I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed.

Rating: 2/10 (8 April 2017)

I've never written a bad review before but had to for this one. I really don't know where to start and honestly I am just so disappointed. Even though this was another unwanted remake, I was actually looking forward to this movie, but it just let me down big time.
I still don't know why they wanted to go to Skull Island. Just one guy with a sad, weak backstory wanted to go to prove that monsters exist, I guess. And an entire military force just go along with it, 2 days before going home.
When they reach the island, which is very early in the film, the military just fly all their helicopters through this huge storm without hesitation. Which is just ridiculous, but it gets even worse when they start bombing the place to "see what the ground is made of" or something..? (Later in the movie we learn that the bombs were actually dropped to call Kong up for a fight). And then when Kong shows up, they all act super dumb and try to take him down instead of just flying in a different direction.
When they all crash as a result (duh), the acting gets really bad. And they want us to care about the people who just died, but honestly we don't, because we didn't get to know any of them. All we know is one soldier has a son and one has a mom, but don't we all? I mean there are too many characters with little backstory, who die all over the place and we're like "okay, bye".
And they deserve it cause they make dumb decisions like, shooting at literally everything, walking in open spaces, talking loudly when a creature is just 5 steps away, going to dangerous places when being warned and showing no respect for nature or the animals on the island. I don't even have the energy to talk about Samuel L. Jackson, I usually love him, but this character...just...ugh.
In general the movie is just filled with bad jokes, bad acting, boring characters and ridiculous action scenes. It was a waste of time.