i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I can't contribute much here because most of the nay-sayers have already said "Nay." First of all, we have no real idea why the government would ante up for this ludicrous venture. Once the Senator decides to go along with it, a truly idiotic array of cannon fodder and expensive helicopters head off, not knowing a thing about their reason for doing so. The early scene of Kong destroying the copters is asinine. Once he grabbed the first chopper, the rest of the pilots should have backed off and figured things out. Kong's arms are long but about 30 feet would have put them out of harm's way. There is so much that goes unexplained in this thing and so many plot holes, it's hard to get into it. Sam Jackson plays the same part he has played about sixteen times (were there any snakes in those helicopters?). The rest of the stiff acting company does nothing to develop any sort of connection for us. Even the hero guy is about as boring as one can be. I could go on, but others have already poked holes in it enough.

The first Kong movie I've seen. Honestly I think this was a great tribute to the monster movie genre. Everything was done well and it looked nice. I still don't remember any of the characters names, and that's my biggest gripe, but to be expected in a kaiju type film. The fighting was cool, and ultimately I liked it better than the 2014 Godzilla remake. Also Jordan is a fantastic director.

So I watched Kong Skull Island strictly because I like Tom Hiddleston (I'll be honest) and I was shockingly impressed by this movie.The writing and directions is surprisingly good, especially in the action scenes. The fights are really tangible and surprising.They some how manage hit the big cliches and also subvert them. Tere are some big name actors and they all do a good job. Nothing earth shattering, but they do their jobs. The characters aren't that interesting and would have probably fallen flat without the actors doing all the work to carry them. But they aren't bad or anything.The special effects look phenomenal. And the soundtrack works really well to make it feel like a war time movie. Like it has this weirdly nostalgic feel to it. Like if it wasn't for the modern special effects, I would have this weird sense memory of having watched this movie as a kid (and not just cause its a reboot).If I had to describe it, it is like Jurassic Park meets Saving Private Ryan. Anyway, I recommend it.

Predictable One time watch ................................ ................................ ..................................