Old wine in a new bottle

Rating: 6/10 (13 March 2017)

I watched Kong in IMAX and it was fun. This resulted in images projected by Dual Projectors on the Giant 42 feet high, 65 feet wide screen of IMAX, along with 12000 Watts IMAX proprietary sound system that will make your hairs stand each time Kong growls and pounds his chest!
The sole purpose is to set-up a supposed Kong vs. Godzilla film in the coming years, otherwise, the script is too weak, on the same sidelines of Jurassic World. No care was taken for character development. Also, it's not clear whether the focus is on the the ape or on the island itself. There is quite a bit of humor that is attempted here, but most of it comes out of nowhere and seems desperate. Samuel Jackson strikes the right tone of crazy amid the chaos, otherwise, if we check the rest of the casting crew, the acting is almost one-dimensional. The action and visuals are dazzling and immersive. Neither a sequel nor prequel, but the SFX are better, especially with Kong's CGI' close-ups. And there is no love-dove like the Naomi Watts- Kong relationship. There is some fun to be had and it's not a bad film in any way, but a film like this could have been so much better. In a nutshell, Kong: Skull Island is disposable popcorn mumbo-jumbo fare. My significant digit score: 6.4/10