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Onto Movie 2- Kong: Skull Island

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So I stuck with it and watched movie number 2. Kong: Skull Island while not tying back to Godzilla (2014) heavily (or more than like three lines of dialogue total), failed to grip me as much. It felt like a muddled mash up of your stereotypical Vietnam War story and fantastical creatures horror jig. Most the time I couldn’t understand if I was meant to care for any of the humans. By the time it got to like the 1:30:00 mark, I felt the true conflict arose: kill vs. defend Kong. Most curious question: is Mason Weaver meant to be an Ann Darrow counterpart? My mind immediately wants to compare this to Peter Jackson’s King Kong remake. I am most with that story for my connection to Kong. I’m certain I’ve seen the original but can’t confirm. Sorry Brie, but I think Naomi Watts was a better Darrow.

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Ooh divisive!

I had a lot of fun with this one. It’s definitely light and breezy, but I connected with it in a way that I did not with Godzilla '14.

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A big problem for me is maybe my recollection of the marketing, which mislead me to believe this was a new reimagining/remake when it was not. Other than the monster fights, not a lot visually made it feel like this was connected to the style of movie Godzilla achieved.
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Yeah, it is very much not the “traditional” King Kong story, which I appreciated, having seen three different versions of that one already. And it definitely has a different tone from Godzilla '14.