Post modern monster film kino. Twist on genre expectations and self reflective.
>the opening fight between the Japanese and American pilot was a foreshadowing of Godzilla vs Kong. >Samuel L. Jackson saying "Hold on to your butts" from Jurassic Park >Sun silhouette shots and Music on helicopter speakers from Apocalypse Now (timecode is 3m21s, sorry I couldn't get it to work on mobile) >"We'll Meet Again" song could be referencing Dr. Strangelove (or it could just be a song in the movie) >Kong holding Brie Larson/Kong in chains referencing the 1933 King Kong >Maybe it was just me but the first thing I thought of when the Japanese pilot survived the shots from young John C. Reilly was the "divine intervention" in the beginning of Pulp Fiction (with Jules aka Sam Jackson) (again, timecode issues, it is at 1m27s) >John C. Reilly's jacket was supposed to reference the jackets worn in Akira and the insignia on it was in reference to Travis Bickle's King Kong Company patch in Taxi Driver >"Born to breed" written on the soldier's helmet referred to "Born to kill" in Full Metal Jacket. >Tom Hiddleston's character was named Conrad, referring to Joseph Conrad, the author of Heart of Darkness which was more or less adapted into Apocalypse Now. John C. Reilly's character was named Maslow, who is a character in Heart of Darkness. >Definitely not an homage but all I could think of during the flashbulb-in-the-monster scene was the cellphone-in-dino-poop part of Jurassic Park 3
viet cong = king kong in the eyes of samauel l jackson.
Felt like some purgatory hell where soldiers were trapped
Jeremiah Fisher
"We'll Meet Again" was definitely a Dr. Strangelove reference, not only is that the most likely place that most young people have heard it, but it brings up the idea of nuclear weapons that is apparently central to this franchise
Brayden Lewis
Is this a joke thread? Are you claiming the movie is good because it makes subtle yet obvious references to other movies?
Jack Brown
The opening line of this movie was like "there will not be a crazier time in Washington" and everyone in the theater laughed If that's not kino I don't know what is
John Barnes
>the opening fight between the Japanese and American pilot was a foreshadowing of Godzilla vs Kong
But Kong is not a American citizen
Colton Diaz
Godzilla is not a japanese citizen.
Ryan Nguyen
I think OP is making a statement that the movie is good despite the hamfisted references. I like how they gave Kong actual development. The motion capture actor is probably the best actor in the entire movie.
CGI was too obvious. I liked how they kept the giant rubber hand at least as Kong set down the girl after her drowning and almost becoming a skully snack
Hudson James
He is black. Americans are black. Like their ex-president
Godzilla is a cancer ridden millenia old guy. Like japanese people.
Samuel Stewart
Godzilla just appears in Japan Kong is forced to emigrate to the USA
Jonathan Phillips
>I like how they gave Kong actual development. Kong always had a fucking character arc, that's nothing new
This movie was great though, the visuals are fucking amazing
Charles Watson
>Americans are black lol no they aren't. Americans are people.
Andrew Cox
If Americans are people, how can they not maintain their cities?
Levi Thomas
That after credit scene was the best part though, lets be real.
Brayden Garcia
ADVANCED SHITPOSTING
Adrian Clark
>movie focused on nothing but mass appeal with low end humor and big budget CGI comprising 100% of the films marketing >cast lead who is a favorite of women >post modern >masterpiece
Elijah White
>Detroit >Full of pavement apes >He thinks they are people You didn't get the joke, did you?
I don't get people who hate this movie. It does exactly as it said. Kong: Skull Island is about a creature named Kong on the Skull Island. What more do you expect from this, some deep symbolysm or teaching message to the people? No dammit when I saw a movie poster with big giant ape I want to watch it for the giant fucking ape. Definitely would recommend for a weekend getaway.
Brandon Russell
>Kong gets absolutely wrecked by Sam L. Jackson and a few drums of gasoline
How is this fucker supposed to step up to fucking Godzilla in 2020?
Kevin Foster
Mutating and growing up in size
Cooper Kelly
Godzilla was made by something Americans dropped on Japan.
