Good grief, Kong again? Let’s recap. 1933: The big ape makes his stop-motion debut. 1962: Side trip to Tokyo for some Mixed Monster Arts with Godzilla. 1976: Some Christmas Kong with newcomer Jessica Lange. 2005: Peter Jackson takes a fanboy whack at the never-ending franchise. There was also a Kong stage musical a few years back, but that was in Australia and let’s stay focused.
Anyone who’s seen all or even a few of the previous Kong movies is unlikely to be enthused anew by the latest one, Kong: Skull Island, a second feature by indie director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, who’s been given an estimated $190-million to go through all the old motions once again. The movie has the usual deep monster bench—along with Kong himself, we make the acquaintance of assorted stegosaurs, brontosaurs, dive-bombing pteranodons, serpenty elasmosaurs and big frickin’ tree spiders. Giant ants are also promised at one point, but never arrive. Which is too bad—there can never be too many monsters.
Humans are another matter, writes Kurt Loder.
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