Review Kong: Skull Island film review by Sir_Caleb_

Sir_Caleb_

Written By Sir_Caleb_ on 2021-01-25 11:39:32

Kong: Skull Island

Kong: Skull Island Movie

Learn More
4.0

Kong:Skull island is a noticeable "Reboot" of the King Kong franchise. While the movie itself is an amazing film and feels like a love letter to the original films, there are some issues worth discussion.

 

Firstly, The film's depiction of Kong. Rather than re-imagining the Story line of the Original King Kong story, As the 2005 Peter Jackson film did, Kong: Skull Island follows a new set of characters exploring the island ecosystem of skull island; home to the namesake ape. The movie depicts Kong at a much larger size than ever before. The movie does a phenomenal job of making this depiction of Kong work so well. no doubt, this Kong is much more violent and aggressive. At multiple points in the film, he is shown brutally attacking other monsters, but with reason. He is presented as a sort of "keeper of the balance" in the film's setting, evidenced by his obvious fury towards seeing the carcass of one of the islands animals. One thing the film could have done better was make you feel like he was doing the right thing. The energy many of Kong's scenes give off can make you think he's a brute force guided only by rage, and not an intelligent keeper of peace.

 

Another detail to talk about is the movies other monsters, Such as the reptilian SkullCrawler. The SkullCrawlers serve as the film's antagonists, but if it weren't for the commentary by the human characters (or the antagonistic music), you might not be able to tell. Nonetheless, they are designed very well, and the concept of only having front legs is incredibly unique. As for the other Kaiju, they all succeed in giving off a strange and beautiful aura. One of the problems that Godzilla (2014) had was that it's creatures lacked personality and were hard to grow attached to in either a positive or negative light. This problem is completely gone in Kong: Skull Island. Even creatures with complex and emotionless faces like the previously mentioned Skullcrawlers show so much emotion, it's done phenomenally.

All in all, Kong: Skull Island is a new, well made take on the franchise, and I'm sure that the possibilities for the franchise as a whole are almost endless. 

Other Kong: Skull Island Reviews

Latest Images
All Fandoms
Sci-Fi Movies All Fandoms
Alien & Predator Alien & Predator Fandom
Godzilla & Kaiju Godzilla & Kaiju Fandom
Jurassic Park / World Jurassic Park Fandom
Marvel & DC Marvel & DC Fandom
Star Wars Star Wars Fandom
Recently Active Forums
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Discuss the Godzilla vs. Kong sequel here!
Alien: Romulus
Alien: Romulus Discuss the new Fede Alvarez Alien movie here
Jurassic World Fan Artwork
Jurassic World Fan Artwork Share your Jurassic World fan art here
Godzilla Merchandise
Godzilla Merchandise Discuss Godzilla Toys & Literature
Hot Forum Topics
New Forum Topics
Highest Forum Ranks Unlocked
Chris
Chris » Atman
48% To Next Rank
Svanya
Svanya » 2K
87% To Next Rank
Dark Nebula
Dark Nebula » Conversationalist
82% To Next Rank
GodzillaHugeFan2014
GodzillaHugeFan2014 » Noob
52% To Next Rank
Titanosaurus_
Titanosaurus_ » Noob
42% To Next Rank
Latest Activity
Scified Community Stats
Scified hosts a network of online communities containing 404,541 posts by 48,005 members (22 are online now). The Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Forum is the most recently active forum. The latest Forum topic added was: Did you notice the Battle Damaged Xenomorph?
VIPWhat are VIP?AdminModeratorSpecial TitleMember

Scified is an entertainment website and media network offering scoops and reporting on the most popular, upcoming science fiction movies, games and television. All content is property of Scified.com unless otherwise stated. Images and titles of content we promote, discuss, review or report are property of their respective owners. Scified is independantly owned and operated by a team of dedicated sci-fi movie fans, who strive to provide the best information and community experience for other like-minded sci-fi movie enthusiasts.

© 2024 Scified.com
Sign in
Use your Scified Account to sign in


Log in to view your personalized notifications across Scified!

Transport To Communities
Alien Hosted Community
Cloverfield Hosted Community
Godzilla Hosted Community
Jurassic World Hosted Community
Predator Hosted Community
Aliens vs. Predator Hosted Community
Latest Activity
Forums
Search Scified
Trending Articles
Blogs & Editorials