Kong Skull Island
Posted: April 21st, 2017, 10:16 am
Watched this with some trepidation, I always feel sorry for the ape! The film takes place in the 70's just at the end of the war in Vietnam. John Goodman plays a scientist who gets government money to join with a geological survey team to explore a previously uncharted island, which has shown up for the first time on satellite images.
It is a proper action adventure, but not an endless stream of explosions, it re-enforces the view that travel by helicopter probably the most unsafe mode of transport. It has a proper script with a story. Not overwhelmed by monsters but there are some good ones. The CGI is very clever, and it has nice touches of gallows humour. Nowhere does it drag, I was very agreeably surprised.
It is a proper action adventure, but not an endless stream of explosions, it re-enforces the view that travel by helicopter probably the most unsafe mode of transport. It has a proper script with a story. Not overwhelmed by monsters but there are some good ones. The CGI is very clever, and it has nice touches of gallows humour. Nowhere does it drag, I was very agreeably surprised.