Best King Kong Movie Ever

Rating: 9/10 (20 July 2017)

In 1973, Bill Randa (John Goodman) convinces a US Senator to fund and supply military escorts to an Island recently discovered that may prove to be of geological significance and the United States should get there before Russia.
This is, by far, the best King Kong movie ever. The Island is perpetually surrounded by very fierce storms and when you see the storms from the approaching ship that house the helicopters to ferry everyone to the Island, you won't believe people would actually decide to go thru this kind of vicious storm. Cringing from my couch I couldn't believe it either. (Hey, it's only a movie)
It doesn't take long for Kong to make his presence known. And it doesn't take long to discover the real reason Bill Randa wanted to go back to this island. He knows what is there.
We get to meet Lt Hank Marlowe (John C. Reilly) who was shot down during WWII. The movie opens with a Japanese and American parachuting from their shot-up planes confronting each other ready to kill but are interrupted by King Kong.
We see that Marlowe has lived among the natives there who fear the giant lizards (among other things) who live beneath the Earth. King Kong protects the natives from the Lizards. The military led by Colonel Packard (Samuel L. Jackson) wants to kill Kong for what he (Kong) unleased on Packard's men flying in with their helicopters. Those scenes are simply breathtaking and you will come to believe you are there. Scary? Yes.
The CGI is so spectacular there are no words to do it justice. Kudos! Kudos! Kudos! The photography and cinematography are also spectacular. More Kudos. Acting all around is very good too.
Brie Larson as Mason Weaver is an "antiwar" photographer (her words) and she constantly takes pictures. I was amazed she never ran out of film using something like an Argus C3 or C4 but with an added viewer. (Hey, it's a movie and like a dream anything is possible so there is no running out of film or anything )
The group encounters giant spiders, and lizards who look upon the group as food. Once the group knows the real reason Bill Randa wanted to go to this island, the focus now is on getting off the Island. The rest of the movie has the group facing other lizards and trying to get to the North part of the Island where helicopters will ferry them to the ship. The last big dramatic scene has King Kong fighting the very BIG Lizard. Again, these scenes are so good you believe they are truly real. More Kudos.
Okay, okay we all remember Fay Wray with King Kong in another Kong movie. Do we think we will see this Kong protect our limitless film photographer Mason Weaver? Stay tuned.
And stay tuned after the credits run as there is more movie to see. I couldn't believe all the people involved in making this movie and you won't either. But stay and see the last scenes to the movie and here you will come to believe there will be a Kong 2. Can't wait. (9/10)
Violence: Yes, Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: Brief soft stuff only. Should small children watch? Only if you think they can handle it. Sometimes frightening and scary as I can attest to it being so. Hey, I cringed and jumped at times.
Rating: A