Anthony Clark
Do you know what post-modernism is?
Joshua Wood
this is obviously not detroit fun fact its actually the ancient ruins of Asus
Sebastian White
John C Reilly is a massive faggot.
Xavier Sanders
How is Kong fighting Godzilla if he's only like half his size?
Jose Torres
Also Godzilla wasn't even a bad guy in Godzilla 2014. I don't think there will be much of a sparkle between them unless it's a different Godzilla.
Ian Young
Would you fight an ape half your size? It would fucking destroy you.
Mason Reed
>It's 'kino' because it references a bunch of better movies made before it
Eli Cooper
Godzilla is gonna end up somewhere important, and won't leave, so the Chinese girl and the Black guy scientists (who are now much older and played by new actors) are going to suggest bringing Kong to chase him off because he would possibly think Godzilla is a Crawler. Calling it now.
Jaxson Green
uh, bro. Not only Zilla is twice it's size but I bet it's about 40x if not more heavier.
unless Kong brings a giant machine gun I'm not seeing how will this be a good match
Gavin Wright
fire bombs?
Luke Long
Kong can use tools, maybe he's going to bring a giant dildo and fuck godzilla to death
Nathaniel Perry
oh. So this explains all the nukes NK is throwing at the Japanese see lately.
Landon Cruz
Becauser every black man owns a machine gun, you racist
Justin Foster
yfw they bring back 98 GINO to fight Kong and troll all of us. Then Zilla 14 shows up and the two work together to fight Ghidorah.
Charles King
Kong seems more Agile to me.
Godzilla is like a giant Gator, and yeah those guys can move but not like a Monkey can.
If I have to choose to be around a pissed off Gorilla or a Pissed off Gator I'll pick the Gator, you might have a shot out at outrunning the gator.
Jacob Lopez
he better bring one for himself too because he ain't using his own kong
Jace Jones
Americans planned to drop exploding bats, you can drop more than one thing.
Benjamin Cruz
Monarch probably comes up with a way to make Kong bigger. Or maybe lol electricity.
Luis Reyes
The Prometheus-joke was pretty good I thought.
Nah the crazy guy says Kong is still growing. That's all they need to say about it.
Jaxon Rodriguez
>GINO and Kang Kong fight in the 90s before Zilla 14 >in the present GINO and Kong wake up again thanks to the '14 MUTO battles >starts out as a 1v1v1 >Ghidorah, Rodan and Mothra show up >the 3 of them team up and work together to defeat the new arrivals >more MUTOs for canon fodder >mfw
Sebastian Morgan
>the opening fight between the Japanese and American pilot was a foreshadowing of Godzilla vs Kong. is kong american?
James Moore
American franchise vs. Japanese franchise
Holy shit, are you reatrded?
Jack Scott
>Godzilla vs Kong. >Kong is fast, strong, intelligent, agile, and is capable of using weapons and his environment to his advantage
Legendary Godzilla is proper fucked unless he can somehow trick Kong into coming near deeper water.
Shin would make for a cooler opponent.
Oliver Jenkins
they still make laptops
Christian Nelson
is godzilla japanese? its not a straight up literal analogy its a bit of foreshadowing, dipstick
Juan Cox
The rape scene was a little over the top. A few people walked out of the theater at that point. Overall it's not worth the time.
Levi Moore
you friccin moron, you missed literally the best, most subtle reference.
Toby Kebbel is Kong's Motion Capture Actor. He also plays Chapman, the guy who's brutally eaten by the Skully and has a kid. This mirrors Andy Serkis in Peter Jackson's King Kong, who is the motion capture for Kong and also plays a military dude that gets eaten by those leech things in the bug scene.
(Sidenote: Toby Kebbel also played the villaing in the most recent Apes movie, opposite Andy Serkis as Caesar)
Brandon Collins
I really liked the FPS videogame shots
Samuel Bailey
> gasoline Dude it was napalm. Sam Jackson even said so. Napalm is no joke man
Thomas Thompson
Shin godzilla overheats too much.
