The first Godzilla movie is quite serious, and even though Godzilla has been portrayed a bunch of different ways (bad guy, good guy, indifferent guy), you really can’t escape that core aspect of him.
So, maybe we shouldn’t expect everything to be sunshine and rainbows for Godzilla vs. Kong.
Adam Wingard recently did an interview with Coming Soon about his Death Note adaptation for Netflix, and the director also touched upon his upcoming massive blockbuster: Godzilla vs. Kong.
Godzilla, in particular, is a character with a deep history, having several different iterations from different filmmakers.