Kong: Skull Island - Trailer Review

Would I say that I am excited for this movie? - No
Would I say that the trailer got me excited? - No

However, the trailer intrigued me enough where I want to know how messy this movie will be. First the tone was a mess, it didn't know what route to take, scary and mysterious or funny and light-hearted. The mesh of both made it hard to understand what to expect, which can work for other movies but for a King Kong movie, I have an idea of how it should feel and putting me in the dark makes me nervous for the monster flick.

What I was expecting was a Predator vibe, the feel of tension mixed with action.

When it comes to monster flicks the CG is important and I was not amused by the inconsistent CG effects, Kong looks great CG wise (not appearance) but the other monsters are missing some extra pixels. However, this can be due to them not being fully ready but if this is not the case then it could put a real damper on this movie.

Kong's appearance is supposed to be big and imposing but in the trailer he looked small and huggable. In this situation I'll give the trailer the benefit because we don't see him in scale with anything else, and on the other hand the poster makes Kong look like a titan. They also showed more Kong in this trailer than Godzilla in its entire film which is a plus.

However, the biggest threat to this film is its comedy, based on the trailer the movie seems light hearted with some comedy to ease up on the serious situations but if the comedy falls flat then it could be unbearable.

The trailer didn't sell me on the Kong movie but this won't stop me nor others watching the beast in action again.