Yes, King Kong is awesome

Rating: 9/10 (7 May 2017)

I could not get enough of King Kong! He had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. This movie introduced a new benchmark for all monster- type movies.
The story was simple. A group of scientists alongside a military escort went to Skull Island to investigate the hypothesis that monsters do exist. But they did not know what the monsters were. As a result, they were poorly prepared for what was awaiting their arrival. The military escort did not know what "that" was when first spotted, and it resulted in complete and total destruction. Their air crafts had no chance against King Kong's massive size and strength. I enjoyed that there was a good balance between King Kong's screen time versus the survivors trying to make it off the deadly island before it was too late.
Preston Packard, played by Samuel L. Jackson, was absolutely annoying. He was arrogant, and he kept on putting his own personal gain over his team's survival. His objective was to kill King Kong. He did not care how many of his men and women he would lose; he wanted King Kong dead. He did not care about the skull crushers (giant lizard things) either, and they were the real threat on Skull Island. But despite Packard knowing this, he still did not care. It was selfish and illogical for him to do that.
Kank Marlow, played by John C. Reilly, was too funny. He had me laughing because his sense of humor when facing death was on point.
The end credits left us with a scene for an upcoming sequel. But this sequel will be with none other, Godzilla! It will be awesome to see what happens with the King Kong versus Godzilla in the future.