Mainly Terrible

Rating: 3/10 (28 June 2017)

It appears that the majority of those who reviewed this movie have the same opinion as I do.
This is the worse King Kong remake I have ever seen.
Not because of the acting but because of the pretty dismal direction, script and special effects. My criticism of the special effects is that with the SFX technology available today they could have been much, much better.
Also the stupid things that did, or didn't occur were laughable.
For example: When the ship carrying everyone to Skull Island was seen on an overhead shot there were 3 helicopters on the deck but when the flight launched to penetrate the weather front surrounding the island there were about 2 dozen choppers.
The ship could never have carried that many helicopters because it was simply too small to carry that many and even if there was room how could they have gotten the others on deck in order to launch them because there was no lift to bring the aircraft onto the deck? Another gaff was when a number of 'toxic' gas canisters exploded and the gas was spread over a wide area and enveloped those still alive. Only one put his gas mask on but all the others just carried on without the slightest problem, not even a small cough.
It is such a pity that this movie was let down by such poor direction and continuity because it had the makings of a great remake.