Kong Skull Island: Yet another unneeded return to an old franchise

Rating: 4/10 (6 July 2017)

I've never liked the Kong movies, not a single one sadly. Quite frankly if I wanted to see a big dumb hairy ape pounding its chest and behaving like it's something special I'd watch a movie from the Green Street franchise.
This is yet another feature with a competent cast but too much emphasis on sfx which don't actually even look as good as I expected.
So it's Loki, Nick Fury and Ms Marvel vs a host of oversized creatures including cliché looking skull....stalkers? I can't even remember what he called them, I just remember cringing and wondering why was on the Scyfy Channel.
The most concerning part is that the two most entertaining scenes in the entire movie are one during the credits and the modern day obligated after credits moment. They were worth watching, the rest of the film not so much.
Skull Island isn't bad, it's just all so samey with nothing new brought to the table. We have the knives, we have the forks, we have a little bread basket full of warm refreshing buns, we have our glass of water and we have our meal but where is my caramel pizza & chocolate flavoured wine? This analogy sounded better in my head.