Review of Kong: Skull Island (2017) by Rebecca31 — 10 Mar 2017

My gut instinct told me this would not be a good movie, however upon hearing the positive reviews I thought I should set aside my prejudgements and give it a try. And you know what? I should have listened to my gut. I’ve been told by multiple people that this is better than Peter Jackson’s version, and yes his version isn’t amazing and no it hasn’t aged well but it’s a hell of a lot better than this mess. Simply put, ‘Kong: Skull Island’ does not hold up against the motion capture by Andy Serkis in ‘King Kong’ 2005. There isn’t enough effort put into this remake so I was left disappointed.

One dimensional characters embark on an adventure to an uncharted island blah, blah, blah. Enter Kong, John C. Reilly and skull crushers. Yeah I know stupid name to call them but don’t worry John C. Reilly takes a moment to acknowledge their ridiculous name and we all laugh… Don’t get me wrong, I did in fact laugh at times yet I don’t think I was supposed to laugh quite as much. Sometimes a script is so bad all you can do is laugh and cringe. Also featuring Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson. Now if I had known this was going to turn into Samuel Vs Kong then I honestly wouldn’t have bothered. The countless amount of other great movies referenced in this one was crazy, jumping on the shoulders of other monster movies in the desperate hope of creating something decent out of it was simply a giant fail. Considering King Kong is an iconic movie monster this does not do him any justice whatsoever. That just leaves one question. Was I entertained? Well yes and no. It had its moments were it reeled me in but moments later it lost me again. No I wouldn’t recommend it but all you monster movie fans will probably see it anyway so don’t say I didn’t warn you.