Kong sometimes dies, and sometimes its beauty that kills the beast.
Or, for modern-day viewers, it was simping that shanked the scrub.
Do the youth still say those words?
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There are no masterpieces here,but there are entertaining blockbuster affairs.
There was aGodzillamovie released in 1998?
Go on, pull the other one).
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When the human drama was at a minimum, this one worked pretty well.
That can, sometimes, truly be enough.
This is because as far as reboots go,Kong: Skull Islandhits so many beats it needs to.
It gets the balance mostly right, thankfully.
But as far as early 21st century epics go, 2005sKing Kongis pretty great, and admittedly definitely epic.
Let the haters hate.
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