Kong: Skull Island - Part 3

[DarthSkywalker]

I like JW, but I find it heavily flawed. Godzilla I like less and less every time I see it. Which to be fair hasn't been much.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

There is no excuse for this to have below a 75% score on RT. If Jurrassic World, Godzilla and Pacific Rim can get those kind of high scores so easily than this should as well and I think it's better than any of those three.

One day. One day people shall understand how RT works. I dunno when that day shall appear. But it shall. One day.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Anyone mind PMing me some deets on the post-credits scene?

Done t:

 

[DarthSkywalker]

One day. One day people shall understand how RT works. I dunno when that day shall appear. But it shall. One day.

 

[terry78]

I long for the days of Roughneck who would say all this **** is bananas.

 

[harryoscop]

I must be the only person in this thread who liked both Godzilla and Jurassic World.

Nope. Loved them both. Godzilla in particular was made for a theater experience imo

 

[JtheDreamer]

I must be the only person in this thread who liked both Godzilla and Jurassic World.

Godzilla went into toilet-mode after Cranston's character died.

JW tried to capture all the same beats as the original so it just felt like a retread to me. I imagine younger generations that didn't grow up on the original liked it a lot.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I loved Jurassic World and I really liked Godzilla a lot despite it's flaws. I thought Kong: Skull Island delivered the goods the way most fans were hoping Edwards' Godzilla film would.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

First official review is up from variety and it's a pretty positive one. Spoilers at the end.

http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/kong-skull-island-review-1202000823/

 

[brandeezy89]

100% RT so far even though i saw one 1/5 review that's not up yet

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

91% with 10 reviews so far.

 

[JP]

Glad critics seem to agree with my feelings!

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Glad critics seem to agree with my feelings!

I'm hoping it'll at least end up doing decent with critics. It seems most of them understand that its really just a thrill ride of a film.

 

[Jean-Luc Picard]

93% now. 15 reviews. One negative one from Collider.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

Damn at that Chris Stuckman review. I'm surprised he only gave it a C- considering how harsh it sounded. I know there will be others that feel the same, but I disagree with him saying that none of the human characters are worth a ****.

 

[Ivan Drago]

The average rating for Kong Skull Island on RT is kind of low. I'm expecting the percentage to drop hard once more reviews are in.

 

[Arachnerd]

Eh, I stopped taking Chris Stuckmann as a critic seriously due to his bizarre criticisms of some films.

Not to mention the whole BvS re-write he did, but the less said about that the better.

 

[Angel0fDeath]

Damn at that Chris Stuckman review. I'm surprised he only gave it a C- considering how harsh it sounded. I know there will be others that feel the same, but I disagree with him saying that none of the human characters are worth a ****.

Well, maybe he could do a rewrite. Show these amateurs how it's done, Stuckman.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

Eh, I stopped taking Chris Stuckmann as a critic seriously due to his bizarre criticisms of some films.

Not to mention the whole BvS re-write he did, but the less said about that the better.

I guess, but it's not like I'm a big follower of the guy anyways. I'm honestly more curious about the reviews from the Collider Crew.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

This has nothing to do with King Kong's reviews, I don't have any skin in the film and thought it had a good chance of being garbage but I don't know why Chris Stuckmann is treated seriously on the interwebs? He seems like a very nice guy but I don't think he's a good, very insightful critic. I mean I disagree with moviebob at least 55% of the time but at least his reviews are smart and insightful for the most part.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

The critics that seem to be liking it are the ones that get it IMO. The human characters are all fine in the movie, all well acted and portrayed, but most of the central focus is on Kong and that's how a King Kong movie should be in my book.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Eh, I stopped taking Chris Stuckmann as a critic seriously due to his bizarre criticisms of some films.

Not to mention the whole BvS re-write he did, but the less said about that the better.

Stuckmann is good people. He is not a jerk and is honest in his opinion and considering his review of the Nice Guys, hard to say he has bad taste imo.

As to the BvS "re-write" thing. Anyone who uses that as a strike against him must be rather deluded on that front. It is a horribly bogus argument. It is also rather funny when you consider how many people do such things here.

 

[Angel0fDeath]

The critics that seem to be liking it are the ones that get it IMO. The human characters are all fine in the movie, all well acted and portrayed, but the central focus is on Kong and that's how a King Kong movie should be in my book.

Pretty much what people wanted from (US) Godzilla movies.

 

[Arachnerd]

Stuckmann is good people. He is not a jerk and is honest in his opinion and considering his review of the Nice Guys, hard to say he has bad taste imo.

As to the BvS "re-write" thing. Anyone who uses that as a strike against him must be rather deluded on that front. It is a horribly bogus argument. It is also rather funny when you consider how many people do such things here.

I don't mind him as a person. He seems like a cool enough dude, and that's fine.

It's just lately I personally haven't agreed with a lot of his thoughts on movies. He has the right to his opinions, not faulting him for that. The BvS re-write he did, whatever your opinion of BvS may be, was not...good. It definitely didn't do him any good favors on the reaction front. Then again, most of those reactions were kinda extreme, but that's the way the Internet works I guess.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The critics that seem to be liking it are the ones that get it IMO. The human characters are all fine in the movie, all well acted and portrayed, but most of the central focus is on Kong and that's how a King Kong movie should be in my book.

You don't have to focus on all characters to give the majority their due. Great films usually do. The Empire Strikes Back is a pretty fantastic example of this. Good recent examples are films like Fury Road and Civil War.

This argument bothers me because it is the same one used for Godzilla.