Interesting. Yes, that would be the explanation that makes the most sense the way the movie is presented. But to me it still doesn't work.
He beat the crap out of Kong. His alpha rival, was down. Then Godzy screams at him like crazy. Logically, if the rival alpha stands down, the victor would let him live as he is now recognized as king. But Kong responded by screaming back in defiance. Just choosing to stand back, look at him calmly, and then slowly walk away seems very unnatural.
Plus... that happens before the Mecha was even launched. He might have been drawn there by the signal but he sure didn't seem the least distracted by it (or anything else for that matter). Once Kong was down, it's not like Godzilla was in such a race against time that he couldn't just rip out Kong's throat instead of taking a moment and going soft for the sole reason that Kong is one of the good guys in the movie. And how could a 4th wall element influence Godzy's thought process ?
Godzilla doesn't discriminate. To stay king of monsters he either destroys or submits his rivals. Neither happened with Kong and the movie didn't show any good reason for that.
I think the way you explain it is probably what the writers went for. So I think it's a good explanation. But I still can't buy it.
I agree with enriquesingh and millsey72 about this. Now I'm convinced it's a plot hole too.
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cyguration (3843)
a year ago
Huh? Godzilla had his foot on Kong's chest and forced Kong to submit. Kong was basically dead at that point, as his heart had (or was) giving out. So Godzilla left him to reflect on his poor life decisions and die a slow, painful death. If it weren't for the pesky humans with their electro-flying machine-thingy that they used as a makeshift defibrillator, Kong would have died.
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[deleted]
a year ago
Huh? Godzilla left him to reflect on his poor life decisions and die a slow, painful death ??
I think you are humanizing these creatures a bit much here. But who's to say they are not more "human" than we think?
I still choose to stand by what I said before though. For me, Apex predators kill. They don't just let die showing mercy to give their adversary a chance to reflect on whatever.
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FilmBuff (6691)
a year ago
In real life, the alpha male will defeat his challenger, but not kill him if the challenger accepts defeat. That's what Kong did. Godzilla beat him fair and square, and he acknowledged the fact. Godzilla no longer needed to kill him, as Kong was no longer a threat. Kong was now his servant. A wise move, as Godzilla very soon needed Kong's help when an even mightier, albeit artificial, alpha creature hit the scene.
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a year ago
A wise move indeed as the scenario would collapse otherwise.
I might be wrong here so correct me if I am. But these alpha males you are talking about are probably rivals from the same species fighting for control of the group, access to the females, etc. I don't think that happens a lot (letting the defeated rival be) in confrontations extra-species (if that's a term I can use).
Your explanation works, I think, if we agree that the titans are one species in itself (which would be odd with all these very different physical incarnations).
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