History YMMV / Colossal

* NightmareFuel: The mere ''concept'' of someone [[spoiler:as petty, sadistic, and monstrous as Oscar having a kaiju avatar.]] Notably, when a group of kaiju fans were informally polled as to which kaiju they found they found scariest ''out of the whole genre'', those who had watched this film said that they found [[spoiler: Oscar]] just as terrifying as the Shin and GMK Godzillas and ''the Monsterverse version of Ghidorah'', if not ''even more so''.

* NightmareFuel: The mere ''concept'' of someone [[spoiler:as petty, sadistic, and monstrous as Oscar having a kaiju avatar.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Oscar]] really crosses the line after [[spoiler: he beats up Gloria and murders hundreds of innocent people before her eyes- or before the Kaiju's eyes- just to emotionally blackmail her into being with him.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Joel seems like a much nicer person than [[spoiler:Oscar]] overall, but it's worth noting that he offers minimal-to-no resistance to any of [[spoiler:Oscar's]] more destructive actions, not even speaking out against them. Even when [[spoiler: Oscar]] and Gloria are fighting on the ground, he does nothing but ineffectually tell them to stop - and although Gloria's fearful and dismayed by [[spoiler: Oscar's sudden gift of furnishings]], Joel sees this as a peace offering that makes up for everything. There's also the possibility that he might just not see Oscar for what he is and truly consider the gifts a solution, all playing into the interpretation of him having [[AmbiguousDisorder some sort of undiagnosed disorder]].

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[FromNobodyToNightmare Oscar]] is a childhood friend of Gloria's, getting her a job at his bar and inviting him to his circle of friends. When Gloria discovers she has a giant monster avatar, Oscar's [[BitchInSheepsClothing true colors]] quickly show, from threatening to beat up his friend Joel; ending another friendship in a drunken argument; and mocking Gloria's remorse for the accidental destruction she causes. Oscar discovers he has a mechanical avatar of his own, making himself feel special. Revealing himself to be a [[EntitledToHaveYou controlling and entitled stalker]] to Gloria, he demonstrates his hold over hear by setting off fireworks in his bar to intimidate her ex, gloating that she'll never leave him. When Gloria stand up to him, Oscar beats her down, [[ForcedToWatch forcing her to watch]] as he has his avatar rampage through Seoul, killing hundreds of people; he threatens further rampages for every day that Gloria isn't with him, a threat he attempts to make good on and start off by attempting to [[WouldHurtAChild crush a child to death]].]]

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[FromNobodyToNightmare Oscar]] is a childhood friend of Gloria's, presenting himself as a warm and welcoming guy, giving her gifts, a job at his bar and bringing her into his circle of friends, but when Gloria shows she has a giant monster avatar, he shows [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp his more sinister colors]], as well as a giant avatar of his own; in truth, he is a spiteful, {{entitled|To Have You}}, and controlling stalker, who starts out with a foreshadowing by threatening to beat up his friend Joel, mocking the remorseful Gloria for the destruction she accidentally caused, and ending one of his friendships over a drunken argument. With his avatar making him feel special in his otherwise bitter existence, he uses this power to try to establish control, mostly over Gloria. To intimidate Gloria and her ex-boyfriend Tim, he sets off a dangerous firework in his bar, gloating how Gloria still won't leave due to the hold he has over her. When Gloria tries to stand up to him, he inflicts a nasty beating on her and forces her to watch as he has his avatar rampage through Seoul, killing hundreds of innocent people; he threatens further rampages for every day that Gloria isn't with him, a threat he attempts to make good on and start off by attempting to [[WouldHurtAChild crush a child to death]]]].

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[FromNobodyToNightmare Oscar]] is a childhood friend of Gloria's, presenting himself as a warm and welcoming guy, giving her gifts, a job at his bar and bringing her into his circle of friends, but when Gloria shows she has a giant monster avatar, he shows [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp his more sinister colors]], as well as a giant avatar of his own; in truth, he is a spiteful, {{entitled|To Have You}}, and controlling stalker, who starts out with a foreshadowing by threatening to beat up his friend Joel, mocking the remorseful Gloria for the destruction she accidentally caused, and ending one of his friendships over a drunken argument. With his avatar making him feel special in his otherwise bitter existence, he uses this power to try to establish control, mostly over Gloria. To intimidate Gloria and her ex-boyfriend Tim, he sets off a dangerous firework in his bar, gloating how Gloria still won't leave due to the hold he has over her. When Gloria tires to stand up to him, he inflicts a nasty beating on her and forces her to watch as he has his avatar rampage through Seoul, killing hundreds of innocent people; he threatens further rampages for every day that Gloria isn't with him, a threat he attempts to make good on and start off by attempting to [[WouldHurtAChild crush a child to death]]]].

