5 things you need to know about "Kong: Skull Island".


So, last week I got take a sneak peek at the entire film, and honestly, I went in a little skeptical. 

I was worried the movie would be taken in an "Anaconda" direction, if you know what I mean. 

Turns out, while they certainly didn't take it as seriously as the last two makes, they didn't tarnish the name either. There are a lot of liberties taken with unrealisticness in relation to animals and nature but hell...this is Kong! And this write up is not some hyper-critical press piece trumpeting the journalist's boldness...none of that crapola. It's just a few thoughts from a fan. Thought I'd share if your'e trying to decide whether to spend your hard earned money on this this weekend or not. 


1. It's set in 1973..with the Vietnam war going on nearby.

So, as far as the military escort portion goes, expect an Apocalypse-type setting: except the classic rock soundtrack is even more kickass, and the soliders are even grittier. 


2. Samuel L. Jackson is great in this. So is John Goodman. But..John C. Reilly hits it out of the park.

Sam is a military leader. Goodman is a scientist obsesses with our bog boy. Reilly? He's sort of this Amelia-Earheart-meets-Robinson-Crusoe kind of a charachter with plenty of charm but not all his marbles. What a rad charachter, and what a stand up job he does. If the rest of the movie stunk (which it doesn't), I'd keep coming back for him. 


3. Some beast movies CGI effects are meh. Not Kong. 

Remember that first CGI Godzilla flick? The one with freaking Ferris Bueller in it? Yeah, no. 

The CGI for this is more the quality you saw in Jurassic World. Speaking of Jurassic World....


4. This Kong movie focuses a lot on the fact that Kong isn't the only oversized, pissed off animal on this Island.

Sure, the other two Kongs have that giant snake that pops up, but this takes the story of Kong's island mates further. Like, ugly further. 


5. Moreso, this movie focuses on that damn Island...almost moreso that it focuses on Kong! 

It makes for a pretty cool take on the story. Remember how in Apocalypse Now they portrayed the ugliness of that jungle so well you could almost smell the foulness? They've done a pretty good job of that in this movie too, and considering the time period it's set in, the references to that era of American military adventure, and specifically to that movie, don't make any effort to be suttle. 




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