Kong: Skull Island - Part 3

[Arachnerd]

I watched the movie to have answers for some questions:

> Where did the monsters come from?
> What Kong can do in a fight?
> Where does Monarch fits in all of this
> What humans survive in the end to be part of this universe?

All the rest are bells and whistles.

For what it is, i liked the movie, like i stated above.

1. If you're referring to the Skullcrawlers, it's said in the movie that they mostly live underground. If you're referring to every monster in the Monsterverse so far, all we know at the moment is that they're prehistoric.

2. Umm, you have seen the movie, right?

3. I don't think you paid too much attention to the details in this movie and in Godzilla.

Spoiler

According to Bill Randa in this film, coupled with other information, the organization was formed by ex-president Harry Truman and a coalition with other countries once Godzilla was discovered dormant on the bottom of the ocean. Their objective is to track down these monsters they entitle as MUTO's (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms, not to be confused with the G14 monsters with the same nickname) and study them.

4.

Spoiler

Assuming you have seen the movie, the four most "likely" to appear in any upcoming Monsterverse movie, would be Corey Hawkins' and Tian Jing's characters, given their affiliation with Monarch. But even then, I think it's genuinely unlikely any of them will be back, and if they do end up returning, they'd obviously have to age the characters up since we're jumping back to present time from now. I also wouldn't imagine any of them having a sizable role other than an extended cameo.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

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?!?!?!?

I wasn't asking anything, i was stating the reasons why i wanted to watch the movie and why i liked it.

 

[BlueLanternKal]

I thought Kong was the ****. 8.5/10. Yeah, I'm being generous, but I really liked Kong beating **** up and John C. Riley's character. And in a parallel universe I would have immediately yanked Brie Larson out of this movie and cast her as Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider reboot.

 

[Arachnerd]

?!?!?!?

I wasn't asking anything, i was stating the reasons i wanted to watch the movie and why i liked it.

Welp. Guess I got here late since it seems like you edited the one part of my post you replied to and I have no idea what I should respond.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

Welp. Guess I got here since it seems like you edited what part of my reply you replied to 'cause I have no idea what I should respond.

You don't need to respond to anything.
You thought i was making questions, i wasn't.

And i didn't edit anything, just added "why" before the "i wanted to watch the movie"
I quoted you and replaced what you wrote by (...) since you replied to my "questions" and i wasn't addressing anything in particular, but all.

 

[Arachnerd]

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This is what happens when I don't get enough sleep. *facepalm*

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

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This is what happens when I don't get enough sleep. *facepalm*

LOL

No harm no foul

 

[rayc1971]

61 million is not a terrible number, It's an okay number. The film will need legs though. The weekend multiplier is encouraging but it will have to withstand a lot of competition.

agreed the 38 mill projection would have been terrible! 61 mill is not bad it should get to a 170mill domestic

 

[Micromind]

Wow, Kong is doing well,

72 mil Domestic + 85 mil Foreign = 157 mil. Worldwide, so far.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=legendary2016.htm

 

[MajorBatmanFan]

I had a lot more fun with Kong: Skull Island than I did with 2014's Godzilla. My friend did a review that touched on how I felt over all. If you're up for a 3 minute youtube video then check out the link ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev7URTw0Rl8

 

[superboy13]

I had a lot more fun with Kong: Skull Island than I did with 2014's Godzilla. My friend did a review that touched on how I felt over all. If you're up for a 3 minute youtube video then check out the link ...
[YT]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev7URTw0Rl8[/YT]

I haven't seen the video, but is your "friend" really you and if everyone hates the video, you'll say how much of a *****ebag your friend is?

I'm asking for a friend.

 

[MajorBatmanFan]

Well my friend is not me but of course there's no way to prove that. I work with him and he's a big film nut. We get into nerdy debates to pass the time. I'm just passing his video out there as a friend and because I liked his points. Skip it if you wish.

 

[superboy13]

Well my friend is not me but of course there's no way to prove that. I work with him and he's a big film nut. We get into nerdy debates to pass the time. I'm just passing his video out there as a friend and because I liked his points. Skip it if you wish.

