Basically a better Jurassic Park 3

Rating: 7/10 (29 May 2017)

I'm not going to go into why this movie is not as good as it should be. Apart from the fact they have totally miscast some characters (Hiddleston especially) and the movies saving grace was John C Reilly, Kong: Skull Island was actually pretty entertaining.
I went into this knowing it'd be very Hollywood, so I expected nothing less. Why people were expecting more is beyond me. We knew the characters would be clichéd. We knew that Kong would reign supreme. We knew we'd see a load of weird creatures (one thing I hate about the Kong story is the creatures, but I know it has to be there). The story is what it is, it was never going to be some superb script up for Oscars and stuff. Yes, Hiddleston and Larson are beautiful people so we knew they would just be there for eye candy. All I wanted to see was a good Monster Movie, and luckily for me I got it.
The story reminded me of Jurassic Park 3. Lots of things were similar, with the Kong spin. Someone lures them all to the Island for one reason, then knowingly tells them it was all for a different reason. They go on the hunt for someone on the Island. There was even a boat they used to try to escape and a few other nods too. It was all very similar to me, but obviously a lot better.
Reilly stole the show when he eventually showed up. Hiddleston was a horrendous choice, but I usually like him. Jackson just turns up anywhere nowadays, so his presence in films now really doesn't excite me.
Overall, this movie does what it sets out to do. No it isn't perfect but if you go into it expecting a classic, you will be disappointed. One thing I will say is I much preferred this to the 2005 Kong. Apart from the small snippet where Kong came to NYC in the 2005 version, the rest of that movie for me was terrible.