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Kong: Skull Island (Vogt-Roberts, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
07-29-17, 09:23 PM
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Re: Kong: Skull Island (Vogt-Roberts, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
Watching this now, so far intrigued. Why did this do so poorly domestically but killed overseas?
07-29-17, 09:34 PM
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Poorly? I thought it did well in the US? Finally saw it, I thought it was okay. It is mindless fun, but more on the mindless part. Didn't hate it, didn't love it.
07-29-17, 10:22 PM
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Re: Kong: Skull Island (Vogt-Roberts, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
That first seen of Kong standing erect in sunlight was awesome!
07-29-17, 10:39 PM
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I think poorly would be something under $100 mil. Didn't hit the budget, but did make some bank.
07-30-17, 05:53 AM
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Re: Kong: Skull Island (Vogt-Roberts, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
Legendary said they needed Kong to clear $500mm to be considered a success, and it made $568mm, which was more than the higher-budgeted "Godzilla".
07-30-17, 07:58 AM
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This is no longer the case. Even Fate of the Furious failed to hit its budget domestically ($225m on a $250m budget) but was still a huge hit this year ($1.24 billion worldwide), 2nd only to Beauty and the Beast ($1.26b)
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07-30-17, 08:25 AM
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That reasoning has been out the window years ago. When looking at how much money you make, would you only count January and February or would you look at the entire year? It's about WORLDWIDE box office and not just domestic.
07-30-17, 03:47 PM
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Re: Kong: Skull Island (Vogt-Roberts, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
I don't get complaints about the plot or the humans. It's a big budget Hollywood version of Japanese monster movie. If you didn't like the plot of this, you'll probably hate the plot of something like King Kong vs Godzilla. The title is the entire plot.
This is the type of movie where you first decide to have Kong destroy helicopters, then figure out how to work helicopters into the plot.
07-30-17, 07:31 PM
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Re: Kong: Skull Island (Vogt-Roberts, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
Kong: Skull Island (3D)...not bad in 3D. Wasn't a great fan of the yellowish 70's tone in color, but CGI was pretty good. Just monster scenes strung together. It was ok, but nothing too original. Why can't Kong ever be a kick-ass bad guy? 
10-08-18, 09:45 AM
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Re: Kong: Skull Island (Vogt-Roberts, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
We just watched the movie. Neither of us liked it.
The movie starts with a crash landing on a beach, which is right next to the top of a five hundred foot cliff. That broke my willing suspension of disbelief right there. And they kept doing it! Jackson telling a long, pointless story on the radio when helicopter pilots are fighting for their lives. Helicopters opening fire on Kong from within arm's reach instead of standing off and doing an evaluation of the situation. Hiddleston taking off his gas mask when he's immersed in green poison gas. Riley, who we see is an expert swordsman, throwing the sword to Hiddleston. Kong is set on fire, and five minutes later he's fine. It never gave me a chance to re-immerse.
The movie starts with a crash landing on a beach, which is right next to the top of a five hundred foot cliff. That broke my willing suspension of disbelief right there. And they kept doing it! Jackson telling a long, pointless story on the radio when helicopter pilots are fighting for their lives. Helicopters opening fire on Kong from within arm's reach instead of standing off and doing an evaluation of the situation. Hiddleston taking off his gas mask when he's immersed in green poison gas. Riley, who we see is an expert swordsman, throwing the sword to Hiddleston. Kong is set on fire, and five minutes later he's fine. It never gave me a chance to re-immerse.
