A mishmash of extravagant themes, flashy tone, and some top notch set pieces

Rating: 7/10 (9 March 2017)

Watching the new version of Kong yesterday felt like riding a crazy over-the-top roller coaster without fastening seat belts, and it took me some time to recover from the dizziness.
The movie is soaked in style, and very entertaining; it's not what you're expecting from a prototypical blockbuster creature feature, but instead, it's a mishmash of extravagant themes, flashy tone, and some top-notch set pieces.
What cheered me the most was how they handled the coloration and cinematography. All those irrational close-ups of Richard Nixon's crazily-moving head doll, the reflection of some massive explosion on a pair of shiny sunglasses resting on a soldier's smiling face, the brief shot of the clapping monkey, the rough cuts, the surprises, and the overall surreal tone. Some may see this as an absurdity, but not me. Tastes vary.
This movie intended to be a pure action spectacle, take it for what it is.