I'm just kidding, man. Welcome, by the way.

So, Kong.

Really liked it, but Jesus H. Christ, was Hiddleston miscast. I didn't buy him in the role for a second and he had zero chemistry with the rest of the cast.

 

[MajorBatmanFan]

It's cool lol. In all honesty I have worked on his videos with him before but I no longer have the time. I used to edit and help script it out but that's super time consuming. I still follow his stuff though.

Yeah Hiddleston was a bit misused. He was just playing your standard hero. Samuel L. Jackson got the better role I thought.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I still like the 1976 King Kong the best.

And I liked Edwards' Godzilla a lot more than this. It had much better tension building, the script had better flow and Desplat's soundtrack was so great, so fitting and with fantastic memorable old-school theme.
This film felt like a hodgepodge of cool scenes put together, the flow was so uneven. Actors were great, if there's one thing hollywood has, it's great actors. Visuals were great too. I liked the design of Kong, but he was kinda misused or was not used to his full potential or how to say it. Edwards was able to make Godzilla much more mythical. Design of skull crawlers was great and really original. And contrary to the trailer, Reilly's character ended up to be the best one in the film.

You truly are a minority in the world of movies, but bravo!I myself enjoy Dino's Kong regardless if it's a "good movie" or not it's a product of its time and was a box office juggernaut and cultural icon at the time of its release.

 

[Elayis]

It's hard me to understand how someone can ignore all those things. As you said - your main character is a plot device, there's no narrative focus, and no character depth. What exactly happened in the movie to make up for those ingredients? Typically those are the things that make a movie successful.

Part of it has to do with the fact that I have no investment in the franchise. I’ve only seen the 2005 film (which I’d give a 9/10), so I have no special connection to the character.

I’m not saying it’s a good movie, or even that I liked it. It’s not a film I’d seek out to watch again, let alone purchase. It was just nice to see a film that surpassed my expectations (even if it only marginally did so).

 

[Micromind]

I still like the 1976 King Kong the best.

And I liked Edwards' Godzilla a lot more than this. It had much better tension building, the script had better flow and Desplat's soundtrack was so great, so fitting and with fantastic memorable old-school theme.
This film felt like a hodgepodge of cool scenes put together, the flow was so uneven. Actors were great, if there's one thing hollywood has, it's great actors. Visuals were great too. I liked the design of Kong, but he was kinda misused or was not used to his full potential or how to say it. Edwards was able to make Godzilla much more mythical. Design of skull crawlers was great and really original. And contrary to the trailer, Reilly's character ended up to be the best one in the film.

Kong movie is Not King Kong.

Peter Jackson's movie was King Kong, the current one isn't, which was a legitimate attempt to recreate the old classic.

This is just Kong, an introduction to the creature, which is a part of the larger movie-verse they are setting-up with Godzilla and other Toho properties. It takes a lot of elements from King Kong but is it's own thing.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Kong movie is Not King Kong.

Peter Jackson's movie was King Kong, the current one isn't, which was a legitimate attempt to recreate the old classic.

This is just Kong, an introduction to the creature, which is a part of the larger movie-verse they are setting-up with Godzilla and other Toho properties. It takes a lot of elements from King Kong but is it's own thing.

I took what he was saying as King Kong (1976) was still his favorite King Kong movie in general. Kong: Skull Island is not a "remake" of King Kong (even though it borrows a lot of the same ideas and story bits), but it's still a "King Kong movie".

 

[Tacit Ronin]

"There will never be a more screwed up time in Washington". I bet the editors were fighting a chuckle when they kept that in.

 

[Consona]

Kong movie is Not King Kong.

Peter Jackson's movie was King Kong, the current one isn't, which was a legitimate attempt to recreate the old classic.

This is just Kong, an introduction to the creature, which is a part of the larger movie-verse they are setting-up with Godzilla and other Toho properties. It takes a lot of elements from King Kong but is it's own thing.

I took what he was saying as King Kong (1976) was still his favorite King Kong movie in general. Kong: Skull Island is not a "remake" of King Kong (even though it borrows a lot of the same ideas and story bits), but it's still a "King Kong movie".

