User Comments for Kong: Skull Island

Jordyep says...

8 years ago

It's mediocre, yet also really entertaining sometimes. In that regard, the closest comparison to this is Jurassic World.

Pros:
- Visuals and cinematography.
- Conflict within the group of characters.
- The characters of John C. Reily and Toby Kebbell (although underused)
- Action, particularly the climax.
- The editing stands out a few times.
- Nicely paced.

Cons:
- Too many characters, meaning you won't care about pretty much all of them. They also don't take their time to develop them, meaning that most of them come across as Fast and Furious cartoons.
- Some iffy CGI (not with Kong, but with the other creatures).
- Some minor moments that felt out of place or coincidental.
- Besides a few gags, all the humour falls flat.
- The second act drags a bit.
- Sometimes, the colour grading is overdone.

Grade: 5/10

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Reply by Lucandore

8 years ago

@jordyep Within the Pro List I'd add the fact they tried to create a universe around King Kong, showing other monsters like Godzilla.

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Reply by blakblu

7 years ago

@1984goam This is basically a reboot of the old King Kong vs Godzilla movies. Nothing was "created"in this flick. But to add to the cons, the plot. How could you forget the horrible plot?

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Reply by Jordyep

7 years ago

@blakblu I think the plot works just fine. Nothing to rave about, but I don't see how it's horrible. It's just a vehicle to drive the action.

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Reply by blakblu

7 years ago

@jordyep I humbly respect your opinion, but the plot was complete trash. They traverse an island of giant monsters to save one guy, that is nearly 100% dead. Common sense would be to send 100s of scientists and soldiers to handle this situation, with air support and all. So the plot was extremely horrible. The island people have no point except to tell the history of the two legged creatures.

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Reply by Jordyep

7 years ago

@blakblu Like I said, it's a functional plot that drives the action. Yes, the character motivations aren't explored well enough (which I actually listed as a con), and the island people purely exist for exposition. At the same time, you shouldn't expect a Kubrick/Nolan layered plot. If you keep that in mind, I think you can't criticize it too harshly, since it's a focussed story in which nothing happens that feels too out of place.

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