Review of Kong: Skull Island (2017) by Mrpajamas — 14 Sep 2021

I really liked King Kong from 2005, so I tried Kong: Skull Island. That one wasn't as good in my opinion, but it was still good. I thought the story was worse, but the setting was great. It was a very nice show with good CGI.

What might have been a problem for some people in 2005's King Kong was the pacing. It took quite a while before Kong the monkey himself showed up. For me, it was fitting and it got my attention and I was just waiting to see when he would show up.

Here we see him just a few minutes into the film, which probably gets a lot of people's attention, but not so much for me because I had nothing to look forward to when the film introduced King Kong in the opening minutes.

But the aforementioned CGI was awesome and the action scenes were also gorgeous. I enjoyed the eye candy in the form of action to the fullest and that is also in my opinion the biggest draw of this film.

I would watch Kong: Skull Island not for the story but for the action and CGI. It's just a nice spectacle. That's all. For me, it's a good film that I can recommend.