Yeah. I'm just comparing those films where King Kong is present. I've totally noticed Skull Island is not a new take on the original story, it's rather impossible not to. t: There were hints of the original story and the 1976 movie (I squeaked seeing Brie wet, lying on Kong's huge leather palm t but not too pronounced (Kong was not fascinated by her that much, etc.).

 

[Galactus123]

Kong movie is Not King Kong.

Peter Jackson's movie was King Kong, the current one isn't, which was a legitimate attempt to recreate the old classic.

This is just Kong, an introduction to the creature, which is a part of the larger movie-verse they are setting-up with Godzilla and other Toho properties. It takes a lot of elements from King Kong but is it's own thing.

The name doesn't change anything. It's just a name. This is still a King Kong movie. It has many of the basic elements but the story is very different. Just like in the 1976 version. This new one is a remake/reboot just like it and it had a sequel too. Remakes don't have to do the story in exactly the same way.

I rewatched the 1976 remake yesterday. It wasn't as good as I remembered but I like it. I would watch it any day instead of Kong: Skull Island. Special effects have aged really badly though and Jessica Lange isn't a very good actor. I need to watch the extented version at some point.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

The name doesn't change anything. It's just a name. This is still a King Kong movie. It has many of the basic elements but the story is very different. Just like in the 1976 version. This new one is a remake/reboot just like it and it had a sequel too. Remakes don't have to do the story in exactly the same way.

I rewatched the 1976 remake yesterday. It wasn't as good as I remembered but I like it. I would watch it any day instead of Kong: Skull Island. Special effects have aged really badly though and Jessica Lange isn't a very good actor. I need to watch the extented version at some point.

Lange was fine for the material she was given. She was playing a very generic stereotypical 70's blonde bimbo in the film. I would blame that script for the horrendous dialogue that had to be delivered for most of that film.

She went on to be a 2 time Oscar winner so I hardly doubt anything she did in Kong will be that remembered above all of the other fantastic performances she's done.

 

[mclay18]

Even with Beauty and the Beast hogging up the cash, the second-weekend hold for Kong: Skull Island is tracking for $28M, off by 54%, for a domestic cume of $109M. That's marginally better than Jackson's remake, which dipped 57% in its second weekend.

http://deadline.com/2017/03/beauty-and-the-beast-weekend-box-office-selling-out-1202045224/

That's actually pretty good, all things considered.

 

[Arachnerd]

Hopefully the end credits scene is making its rounds on the general audience.

 

[Fading]

Just saw it, and loved it. I'm a Godzilla fan, so I'm loving that the giant monster genre is finally getting some proper love here in the US. For a long time I was worried the 2000 US Godzilla ruined the genres chances outside of King Kong movies, and poorly made Syfy TV movies. I can understand if anyone was disappointed in this as a King Kong film. The themes of intolerance towards something we humans don't understand, or are afraid of were there, but were more muted. Plus they Kong never left the island. However I went in expecting exactly what we got. An introduction to a larger Kong to a large monster multiverse.

As to the movie itself. They didn't skimp on Kong, or the other monsters. The actors added to the film, maybe sans Hiddleston, who I found a bit dry and generic. The story was straightforward, but not bad. Overall it was a good time. I'm definitely buying the BR, and I recommend a watch.

(Post credit scene spoilers)

Spoiler

I think my main takeaway is the after credit scene though. So much to get hyped for, and a few new questions. So King Ghidora, Mothra, and Rhodan cave paintings, huge thumbs up. The, "there's more than one King" line, another thumbs up. Then that Godzilla roar. I guess my question is this. So during the time the cave painting was made, the 2014 Godzilla would still have been hibernating, correct?

So taking it that was a different Godzilla species member fighting. That could explain some of the Godzilla species skeletons. So maybe that King Ghidora hibernated after that fight, and we'll see a classic Godzilla, Rhodan, and Mothra teamup against him. King Ghidora in the painting was much larger than the Godzilla shown, and if he's killed a Godzilla before it would make sense. Also glad they confirmed Kong was still young, and had more growing to do. Which would have been 40+ years ago. So time for him to get more Godzilla size for the throw down.