Audiences were fooled by the trailer for the 2014 Godzilla movie, and now the exact same trick may be being pulled again in Legendary’s first Godzilla vs. Kong trailer. The long-awaited Godzilla vs. Kong trailer showcases the upcoming battle between the pair, who appears to have turned on the humans. Based on what’s seen in the footage, Kong could be the hero who’s chosen by the human characters to save them from Godzilla’s wrath.

Godzilla was the protagonist in his first two MonsterVerse movies, but the Godzilla vs. Kong trailer leaves the impression that his next film will be taking him a different direction. Kyle Chandler’s Mark Russell remarks in the footage that “Godzilla's out there, he's hurting people, and we don't know why.” Another scene reveals that Godzilla has been perpetrating seemingly random attacks all over the planet. Furthermore, the fight on the aircraft carrier suggests that Godzilla himself is the instigator behind his fight with Kong, who – true to form – is being depicted as a sympathetic figure that the humans can count on in their time of need.

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If the 2014 Godzilla trailer is any indication, the King of the Monsters shouldn’t be called Godzilla vs. Kong’s villain just yet. The Godzilla vs. Kong trailer certainly sets him up to have that role, but it shouldn’t be overlooked that the full trailers for his first MonsterVerse movie did the same thing. It made it look like Godzilla – and not the MUTOs – was the biggest problem that the main characters were facing, However, it’s known from seeing the whole film that though they did have some trepidation about Godzilla, the two MUTOs were always their top concern from the beginning. Godzilla never even attacked them.

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For example, Bryan Cranston’s Joe Brody was heard giving a dire warning about a threat that would “send us back to the Stone Age”. This was immediately followed up by a shot of Godzilla swimming through the ocean. Obviously, this implied he was talking about Godzilla, but in fact it was the MUTOs who were the subjects of his fears. This was repeated throughout the trailer, with dialogue that was actually about the MUTOs being attributed to Godzilla instead.

The clues that the trailer offered that hinted at the real truth was the quick glimpses it gave of the MUTOs. As for the Godzilla vs. Kong trailer, it could have clues to the identity of the movie’s real antagonist hidden in its footage as well, such as the shot of a “mechanized giant” on a monitor screen, or Madison (Mille Bobby Brown) pointing out Godzilla must be being provoked by something. For these reasons, it’s quite possible that the supposedly villainous behavior that viewers are seeing from Godzilla in the trailer is a big misdirect. Based on what Legendary did with its trailers for the 2014 movie, it shouldn’t be surprising if Godzilla vs. Kong reveals early on that Godzilla hasn’t actually done anything wrong. It could be that he’s either being impersonated by Mechagodzilla, or he’s only attacking the bases of the human villains.

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