"Kong's Skull Island", how about the love triangle between a handsome man, a beauty and a beast?

The opening of "King Kong: Skull Island" begins with World War II in 1944. Two planes crashed one after another. Soldiers from the two camps, the United States and Japan, parachuted to an island in the South Pacific and narrowly escaped death. Because the Japanese soldier had a samurai sword, the American soldier fled all the way. In the end, the two fought hard on the edge of the cliff. During the struggle for the sword, a huge figure appeared. This was the appearance of King Kong.

After the opening, a series of photos spanned nearly 30 years, from the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union to the Vietnam War in 1973. The pictures in the photos actually have plot foreshadowing, including the previous opening which is also foreshadowing, and the plot will also follow. Arrangements will be explained. After the end of World War II, mankind still failed to learn the lessons of the war and continued to fight. The 20-year-long Vietnam War seemed to have ended when President Nixon declared an armistice, but the combative and aggressive character has not stopped.

Immediately afterwards, the scene moved to Vietnam. This is how it is in the eyes of the hard-line soldier Lieutenant Colonel Preston (played by Samuel L. Jackson) in the play. He said that it was not an armistice, but tired of fighting. , and he is the most belligerent human representative in the play. Although the character seems to have a kind of military duty to protect and defend, and even brotherly loyalty, in reality, he is looking for his own stage to carry out aggression and show his hatred for launching war. nature.

Then a series of introductions were made to each group of people. After previously interspersed with the war background, this group of Vietnam War soldiers and geobiologists without a stage formed an exploration expedition force and went to Skull Island to explore for evidence of the existence of monsters. mission, but they brought a pile of gunpowder and firearms with them. They seemed to be self-protecting, but they all had the meaning that humans were not enough and wanted to find another battlefield, conquer nature, and grab each other's new territories.

It’s just that the movie has a lot of characters, and the characters are relatively stereotyped and flat. The plot line is no longer focused, and it fails to bring out the deeper meaning of reflection on the war. It can only highlight why the war started. fable story theme.

Perhaps this movie focuses on the various monsters on Skull Island. The most notable one is that this time there is the tallest "King Kong" in history. The 30-meter-tall King Kong took the crew 18 months to complete. Only time can complete the action special effects, especially the plot has been brewing the final battle between King Kong's revenge and the giant lizard. There are a bunch of other monsters in the primitive jungle, such as yaks, giant spiders, giant octopuses, stick insects, strange birds, and large lizards that spring out from the ground, etc., all of which have terrifying and entertaining effects.

Tom Hiddleston of "The Tomb Raider" is another focus of the movie, especially many female movie fans go to watch the movie because of him. It's just that Dousin doesn't have as many scenes as the leading actor Kong. He plays the British SAS Captain Conrad who has the ability to track and explore on deserted islands. Except for a scene where he picks up a samurai sword in a mass grave of Kong family skeletons, he looks handsome. Apart from wearing a gas mask and heroically rescuing his comrades, in other passages, he did not have any more battle scenes.

Although Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson breaks away from the image of a typical monster movie heroine and plays the role of peace-loving photographer Weaver, she only has some touching interactions with King Kong, and there is not much It gives her a place to show off her acting skills.

As for the Chinese investment in "King Kong: Skull Island", Jing Tian's role was of course deliberately added. However, this role does not have much importance. It seems to be dispensable and will not cause changes in the plot. .

Professor Landa, played by John Goodman, took the opportunity to come to the island. The organization behind him, "The King," came to the island with the purpose of hunting and killing unknown mysterious creatures (the easter egg will appear again in the end) explanation), just the same without much in-depth description.

There are also little people who have no brains to entertain themselves. Soldiers Cole (played by Shea Whigham) and Mueller are a pair of treasures, and they also have a friendship between brothers in need, but Cole wants to die heroically against the big lizard. The method is really a bit brainless.

King Kong was originally the god and guardian of the island. He came from the perspective of the indigenous people on the island. Of course, if King Kong invades humans, he will naturally fulfill his responsibility as a guardian to defend his homeland, and the human-caused Conflicts and confrontations, and human beings’ own subjectivity and possessiveness towards unknown matters, provide excuses for self-rationalization of wars and conflicts.

"Kong: Skull Island" repeatedly appears with Nixon dolls and images, and it also has a hint of satire on politicians, like the American soldier Hank (played by John C. Reilly) in the opening scene who is forced to join the war , also lost on the island for 28 years, he and the Japanese who started the decisive battle got along well, but the Japanese died first. They represented the chess pieces used by politicians to fight. In fact, they didn’t want war at all, they just wanted to go home. Make love with the person you love most.

The final ending of the movie is the love and emotion he longs for, hugging his family, sitting on the sofa watching TV in his free time, cheering for his beloved Chicago Cubs, not on the battlefield, just watching baseball. .