Ishirō Honda's momentous 1954 monster film was born out of a national tragedy in Japan. It has a bleak message for humanity ...

and Legendary's ... of legitimate cinema. "Godzilla x Kong," on the other hand, exists on the opposite end of the spectrum, ...

and there hadn't been a new Japanese movie since 2004's "Godzilla: Final Wars." Legendary Pictures, partnered with Warner Bros. and Toho, assumed the unenviable task of rebooting "Godzilla." ...