Bad script, mediocre director genuinely trying

Rating: Null/10 (24 June 2019)

The first (new) King Kong by Peter Jackson wasn't exactly a "cerebral" or highly intelligent movie. However, it had a special something and even invented a kind of film-language for this little universe, which after all this movie is trying to follow for the most part. And it had some inventive visuals which I must say right away top this movie by many miles (no matter how unlikely that may sound). Even many critics found it quite alright and interesting, despite it being a monstrosity in every possible sense.
This movie on the other hand (and despite the caveats about the previous movie) has an ordinary dumb action blockbuster script that automatically makes it fail. One notices the director is genuinely trying to make the whole thing visually appealing and fun to watch, however he still lacks a "special something", which by the way I only acknolwedge Peter Jackson has in direct comparison to others, without me really liking his style nor thinking highly of all his choices. (Which I think found some of their worst excesses in the Hobbit-trilogy, almost making me doubt saying anything positive again, if there still weren't this direct comparison of Kong movies).