Levi Jenkins
Toby Kebbell is not the motion capture actor for Kong, he just did some facial expressions and that's it
Levi Jones
>that crazy ass brutal japanese pilot with katana >is actually played by... this...dude?
Luis Smith
I wonder how they'll make mothra not look ridiculous
Juan Adams
This movie was legit awesome. I liked Godzilla 2014 but this beats it in most ways.
Jonathan Roberts
Would put dick in it
Benjamin Collins
VIETNAM FUCKING SHITS
Ayden Lewis
Just make her really cute.
Landon Foster
top kek
Josiah Bennett
VietCONG: SKULL PENINSULA.
Evan Carter
>King Kong Skull Island How was Brie Larson? was she I-am-womyn- hear-me-roar?
Brody Hernandez
Kong didn't have a character arc tho...
Jacob Rodriguez
Die you mother fu
John Wilson
Nah, she was pretty good, if a little underutilized. The characters is for me the weakest part of the movie, after editing..
Adrian Gomez
they mentioned that Kong is still growing. He's only a teenager.
Nolan Bailey
They mention that Kong is still growing
Jose Rodriguez
she was fucking boring.
Brody Cox
>tfw John Reilly's character actually had a happy ending I was so expecting him to die too
Isaac Morgan
>strong, agile
Desu, Burgerzilla is twice his height and can spew fire. Wtf can a monkey do against that
Jonathan Perry
Samuel L jackson interupts her speech with
"Bitch pleaaaaseee!"
everyone laughed
Brody Nguyen
Godzilla weight is 90000 tons. King Kong weight is a few hundred tons.
Kayden Torres
>King Kong needs to grow 200ft just to be anywhere near Godzilla height Interested in seeing how that plays out
Kayden Green
Godzilla vs King Kong movie will have Kong suddenly be the same size as Godzilla and the only explanation will be
>WE >WUZ >KANGZ >N >KONGZ
Grayson Martin
>>Tom Hiddleston's character was named Conrad, referring to Joseph Conrad, the author of Heart of Darkness which was more or less adapted into Apocalypse Now. John C. Reilly's character was named Maslow, who is a character in Heart of Darkness.
>John C. Reilly's character was named Maslow, who is a character in Heart of Darkness.
>named Maslow
>Maslow
It's Marlowe you idiot
Brandon Cruz
That's insane, Godzilla is seriously THAT big?
I think John C Reilly's character said that Kong will grow bigger, so it kinda makes sense but a Kong bigger than what we got will seriously be insane
Christian Allen
>apache
Jack Rivera
Monsterverse Godzilla is hugeassbig, the size of a nuclear supercarrier
John Bailey
*hits blunt*
Adrian Gomez
so this movie just a bunch of quirky """"omages"""""
Brandon Ramirez
>apache
Ryan Watson
godzilla was not that big, thats such an over exageration
Liam Garcia
How big is Kong now? They said in the movie that he is still growing.
Aiden Morgan
He was that big. Then Toho decided they couldn't be one upped so made their Godzilla even bigger.
Juan Carter
Godzilla was HUGE - the size of skyscrapers, much bigger than Arleigh Burke class destroyers.
Benjamin Barnes
>Missed the Metal Gear Solid references
Ryan Gray
Where?
Chase Hernandez
a visual representation of Legendary picture's King Kong vs Godzilla
Caleb Gray
Legendary Godzilla is one of if not the biggest Godzillas and is brolic is fuck. Atomic breathe is OP
Blake Brooks
I liked this movie. It is a competent stupid monster movie. Just what I wanted desu.
Carter Ortiz
and thats not even really an accurate representation there because most of him is underwater there, he fucking dwarfs that supercarrier
Sebastian White
Oh boy how I loved those kings and kongs
Owen Lopez
Name of the ship, mainly.
Parker Allen
Athena? Or Wanderer? Coz Wanderer was the ship name in the King Kong novellization,
Parker Rivera
You forgot: >The boat is called Gray Fox in reference to Vogt-Roberts' next project, a Metal Gear Solid movie.
Hunter Ramirez
>story of Icaria
Opening shot before jap and murkan is someone free falling from the sun.