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Oscar]] really crosses the line after [[spoiler: he beats up Gloria and murders hundreds of innocent people before her eyes- or before the Kaiju's eyes- just to emotionally blackmail her into being with him.]]
* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler: Oscar antagonizing Gloria while her monster is holding him in her grasp. Maybe he knows that the monster itself can't hear him, but it still isn't the wisest move.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:Oscar is a childhood friend]] of Gloria's, presenting himself as a warm and welcoming guy, [[spoiler:giving her gifts, a job at his bar and bringing her into his circle of friends]], but when Gloria shows she has a giant monster avatar, he shows his more sinister colors, as well as a giant avatar of his own; in truth he is a spiteful, entitled and controlling stalker, who starts out with a foreshadowing by threatening to beat up [[spoiler:his friend Joel]], mocking the remorseful Gloria for the destruction she accidentally caused, and [[spoiler:ending one of his friendships over a drunken argument]]. With his avatar making him feel special in his otherwise bitter existence, he uses this power to try to establish control, mostly over Gloria. To intimidate Gloria and her ex-boyfriend Tim, he sets off a dangerous firework [[spoiler:in his bar, gloating how Gloria still won't leave due to the hold he has over her]]. When Gloria tires to stand up to him, he inflicts a nasty beating on her and forces her to watch as he has his avatar rampage through Seoul, killing hundreds of innocent people; he threatens further rampages for every day that Gloria isn't with him, a threat he attempts to make good on and start off by attempting to [[WouldHurtAChild crush a child to death]].

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: It's quite unexpected for Jason Sudeikis to be in a dramatic role [[spoiler:let alone a villainous one]] and pull it off.

** There is also a possibility that Joel, clearly being a weak willed person, was already a victim of Oscar's abusive and controlling tendencies. His lack or resistence could very well be because he simply can't say no to Oscar.
** Given Gloria's memory problems, the fact her flashback self seems to realise what George is doing before he smashes the diorama, the fact she remembers very little about him and their friendship compared to how much he remembers about her, and the above-mentioned likelihood that Joel was also a victim of his abuse, its highly likely that he had been openly abusive in their youth and she's merely forgotten what he was like, instead of them actually being childhood friends. Its not uncommon for bullies and their victims to mis-remember one-another as actually being a friend because of a nostalgia filter, and given her memory problems likely date back to the incident that created their monsters, its highly likely Oscar is aware she has a shit memory for details given he's ''immediately'' taking advantage of it.

* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler: Oscar antagonizing Gloria while her monster is holding him in her grasp. Maybe he knows that the monster itself can't hear him, but it still isn't the wisest move.]]
** Even dumber, he doesn't realize that Gloria is at the feet of his avatar, meaning he could crush her just as easily.

* HeReallyCanAct: It's quite unexpected for Jason Sudeikis to be in a dramatic role [[spoiler:let alone a villainous one]] and pull it off.

* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler: Sure, Oscar, antagonize Gloria while she's holding you up in the form of a giant monster. Maybe he knows that the monster itself can't hear him, but it still isn't the wisest move.]]

* HeReallyCanAct: It's quite unexpected for Jason Sudeikis to be in a dramatic role and pull it off.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Oscar]] really crosses the line after [[spoiler: he beats up Gloria and murders hundreds of innocent people before her eyes- or before the Kaiju's eyes- just to emotionally blackmail her into being with him.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Oscar]] really crosses the line after [[spoiler: he beats up Gloria and murders hundreds of innocent people before her eyes- or before the Kaiju's eyes]]

* HilariousInHindsight: [[spoiler:Oscar]] is revealed to have violent temper fits - it's a little funny that his monster isn't an [[WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie angry bird.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Joel seems like a much nicer person than [[spoiler:Oscar]] overall, but it's worth noting that he offers minimal-to-no resistance to any of [[spoiler:Oscar's]] more destructive actions, not even speaking out against them. Even when [[spoiler: Oscar]] and Gloria are fighting on the ground, he does nothing but ineffectually tell them to stop - and although Gloria's fearful and dismayed by [[spoiler: Oscar's sudden gift of furnishings]], Joel sees this as a peace offering that makes up for everything.

* HilariousInHindsight: [[spoiler:Oscar]] is revealed to have violent temper fits - it's a little funny that his monster isn't an [[WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie angry bird.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Tim is definitely overly harsh to Gloria, but her drinking habits at the start ''are'' definitely out of control, and she's stopped looking for work after a year in order to party more; something did need to change. And even after he reaches out to her in her hometown when she's stopped drinking (which he would have had to just take her word on, since he hadn't directly observed it), it appears that she she still isn't taking her job search seriously, ignoring looking for jobs in her field of interest to instead settle into a job at a bar that might put her at risk to start drinking again (granted, she's more concerned with more pressing matters at that point rather than job searching, but Tim doesn't know that).

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Joel seems like a much nicer person than [[spoiler:Oscar]] overall, but it's worth noting that he offers minimal-to-no resistance to any of [[spoiler:Oscar's]] more destructive actions, not even speaking out against them.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Tim is definitely overly harsh to Gloria, but her drinking habits at the start ''are'' definitely out of control, and she's stopped looking for work after a year in order to party more; something did need to change. And even after he reaches out to her in her hometown when she's stopped drinking (which he couldn't know for sure), it appears that she she still isn't taking her job search seriously, ignoring looking for jobs in her field of interest to instead settle into a job at a bar that might put her at risk to start drinking again (granted, she's more concerned with more pressing matters at that point rather than job searching, but Tim doesn't know that).

* JerkassHasAPoint: Tim is definitely overly harsh to Gloria, but her drinking habits at the start 'are' definitely out of control, and she's stopped looking for work after a year in order to party more; something did need to change. And even after he reaches out to her in her hometown when she's stopped drinking (which he couldn't know for sure), it appears that she she still isn't taking her job search seriously, ignoring looking for jobs in her field of interest to instead settle into a job at a bar that might put her at risk to start drinking again (granted, she's more concerned with more pressing matters at that point rather than job searching, but Tim doesn't know that).

* HilariousInHindsight: [[spoiler:Oscar]] is revealed to have violent temper fits - it's a little funny that his monster isn't an [[WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie angry bird.]]