [[spoiler:Mothra]] mid-production.

** [[spoiler:Mothra returns, but this was hidden for most of the advertising until the film debuted in China. This took many fans off guard, as Legendary has to buy the rights to each Toho kaiju they use, so Mothra's sudden return was a major curve ball.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: Some have considered this film to be the closest thing to a feature film adaptation of ''VideoGame/PrimalRage'', possibly due to comparisons between Skar King's design to Chaos and the pose Kong strikes while wearing the B.E.A.S.T. Glove resembling the [[upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Primal_Rage_flyer.jpg game's cover art]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: Some have considered this film to be the closest thing to a feature film adaptation of ''VideoGame/PrimalRage'', possibly due to comparisons between Skar King's design to Chaos and the pose Kong strikes while wearing the B.E.A.S.T. Glove resembling the [[upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Primal_Rage_flyer.jpg game's cover art]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: Some have considered this film to be the closest thing to a feature film adaptation of ''VideoGame/PrimalRage'', possibly due to comparisons between Skar King's design to Chaos and the pose Kong strikes while wearing the B.E.A.S.T. Glove resembling the game's cover art.

** While Mothra was very well-liked, many felt she didn't live up to the suggestion she's roughly comparable to Godzilla. In this movie, while Mothra doesn't have a ton of screentime, she's given a much better showing of essentually soloing Skar King's army during the anti-gravity fight, knocks (an upgraded) Godzilla on his butt with her God Rays, and staggers Shimo with them, showing herself as much stronger and implying her fight with Rodan was largely a bad match up and situation.

** Film: [[TheCaligula The Skar King]] is an {{ancient|Evil}} Great Ape Titan [[TheWarlord warlord]] who, untold millennia ago, led his tribe in an attempt to conquer the Surface World, but was imprisoned in a lower layer of the Hollow Earth by [[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Godzilla]]. Confining his tribe to a volcanic wasteland and ruling through pain and suffering for generations, the Skar King killed those who dared to defy him; [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil gathered a harem of terrorized females to father his children]]; and enslaved the cryogenic reptilian Titan Shimo through torture with the intent of using her to cause [[GlacialApocalypse another Ice Age]]. When he discovered humans from the surface had entered the Hollow Earth, the Skar King slaughtered Monarch's Outpost and led his army in an attempted conquest. Upon reaching the surface with Shimo, he nearly succeeded in accomplishing his goals but was killed by the combined efforts of [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingKong Kong]], Godzilla, Mothra, the young ape Suko--implied to be the Skar King's own son--and [[TheDogBitesBack a liberated Shimo]].

* AccidentalAesop: Small children deserve kindness and understanding rather than punishment. While Suko starts as a brat -- biting Kong's finger, luring him into an ambush, tricking him into almost getting eaten by the Drownviper -- it's clear that it's not because he was born evil but rather just a result of the environment in which he was raised. Kong never doles out any corporal punishment on Suko (he used him as a pair of nunchucks when they first met, but that was self-defence) -- instead, he acts as a positive role model for the young ape: being patient, generous and protective whilst at the same time willing to stand up for what's right and brooking no disrespect. With an example of good behaviour to follow, Suko quickly improves.

* {{Moe}}: Sure, he ain't chibi-sized or whatever but, come on, Godzilla sleeping, curled up Colosseum, is pretty cute.