As far as I'm concerned the original could have used less human story and just stuck with Godzilla and Kong going at it. I've said it out loud once and it feels like they heard me. Though the New Empire does have a human story it goes by so quick as to not let too much time linger between the Kong /Godzilla scenes. It threw me off at first cause I was not expecting such a short movie but it was jam-packed with all the monster fighting you needed. Particularly with Kong being a bigger focus on this movie than the other. So much so in fact that you could say that he was that human story I was expecting in the film. The destruction was wicked, No matter what Godzilla's duty to protect this earth in the Monsterverse being created, this movie makes it obvious that we are nothing but insects to this dude. There was something truly horrifying about the Death and Destruction that this movie was showing. I don't think any Godzilla movie was as globe trodding as the New Empire allowing the King of Monsters to commit to some serious genocide defending the planet as a whole. It's a little disturbing and I loved it, but it's the only thing this movie shares with the far better-done Godzilla Minus One.
Overall, it's the perfect movie experience.
Overall, it's the perfect movie experience.