Review of Kong: Skull Island (2017) by Namuri — 17 Mar 2017

An uninspired and uninteresting film that could have been much better if the writing have been compelling enough to make me care what was happening. The majority of the deaths might as well have been spray painted on the actors faces as they were introduced, because that's how unsurprising they were.

The only character who really managed to catch my interest for his off beat oddness, Cole, ended up souring my investment in his survival due to the idiotic pointlessness of his death. For the others, they are mostly anticlimactic, without any sort of narrative payoff or comeuppance or ANYTHING besides a number to add to the body count.

Kong's portrayal was at least interesting, but the racist portrayal of the Natives of the island was not. Tom Hiddleston was quite handsome and British and in short sleeves during the movie, but if you want to see him act that badly I would suggest rewatching him in Thor, because at least that film is good.