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Mar 10, 2017 · Thing is, though, “Kong: Skull Island” seems uncomfortable with being pure childish fun. And the basic theme articulated in both this movie and Evans’ “Godzilla”—Mother Earth doesn’t belong to us, and She can shake us off like a bad case of fleas if we get too uppity—isn’t enough for the filmmakers, either. Directed by Jordan ...
Mar 10, 2017 · Mar 28, 2024. Rated: 2.5/4 • Mar 15, 2024. Rated: 3/5 • Aug 6, 2023. Scientists, soldiers and adventurers unite to explore a mythical, uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean. Cut off from ...
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- Jordan Vogt-Roberts
- PG-13
- Tom Hiddleston
- A monster movie worthy of the Ape King.
- Verdict
By Alex Welch
Updated: May 2, 2017 6:50 pm
Posted: Mar 2, 2017 10:00 pm
There are few images more synonymous with classic American cinema than that of King Kong -- a giant ape the likes of which audiences had never seen before his first appearance -- hanging from the top of the Empire State Building in New York City, with some kind of gorgeous blonde nearby. Which is why it might seem strange to say that Warner Bros.’ newest attempt at bringing the King of the Apes to life on the big screen takes place not in a 1930s New York City, but in a psychedelic, napalm-scented, 1970s Southeast Asia. There are no Empire State Buildings in sight this time around, and even if there was, the new 100-ft tall version of Kong wouldn’t even need to hang from it in the first place.
“Your first thought when you see him towering over you should be that this is a god,” said director Jordan Vogt-Roberts in my recent interview with him about the film. In that sense, Kong: Skull Island manages to give the King Kong character something that none of the previous live-action films have -- a pre-existing reputation and mythology before he even sets foot off of his beloved homeland. To the native people of Skull Island, Kong is a god, protecting them from the other dangerous creatures that roam the land. The last of his kind, he spends his days either fighting off various threats or wandering aimlessly around the island, in search, it seems, of some kind of company.
Starting with a brief, fun flashback sequence set in the 1940s, Kong: Skull Island spends most of its time early on in 1973 America, when the US has officially decided to abandon the Vietnam War and the country seems the most divided it’s been since 1861. But the fight for national security is never over, and with the incorporation of new space-based satellites, Monarch, a corporation dedicated to hunting down unidentified terrestrial organisms (and in case you were wondering, yes, that is the very same Monarch that was in Godzilla), has discovered new satellite photos of an uncharted island said to be as legendary and cursed as the Bermuda Triangle.
There’s a moment in Kong: Skull Island when one of the soldiers plays some '70s music for Reilly’s Marlow, who responds by asking, “How can you swing to this?,” confused by the heavy emphasis on electric guitars rather than a piano or saxophone. Some King Kong purists may feel that same frustration with Skull Island, but while the aesthetic of this...
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Kong: Skull Island is a magnificent and impressive giant monster epic, that also feels very small and personal at the same time. Full Review | Jul 3, 2020.
Mar 9, 2017 · Alas, beauty no longer has her beast, the beast no longer has his beauty and this darkness has no heart even if it will have a sequel. A correction was made on. March 11, 2017. : A film review on ...
- Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Mar 9, 2017 · Kong: Skull Island opens in 1943, at the height of World War II. Two pilots -- one American, one Japanese, are gunned down over a mysterious island in the South Pacific and proceed to continue ...
Mar 2, 2017 · Jordan Vogt-Roberts' King Kong film, 'Kong: Skull Island,' is set in the 1970s and stars Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson and John C. Reilly.
