Kong is Back and Delivers!

Rating: 9/10 (17 March 2017)

Kong is Back! Growing up, nothing wrapped up the Thanksgiving holidays like the showings of the Japanese Monster movies (that, and March of the Wooden Soldiers). They were a Thanksgiving staple right along the cranberry sauce and turkey.
By today's standards, some younger folks would see them as laughable or amateurish because of their simplistic methods in bringing GIANT monsters to life without the use of Computer Generated Images (CGI).
2014 gave us a newer, modern Godzilla. I loved this movie as to me, it paid homage to the classic Godzilla in little ways that some true fans might pick up.
This brings me to the subject of this review; KONG: Skull Island. First off, the movie gives us a unique telling of the story by changing the time-line of the story and therefore giving it a different feel to the 2014 Godzilla. The CGI was fantastic and they even went as far as to have Kong stand more erect, like the TOHO Studios Kong from the 60's (due to a man being in the Kong suit). The cast all did a fine job and each made their characters interesting. I particularly liked John Goodman and John C. Riley's performances. Tom Hiddleston did a fine job as the male lead and was noticeably slightly buffed up than his portrayal as Thor's brother, Loki. Samuel Jackson played... Samuel Jackson. LOL... The movie stayed on point and covered the science aspect just enough to give it a follow-able story and yet not too much to bore kids in the audience.
The 3D effects in the film really stood out and were not overbearing or obnoxious. There were plenty of creatures to keep Kong occupied and us entertained throughout the story.
If you do plan on seeing this... please stay to the very, very end of the end credits. Have fun and see you at the movies!!!