OK monster flick

Rating: 7/10 (2 July 2017)

Greetings from Lithuania.
"Kong: Skull Island" (2017) is a disappointing movie if you compare it to Peter Jackson's "King Kong" (2005) which was without a doubt - best Kong movie ever made. "Kong: Skull Island" on the other hand is just a monster flick with Kong in it. Kong doesn't have any personality here nor did i had any feeling towards him - i didn't care if he nor anyone else survived here - and this is the worst part of the movie - so many great actors but there isn't anyone who i would remember, except for John C. Reilly - he delivered and stole every scene he was into.
I really liked first ~30 min of this movie when they were setting this story, which wasn't original nor great, but it was done very well and thought "oh were are in for a ride!". But when that ride has begun, it was done so unfocused, so kinda badly edited that i almost missed when Kong made his entrance - poor pacing and editing. And after that "Kong: Skull Island" become very simple, not original, not highly involving monster flick in which i didn't really care about the outcome.
Overall, "Kong: Skull Island" is a big budget monster flick with very good special effects, some nice action scenes, setting but that is pretty much it. It is a disappointing movie considering it has one of the most iconic movie monster ever, and you don't give a damn about him watching it. Not bad flick to see it once with some friends and beer, but unfortunately nothing more.