Extravaganza , Yes , that's the word.

Rating: 8/10 (11 March 2017)

KONG:SKULL ISLAND - Extravaganza , Yes , that's the word. Man , you got to see this in the best theater available. Thats the best way to watch this one. And its worth of your money.
So WARNER BROS is making their own MONSTERVERSE and m glad they are doing it. It started with GODZILLA which i liked an lot. And after KONG it will continue with two films - Godzilla:The king of monsters and Kong vs Godzilla.
Anybody who like giant fights like in GODZILLA or PACIFIC RIM will love this. But its different from the way GODZILLA has been made. GERETH EDWARD chose the way of teasing the audience in GODZILLA but Jordan ROBERT has different ideas for this one. No more teasing. KONG has been shown in a full manner as much as possible. No FOOT SHOTS no CAMERA CUTS , KONG is there all over the movie captured with MOTION PICTURE instead of making it totally CGI , which resulted in better motions. Infect there was a scene , where John C Rilley's character just explain the others about the character of KONG , and the movie shows at the time of that description KONG just jumping from here and there doing his daily things not relevant to the storyline. That scene shows the importance of KONg as a character and not as just a CGI monster and also that studio is not holding back and gonna spend all the money the DIRECTOR needs to show the KONG to his full satisfaction.
The period is 1973 , after the war of Vietnam. The period details are awesome . The visuals , color pallet and the rock music matches perfectly with the era , making this movie unique in its own way. Cinematographer LARRY FONG (cinematographer of ZACK SNYDER and frequent collaborator of WARNER BROS) use very unique and elaborate camera angles to show the fight scenes as a whole. No frequent cuts , no close up , the camera always backs itself so that we can see the action scene in a complete scale.
Speaking of action scenes , its better then GODZILLA , PACIFIC RIM or Even TRANSFORMERS or any other giants fighting each other in any movie for a matter of fact. It will totally 'AWW' you. You would be amazed how great and detailed the visuals are and would definitely regret if you don't watch it in big screen. Here is a big contender for Best Visual Effect in Oscars.
The writers have not written a complicated or emotional story. Because its truly a action movie or even called as a WAR film. Men just die frequently. One after another , just like WAR CASUALTIES , and you feel nothing about them , because that's the way wars movies are. JORDAR ROBERTS purposefully didn't gave any character much of a development , because its not about the characters , its about KONG who has given more then enough character development in it.
The KONG created here is totally different from PETER JACKSON'S KING KONG. This one doesn't use his hands to walk , has better physic , broader chest , like he goes to gym everyday. Which makes him less of an animal but more of a warrior. He is smart too. he knows whom to kill and whom not to. There is a brief scene where two helicopters tries to shoot him from two sides coming closer, and KONG just jumps upward and both the helicopters shoot each other and collide.
When it comes to characters , its John C Rilley who has been the biggest asset. The movie used his comic timing brilliantly without spoiling the WAR scenario. Although i would have liked it if some of his dialogues has not been shown in the trailers.
Samuel L Jackson as always plays Samuel L Jackson. A war hero who has just lost a war (although he describe it as abandoning not losing) and now wants to Kill the KONG because it has killed his men. Jackson's character is comparatively good to other characters.
TOM HIDDLESTON and BRIE LARSON were just two good looking characters in the movie. Tom has been show as a TRACKER , but the movie never explores his talent of tracking ever.Also it would have been better if he would not have wore a tight tee shirt because he doesn't have a body to show. BRIE LARSON ? well she is a photographer , and she clicks photos. She gets some brief moments with KONG but as i said the movie never goes to the emotional arena(thankfully). But the post credit scene shows that both these actors will be in the next GODZILLA movie , so it would be nice if some meaty part should be given to them.
Rest of the characters are not worth mentioning , as i said the movie is not about the human characters. But the KONG will surely entertain you.
its pure entertainment.
8.0/10
by ANuP APu KuMaR