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03-14-2017, 10:13 AM
JediJones
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Kong...horrible script, dialogue and characters. Should have been called Viet Kong. The writers shoehorned an anti-Vietnam war plot into the movie because, I suppose Kong and Skull Island weren't interesting enough for them on their own. Some of the most blatant, offensive portrayals of U.S. soldiers since the days of them being spit on in the post-Vietnam era, capped off by a speech where a soldier brags about burning down a village of Vietnamese civilians. Meanwhile a Jane Fonda type is made out to be the hero of the movie. Who shows up to a movie like this and expects to suffer through this sort of garbage?
Aside from that, there's a lack of suspense throughout the movie. On a massive island, Kong seems to be easy to find and shows up everywhere as soon as the story needs him to. The wonderful build-up to the discovery of Kong from the original and from Peter Jackson's remake are completely missing. There is only one action scene worth the price of admission, the final battle, which is the only scene that approaches the quality of the 2005 movie.
The whole movie is cast in a sepia tone which seems to be trying to capture the feel of Vietnamese war footage but ends up sucking out the potential beauty of Skull Island. The creature designs are largely uninspired, often just looking like larger versions of animals we already know on earth. The natives are boring National Geographic types, not allowed to be threatening or violent because P.C.
Samuel L. Jackson gives one of his worst performances here. The female lead is also lifeless and expressionless throughout, especially compared to Naomi Watts' brillant performance in the 2005 movie. Jackson was able to keep his movie interesting even during the extended intro focusing on just the human characters. This one shortens the intro greatly but still manages to make it interminably boring. The characters always speak in Hollywood-ese, rarely sounding like real people.
Peter Jackson's 2005 remake looks even more like the classic masterpiece that it is after seeing this uninspired take on the franchise. Jackson paid joyful tribute to the mythos of Kong. This movie gives a by-the-numbers introduction of the character and the director's motivations seem primarily based on collecting a paycheck and pushing his own political agenda.
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