Not the Great Ape's finest hour but not his worst

Rating: 5/10 (14 August 2017)

Kong: Skull Island is a decent movie, not a great one but is enjoyable enough to enjoy. Tom Hiddleston plays the main character who is pretty bland unfortunately as is John Goodman's role in the flick. really if you have seen a modern American monster movie then you have seen these two characters over and over again to the point that it really isn't the enjoyable portion of the movie. Really I can say the same for Sam Jackson's role in the movie but since it is Sam Jackson in the role he automatically makes the role more enjoyable than it has much of a right to be. Really the only really interesting character is that of John C. Rielly who is the focus of the easily best scenes of the movie which makes the movie much more enjoyable to watch.
But you didn't come to this movie for characters did you? You came for a monster and for a monster fight didn't you? Well lucky for you the special effects are actually really good. better than I thought a movie like this would actually have. The fights themselves are decent enough but they feel like they kind of come out of nowhere with very little build up from the film.
Really I'm not convinced that I want to recommend because if you want to watch a good modern monster fight then there's Pacific Rim, if you wanted a monster flick with better character there's Monster, and really if you want a better King Kong movie there's the original so I really couldn't recommend this as freely as I feel I should be able to.