Review of Kong: Skull Island (2017) by Veldkampphilip — 20 Mar 2017

This movie is just a random mashup of scenes and different tones. The editing is incredibly poor and creates a movie that feels like on big trailer. Furthermore the characters are just so bland. Nobody cares about them and they are just there to act as things for monsters to kill.

Even the main characters with the exception of Samuel L Jackson's just say the stupidest things. The photographer girl is just there to be pretty and does not contribute to the story in any way. Some instances, characters just speak and it has no impact on anything around them.

I remember the photographer just saying some stuff about mass graves at one point which just doesn't make sense and is just inconsequential. Furthermore the guys wearing the blue jackets are just so incredibly stupid and say such stupid stuff until they die in a brutal way.

Additionally, nobody reacts in a human-like way when people die. They just look at it with a confused expression and continue. Ultimately, sometimes the movie is sad, then the next scene is a like a rock montage of stuff and the tone just feels like its all over the place.

the only reason this is a 5/10 is because the monster scenes look really cool and the final fight between Kong and the Lizard-thing is awesome.