Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ Kong: Skull Island could
have been a great movie. It started out
as such. But two-thirds of the way
through, Writer John Gatins story went south with Samuel L. Jackson’s character
being so stupid that even the kids near me started to groan.
If you weren’t for Kong by then, loyalties changed and
you just wanted him to end the human characters and get back to keeping the
island natives safe.
It’s a shame because Director Vogt-Roberts had such great
control over the action and the Writing Team of Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein and
Derek Connolly, not to mention Cinematographer Larry Fong and the entire Visual
Effects team had a crackerjack thriller going for them. But even all this talent couldn’t fight the
eventual story dumbness.
John C. Reilly had the standout performance with Brie
Larson and Tom Hiddleston well playing the central couple. Kong and the “Skull Cracker” monsters were
wonderfully created, as well.
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