Movie Review: Kong, Skull Island

On one hand, the action never lets up, the effects are stunning, and it has enough story line to move it along.  The star-studded cast helps too, and most of the actors were well-chosen for their roles.  On the other hand, this is just one big, dumb, over-the-top summer popcorn muncher.  (So why'd they release it in March?)  Somewhere near the start it looked like it might turn out to be pure B-movie goodness like the original Predator, but then things got a little too cute.  A lot of it was nonsense or had plot holes you could toss Kong himself through, seemingly to wedge in one more special effects shot.

Oh never mind, it's just a big dumb summer blockbuster wannabe about an oversized ape on a horrific island.  Watch the trailer and decide for yourself.  It pretty much gives the plot, introduces the main characters, and shows all the cool scenes, but with a pace and wit that's missing from the movie itself.

Somehow it feels like 2017 will be remembered as the year that CGI effects jumped the shark.