Kong: Skull Island <<SPOILERS>>

[Wor-Gar]

Yep. Throwing a bunch of writers at something usually fixes everything.

 

[MaulFan]

Having that said, I am hoping that they pump in better writing as more of these things come out. Apparently Kong vs. Godzilla will have a team of writers.

Not sure why Max Borenstein keeps getting brought in on these but I hope he's cut from the team. The scenes most unanimously felt were good in Godzilla were by other writers,his stuff seems to be where these films fall short.

 

[jye4ever]

I think the problem is that you saw Logan first

That could be...

I think it would've played out like this had I done it that way...

"Holy crap guys run to see Kong, it made Logan look like Xmen Origins"

There is a certain satisfaction that comes from hearing that sucky-looking movie actually sucks.


Really doesn't seem that hard to make a good monster movie. Somewhere between 'who-cares' Kong and 'way-too-slow' Godzilla is the answer.

I still can't believe that I was looking at my watch thinking to myself "my wife must be getting tired of my movies" during the climatic battle involving an awesome looking giant monkey.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I still can't believe that I was looking at my watch thinking to myself "my wife must be getting tired of my movies" during the climatic battle involving an awesome looking giant monkey.

If I took my wife to see Kong then I know I'd be forced to make it up to her by seeing Beauty and the Beast and at least two other dumb romantic comedies. It's just too high a price to pay.

 

[jye4ever]

Oh god please no BATB, I would go pee every 5 minutes.

 

[MaulFan]

I traded seeing 50 Shades Darker for Kong

 

[wolfdog51]

I liked it well enough but can't figure out where all the helicopters came from. I saw only 5 or 6 on that ship,maybe they were on the other end too.
I was glad to see the 2 characters I liked least get killed. That squid/octopus was just nasty.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I traded seeing 50 Shades Darker for Kong

Lulz..

 

[Wor-Gar]

I traded seeing 50 Shades Darker for Kong

That would have been one of my trades had I made that deal. Plus, the 'acting it out' later.

 

[jye4ever]

That helcopter scene was really dumb.

If you see a helicopter being destroyed by Kong why would ALL THE OTHER helicopters then go near him!

You're a helicopter, how about flying away from the threat, not towards it!

Ughhh, this movie

 

[a-dev]

They were helicopters of low intellect, that much is clear.

 

[MaulFan]

That would have been one of my trades had I made that deal. Plus, the 'acting it out' later.

But of course She told me she wanted to see it, I said fine, I'm making you watch a giant monkey movie, and I'm making her watch Godzilla the night before so she'll be familiar with Monarch and the MonsterVerse.

 

[jye4ever]

Oh well at least I got the TOHO animated Godzilla movie that will be a Netflix exclusive later on this year after its theatrical release in Japan to look forward to.

I honestly don't think i'll be revisiting Kong like I do G14.

Btw the 3D was useless in this movie.

I did love Kong's hand introduction during the WW2 opening of the movie.

It reminded me of the MUTO introduction in G14.

 

[Biojex]

My biggest issues with this flick are:
1) a bit too much human characters overall;
2) most of them are underdeveloped;
3) some of them are misused.

Packard could use a bit more background to add more sense to his motivation. He'd felt less cheesy that way.

Chapman felt like second in command and the soul of the escort group, yet after their "landing" he was used only as the we-have-to-get-there plot device. What a waste of potencially good character and an awesome actor. Speakin' of, not havin' Toby Kebbell interactin' with Kong is a huge misoportunity.

I felt like Randa was an important character who had to survive, yet they killed him off in a very unsatisfied manner. Him survivin' the whole thing could add a lot to the gravitas. Goodman was also kinda wasted in this role...

Conrad... I don't know why he's in this flick. Introduced as a loner bad ass who'd be a hero, he did almost nothing interesting or memorable. Hiddleston is a complete miscast but I didn't really care for the above reasons.

Yeah, Kebbel and Goodman were wasted. I would have gladly traded Kebbel for Hiddleston. Ah well.

 

[Wor-Gar]

But of course She told me she wanted to see it, I said fine, I'm making you watch a giant monkey movie, and I'm making her watch Godzilla the night before so she'll be familiar with Monarch and the MonsterVerse.

That's a keeper if she can make it thru Godzilla.

Don't push your luck though -- remember your trip to Amity.

 

[GodzillaSpawn]

Wow! I came into this thread expecting almost everyone (not Riddick) to have very positive things to say. I loved the hell out of this movie. I personally think it's one of the best giant monster movies in decades--better than both American Godzillas, Cloverfield, Pacific Rim, Monster (that's about all that's coming to my mind right now). It was a fun, adventure film that was appropriately brutal and a nice set-up for the upcoming monsterverse.

The cast was serviceable. They all seemed to coast through but the script didn't really demand any real range from anybody in a realistic sense. I felt like this movie was purposefully a little more colorful than usual. I think it had more fun being part of the genre than Godzilla did (Godzilla 2014 had identity issues it did not know what kind of movie it wanted to be--this did not). The music, the animated characters, the overly-obsessed Captain Ahab played by Samuel L, it was all a little nostalgic for me. You got to see plenty of Kong and he looked fantastic. My favorite portrayal of Kong yet. I loved how brutal he was to anyone he considered an enemy, even men. Although, I don't buy him seemingly knowing who the good guys and the bad guys were so early on, but I got over that.

This film had some beautiful shots as well. Some of those helicopter shots right before Kong attacks were stunning. And, speaking of, I frickin loved that scene. So many badass looks at Kong and great action. I can totally believe a bloodlusted military outfit being overly confident in a first encounter with a giant ape after leaving Vietnam licking their wounds. Was still stupid, yes, and obviously once **** really went to hell they had time to retreat and fall back. But they probably thought a few good shots with the .50 would put him down.

The spider freaked me the hell out that was nasty.

I loved the final fight as much as I loved the helicopter confrontation, my two favorite moments hands down. And after the credits was a nice little tease.

I do wonder how Kong will measure up to Godzilla. Since crash landing in WW2, Kong didn't seem to grow much (if at all). And the skeletons of his parents were relatively close to his size, and nowhere near the size of Godzilla as he swam under the aircraft carrier. So, unless he has some unnatural surge in height , he might be a good portion shorter and be relying on methodology and speed/agility. Either way, this Kong is a frickin badass.

Saw it twice. Loved it. It's a fun movie and hands down better than Godzilla. I liked a lot of the actors in it even though they weren't used to potential. Cool to see Dr. Dre and Easy-E together again lol. Makes me wish I can go back and change a whole lot of Godzilla 2014 myself.

 

[RIDDICK]

I do wonder how Kong will measure up to Godzilla. Since crash landing in WW2, Kong didn't seem to grow much (if at all). And the skeletons of his parents were relatively close to his size, and nowhere near the size of Godzilla as he swam under the aircraft carrier. So, unless he has some unnatural surge in height , he might be a good portion shorter and be relying on methodology and speed/agility. Either way, this Kong is a frickin badass.

It's just my theory, but I think the 1944 ape was one of Kong's parents.
If Kong's goin' to fight Godzilla he'd be at least 70 years old.

 

[GodzillaSpawn]

It's just my theory, but I think the 1944 ape was one of Kong's parents.
If Kong's goin' to fight Godzilla he'd be at least 70 years old.

I was wondering if it was a parent as well, but it just felt like it was kong. If that makes sense.

Like boom here's the title of the movie so here's the title character. Lol

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[Wor-Gar]

Word is the opening Kong was indeed actually his parent -- Martha Kong.



This was done so that Batman will be unable to kill the Kong.

 

[a-dev]