Posted on 03/09/2017 7:21:28 PM PST by drewh
Kong: Skull Island (age 12+) Verdict: A gigantic disappointment Rating: two stars out of a possible five
More than eight decades have passed since former Daily Mail war correspondent Edgar Wallace created King Kong, but still the giant ape exerts a fierce grip on the collective imagination. What a shame, then, that Kong: Skull Island is so feebly plotted and scripted, monkeying around with the story and, in the biggest misjudgment of all, revealing Kong in all his hairy majesty even before the opening credits.
What a disappointing film this is. There are deliberate echoes of Jurassic Park, but they ring terribly hollow. There's scarcely any tension, no exciting narrative thrust and rather painfully strained attempts at humour, even by the always excellent John C. Reilly — whose character I won't divulge, just in case you really don't have anything better to do on Sunday afternoon. But I hope you do. In fact, you could fare a lot worse than staying at home and watching the DVD of The Hobbit director Peter Jackson's 2005 remake of King Kong. It is superior in every way.
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Can it possibly be worse than the last one?
Is King Kong gay in this film?....
Gotta ask these days!
why do they keep making a stupid remake of a mediocre at best, movie?
and why do people waste money on it?
Not gay, he just identifies as an Orangutan.
can it be worse than the Godzilla remake with Matthew Broderick? :)
I think I have seen all the King Kong movies but this one will have to wait until it is on the late show.
The last one was pretty good but as is usually the case, the 1930s original was the best.
That was indeed a wretched motion picture. Execrable.
The early rip off (Mighty Joe Young) was decent.
When I saw that SL Jackson was the lead, I crossed it off my list.
Not that I have actually paid to see a movie in the past 8 years...
I saw this movie last night, and the theatre was busier than it has ever been.
Good movie I thought. I really liked it.
It was set in Vietnam, and split in eras, between world war II and then later, around the Vietnam war era. Just as the war ended.
It was actually shot in Vietnam. Beautiful scenery.
I very much liked this film. Thumbs up.
If they will re-film it without Samuel L. Racist I’d watch it.
Having Tom Hiddleson as the lead is close enought!
She was about as delicious as the came back then
“I saw a King Kong movie. I am outraged it is a cheesy giant monster movie.”
—said no one who has seen more than three King Kong movies
Freegards
Probably best to avoid any movie with Morgan Fishburne, Lawrence Jackson, or Samuel L Freeman in them.
I won’t spoil the film for anyone, but I saw NOTHING in the film which struck me as political.
It was good. King Kong was interesting. :D
I will leave it at that. I very much enjoyed the film.
Is King Kong gay in this film?....No, but there's rumors about the leading man.
well played, that clip on good morning LA still makes me laugh! :)
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