Generally Poor

Rating: 5/10 (13 March 2017)

I have to admit that i am generally a fan of popular culture / comic book adaptation type films. Big fan of DC / Marvel, Pacific Rim, etc., even found merit in the last Godzilla film and despite it's critics I even loved Peter Jacksons 2005 remake, so had reasonable expectations for Skull Island. However, was so disappointed. The concept is just silly, it takes itself too seriously, a lot of the performances are either wooden or miscast, even Samuel L Jackson is annoying and doesn't do anything to save the film, quite the opposite.
It's main redeeming feature is it's look. On the whole it looks incredible, some of the effects are truly breathtaking, and there are some iconic frames to behold, the major exception being Kong himself. Gone is the realistic stature and look of Kong from Jackons predecessor film, instead we a very 'ungorilla' like figure that basically looks like a CGI rendition of a guy dressed in a bad suit.
Half way through the film I'd lost interest in the story and cared little for the characters, especially Kong, which is what is at the core of previous Kong films.
I understand that this is the first in probably a line of films opening up the Kong / Godzilla universe, but this just left me flat enough to not really be excited about that prospect at all.