Kong: Skull Island

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Kong: Skull Island

1975, a guerra do Vietnam acabou, os Estados Unidos perderam e voltam pra casa com aquele sentimento de perda até que uma expedição é montada para ilha da caveira, o motivo é provar a existência de monstros gigantes e criaturas que ninguém acredita serem reais. Em Kong temos uma sequência para o Monsterverse, porém diferente de Godzilla de 2014 esse filme do Kong conta uma história própria onde o gancho para sequências é algo a parte da trama principal. Aqui temos uma construção de mundo focada num cenário de guerra fria onde os Estados Unidos vive a questão de precisarem de provar como uma potência tanto quanto modelo de sociedade como ideologia. No meio disso temos a co-relação de soldados que acabaram de sair de uma guerra constituída em invadir o território desconhecido para impor sua ideologia dominante como provar ser maior que sua rival na guerra fria. Em Kong temos o oposto de Godzilla. Aqui o longa não esconde seu monstro, muito pelo contrário, o exibe com orgulho até em momentos de lazer. Mostrando que Kong é mais do que um monstro, e o contraste de humanos que invadem um território estrangeiro destruindo tudo porque querem apenas para provar um ponto é algo no mínimo interessante, simples e mal aproveitado, sim, mas ainda sim ele existe e é válido até. A parte artística e a filmografia é outro grande destaque. Aqui temos tons claros que ressaltam o visual tropical dando vida ao cenário. Afinal é uma ilha com criaturas vivas e isso é algo a se elogiar e as cenas de ação são outro destaque a parte que acrescentam ao todo. O longa possui uma identqre tão única que você claramente consegue distinguir ele de vários outros filmes de mostro gigante. No mais, Kong: A Ilha da Caveira é um filme de monstro gigante que se orgulha de ser isso e não sacrifica a presença de seu protagonista em prol de uma mensagem ou um tom de seriedade piegas. Muito pelo contrário, aqui temos a fusão desses elementos que somam ao todo e o contexto histórico ao qual ele pertence, apesar de não ser muito bem aproveitado, ele existe e traz um paralelo interessante e a ponte para sequências e um universo compartilhado são muito bem feitos. De longe o melhor filme dessa franquia, até agora.

1d ago
breakfastcowl

Kong: Skull Island

Ah hell, up to my ears in Godzilla flicks, might as well take this adjoining glossy stroll through the folly of man. The Vietnam war is just an aesthetic exercise at this point, but hey Kong big punchy punch the bad man so everything's square I guess. Action here is pretty great, Reilly steals the show, and what do you know I'm actually looking forward to Kong and Zilla hugging it out.

2d ago
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Kong: Skull Island

Kong: Skull Island still is a film that manages to impress. Visually, this film is stunning, with some of the most vibrant and colorful scenery seen in 2017. The characters actually have some depth and manage to be interesting, even if there are a plethora of characters that come through. Even though the edits can be a little much to take in at times, this is an action film and it's known that there is a lot of editing and cuts that go into making the film successful. But what really stood out this watch was the relationship between nature and humans. Previously, I had only watched this film in theaters, so I didn't get to take the time and actually watch other aspects, rather than the general film. But one aspect that was interesting was seeing how people were depicted interacting with nature. There were some that were caring, such as Brie Larson's character, but other that seemed to have no care about what they were doing. Seeing this immediately drew my mind to the climate change debate, where one side acknowledges its existence, where another side is trying to dispute its existence. There are those who care, and those who do not care, both sides being clearly seen here in Kong: Skull Island. Whether this was intentional or not, my mind was immediately drawn to climate change and it made sense with the rest of the film. Kong: Skull Island surely isn't a perfect film, but it's a film that took a couple of risks and managed to be one of the best action films of the year. Maybe on my next viewing I will find something new.

3d ago
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Kong: Skull Island

Not as much fun as I recall it being when I first saw it in theaters, Kong: Skull Island still manages to be an entertaining action flick, even if there are pretty thin characters and some questionable editing. Godzilla: King of the Monsters, as much as I love it, has a problem with characterization, which this film similarly has a problem with - these people feel like they’ve been written, they don’t seem to have much motive and don’t have that gleam of humanity that can make them relatable. Of course, they easily fall into the plot of the film, but that’s what they seem to be there for; the plot and the plot alone. I still enjoyed myself, any monster action is fun monster action, so in the end I still was able to have fun with the film. It was nice being able to revisit it, since it’s the only depiction we have so far of Kong, which makes me even more excited to see what happens in Godzilla vs Kong in a few weeks.

3d ago

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