Mixed bag of Kong

Rating: 6/10 (20 March 2017)

I went into this movie with low expectations, expecting a lot of action with some token story and character development that could be thrown aside. I was completely correct.
Kong: Skull Island is a beautiful film to look at, there is some excellent CGI here that warrants a cinema viewing. Sadly, that is about all I can say for the movie, since it really does have nothing else. The cast is severely underused, therefore I had no connection with any of the characters whatsoever. The writing is BAD, seriously bad. Almost all of the dialogue was either painfully obvious exposition or simply unnecessary quips that would even feel out of place in a terrible late-night B movie. The main creatures (aside from Kong) feel very uninspired and the species that Kong frequently fights becomes very boring to look at almost immediately.
If you're looking for some mindless entertainment with pretty visuals then Kong might be it, but don't expect anything more than that.