Colossal king crab
On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Colossal is a 2016 science fiction black comedy film colossal king crab and written by Nacho Vigalondo. The film is an international co-production between producers in Canada, Spain, the United States and South Korea.
Anne Hathaway signed onto the project in May 2015, which was described as “Godzilla meets Lost in Translation”. Colossal held its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2016 and was followed by several festival screenings. Gloria is an unemployed writer struggling with alcoholism. Her boyfriend Tim, frustrated with her errant behavior, breaks up with her and kicks her out of their New York City apartment. Forced to move back to her family home in Mainhead, New Hampshire, Gloria reunites with her childhood friend Oscar, who now runs his late father’s bar. Oscar warmly welcomes Gloria and offers her a job at the bar, which she accepts.
Working at the bar aggravates Gloria’s alcohol problem. After each shift, she drinks with Oscar and his friends, Garth and Joel, until morning, then sleeps it off in her nearly empty childhood home. At the same time, a giant reptilian monster appears in Seoul, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Gloria shares her discovery with Oscar and his friends by dancing in the playground while they watch a newsfeed of the monster mimicking her movements. When a helicopter launches a missile at the monster, causing Gloria pain, and prompting her to lash out and destroy the helicopter, killing the pilots on board.
Horrified at what she has just done, she panics and collapses, causing widespread destruction. After spending the night with Joel, Gloria discovers a drunken Oscar controlling the robot to taunt South Korea. After a tense confrontation, she makes him leave. Oscar thinks something happened between Gloria and Joel and is jealous. That night, he drunkenly insults his friends at the bar and demands Gloria have a beer, threatening to return to the playground if she refuses. The next morning, a sober Oscar apologizes to Gloria. Tim arrives in town to see Gloria but is irritated by and dismissive about her life situation before apologizing.
Upon meeting Tim at the bar, Oscar provokes a confrontation by setting off fireworks indoors. Tim tries to get Gloria to leave with him, but she stays to curb Oscar’s destructive behavior. Oscar later goes to her house to prevent her from going back with Tim. A flashback reveals Gloria made a paper diorama of Seoul as a school project.
When it is blown into what would later become the playground, Oscar retrieves it but, jealous that it is better than his, smashes it. Gloria’s anger triggers lightning that strikes them, Oscar’s toy robot, and her toy reptilian monster. Gloria and Oscar race for the playground. She arrives first and attempts to fight him, but he incapacitates her and destroys a large portion of Seoul, killing many people.
He says Gloria is free to leave if she wishes, but every morning she remains absent, he’ll take a walk through the playground. She resolves to leave and flies to South Korea. Gloria apologizes over the phone to Tim for not going with him, but insists she owes him no explanations as he had ended their relationship. Gloria retreats to a bar and asks the bartender if she would like to hear an amazing story. The bartender says yes, and offers Gloria a drink, at which Gloria sighs. Hathaway was the first actress to sign on at a time when the project had no financial backing.
