I had such high hopes for this. Shame.

Rating: 1/10 (28 January 2018)

"Kong: Skull Island". Great title but what the hell happened? Laughable, stupid beyond belief and all around awful. Harsh words? Yes, but so is this flub. Here as of late Hollywood is going after the monster genre of old: Godzilla, Kong and assorted more classic creatures to come (hopefully done better. "Godzilla" was fantastic). If this is supposed to be a precursor to "Godzilla vs. Kong" (Lol) then why does this story take it place so long in the past? "Apocalypse Now" feel throughout, while fighting some pretty ugly creatures and fantastically enough, there are a tribe of people on this island along with a MIA soldier. Kong is their protector along with protecting the whole island itself from meaner things taking over. Here comes a man with a gun and an attitude thinking he will bring the mighty Kong down and alas, it does not happen. How this got an Oscar nom for its visuals is not really hard to see why, but still they are not as genuine as they SHOULD have been. Story and overdone plot along with the acting are just terrible and not believable, of course Jackson plays with the same attitude as he does in every other movie he has been in. Seems he only took one class and quitting acting school. How this got a "PG-13" rating is beyond me with the mid-air dismemberment of one unlucky soldier and various other gross scenes including the regurgitation of human bones from the "Skull" creatures. If you haven't seen this flick do yourself a favor and just watch Peter Jacksons' "King Kong". You will leave a happier viewer. This? No. No to all of it.