Characters weren't good, but it's still a great movie

Rating: 8/10 (13 March 2017)

Kong: Skull Island is about some guy having a hollow Earth theory with monster running around rampant. He enlists a few people to travel with him and they discover the place. They soon discover a great threat that they are outmatched by.
Kong: Skull Island is set after the Vietnam War. Americans were pulling out, but a guy wants to explore Skull Island. He gets some S-Class military people, some scientists, and a photographer to help him.
The bad
Characters: You had some soldiers that were practically frat boys and the comedic relief. I actually liked them, but they were stereotypical. You had some loner white guy that's entitled. He thinks that just because he's strong, he doesn't have to pay for anything. What a prick! His obvious love interest in the journalist woman. Nothing new there. You have the dorky smart man, that's black, and his love interest, an Asian woman. You have the general, Samuel Jackson, that's unlikable and crazy for revenge. Next is the guy that's been on the island for a while, who's also the comedic relief and voice of reason. The characters are stereotypes and unlikable, but the movie manages to be good in spite of this.
The action is very good and well paced. There is never a dull moment and it does what an action movie is supposed to do. You even have the revenge seeking guy, Samuel Jackson, who was willing to get himself and his men killed just to exact revenge on King Kong. When they asked him what he'll do about the lizards killing everyone, he just said he'll kill him too. How? You used most resources to kill King Kong, and he didn't even die. Y'all got whooped by the babies, how will you kill the mother? King Kong himself was originally the enemy, until the old WWII soldier explained that Kong protects the people from the skull lizards. Kong was just angry that they bombed the place (seriously, it's not cool to bomb new territory) and woke up the lizards. At the end, we get an epic battle of King Kong vs the biggest skull lizard and it was epic.
You even have sad moments with neither of the deaths going in vain and you feel the island people's pain when the WWII soldier leave.
Unlikely alliances are formed because of the situation. The WWII American soldier worked with the WWII Japanese soldier in order to survive. The people aligned with King Kong when a bigger threat presented itself.
It's a great movie and I would recommend it to anyone. Those two hours go by fast with great moments and action.