Kong: Skull Island Movie Review

[@saturnscore3059]

You know what I love about decker , how he always tells us the names of the actors playing the characters, not to many critics take the time out to find out or mentions them

[@jameshall1600]

One of the only other ones I can think that does it for every character is the horror geek if you've never seen his channel it's really good

[@simonmadden2952]

@@jameshall1600 the horror geek thanks for the tip

[@jameshall1600]

@@simonmadden2952 anytime I've been a fan for a while and have been trying to direct people his way

[@BeefHammer1]

too*

[@bass7842]

I mostly love the hair.

[@TelenTerror]

The ending with Marlow getting to go home was great.

[@Andy_Sidaris]

I wish it would have shown the Japanese guy's family still waiting

[@BriarShinn]

@@Andy_Sidaris I wish it would have shown him going to the Japanese family and talking to them, I can't remember if Marlow still had the katana at the end of the film but if he did he could have given Gunpei's family his sword it would have been sweet

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

Fun Fact: The big shipwreck named "Wanderer" is the same name they used for the "SS Venture" in the public domain 1932 novelization of *"KING KONG"* by Delos W. Lovelace. And when Universal wanted to remake Kong between 1975- 1976, under the title: *"The Legend of KING KONG";* using the public domain novelization as a basis, the "Venture" was renamed yet again as the "Panama Queen".

[@SmoothMaul]

That intro was great, it was fun to imagine all those Heueys and gobsmacked soldiers just hovering off camera as a 104ft tall Decker Shado does his thing.

[@nathanculjak1842]

Believe me, my mother and I really loved Kong in both Kong Skull Island, and Godzilla vs Kong, because he is a very unique character. Sure we are used to seeing him get killed and falling off a skyscraper, but the Monsterverse is the one series where he doesn’t get killed off. Good work on the review, can’t wait to see you reacted to Rampage, the 2018 movie with Dwayne Johnson.

[@anthonyhudak9363]

Honestly with Dinocember you could just review a majority of the King Kong films. Absolutely love this film, especially the skullcrawler sequence in the graveyard

[@joshuastrittmatter4188]

Not to mention ‘The Valley of Gwangi.’

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Also, anyone else kind of wish we got a movie showing us Hank Marlow's time on Skull Island along with Gunpei, seeing how two people who'd basically been trained for years to hate and kill each other, worked together to survive on the island? Frankly that sounds pretty interesting.

[@edisonlima4647]

That might have ended in a cease and desist by the owners of the rights of "Enemy Mine", though.

[@Andy_Sidaris]

No. There is no way the film would be better than whatever our minds thought of for how that time was spent. Would just be a massive disappointment

[@_scyas_1827]

It's not a novel premise. See '' Hell in the Pacific ''' with Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune.

[@anthonyhudak9363]

They originally planned a series but I don't know if they went anywhere with it

[@grapeshot]

I wish we could have been able to explore the friendship between the two antagonists who fought against each other in World War II but became friends to survive on Skull Island.

[@BSM-vw6cf]

Maybe there will be a comic or a show about it

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@BSM-vw6cf I'm hoping for a fun movie.

[@dencocreations1701]

Good fodder for a tv show, could be what the Skull island anime show on Netflix will be about

[@BSM-vw6cf]

@@dencocreations1701 oh yeah I forgot about that, I think there's also gonna be a godzilla show that takes place before 2014.

[@BSM-vw6cf]

@@tonypeppermint5329 yeah but I think a show would allow us to see more of Skull Island.

[@Thezion1111]

im surprised Decker never mentioned that the guy that played chapman also did the mocap for kong

[@diegof655]

Really hope you do a review for the Peter Jackson King Kong from 2005. While it's a bit long, and drags at parts, it's definitely the most creepy of the movies.

[@Syaniiti]

Weirdly the game is/was also really good.

[@michaelsinger4638]

John C. Reilly and Samuel L. Jackson act the Hell out of this movie.

[@chasehedges6775]

Love their performances.

[@BigJackFilms]

It's been a while since anyone made the world this nervous of Kong... *walks into frame* Decker Shado, we should talk...

[@grapeshot]

Samuel Jackson basically became Captain Ahab in this movie.

[@somerandolad]

"I've had it with this monkey fighting whale on this Monday to Friday boat!"

[@chasehedges6775]

And it was glorious

[@somerandolad]

@@chasehedges6775 He's usually the best part of any movie he's in.

[@bZman]

I love Kong Skull Island and all of the Legendary Monsterverse movies. They have all been a lot of fun

[@diehard7517]

1:18 Did he accidentally left a failed take without even noticing? Also, I got that Kong: King of Atlantis reference.

[@Shizn0id]

oh good some else noticed it too and it wasn't just me having a stroke.

[@MrBlackMagnus]

Noticed it too lol

[@nekrozdark4223]

Yep. Stopped de video and went through the comments to ensure I wanst the only one. Does this make the video highly collectible now.

[@callsignvibe]

Upsie 😂

[@NobuxD]

??? Someone explain pls

[@trowa8579]

You've been killing it with the writing lately. I hope all is well for you and yours. Hope you enjoy your holidays and thank you for another amazing review. Had a blast watching.

[@S0ulGh0st]

LMAO I keep forgetting Decker played both Fallout and EDF games; the first EDF reference got me good hahahah

[@grapeshot]

Mothman beating you down or telling you, hey you can cross the Silver Bridge everything's going to be okay.

[@laughingmask3118]

1:23 OMG YOU LEFT THE BLOOPER IN I LOVE IT

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

I do love the 1976 Kong movie and I love that it's all about oil instead of making a movie.

[@TheToonMonkey]

It's so much better than the Jackson version.

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

@@TheToonMonkey I highly agree. My biggest problem with the Peter Jackson version is that it's essentially the 1933 film but unnecessarily doubled in length. I don't know how Jackson took the 100 minutes original and added another 90 minutes to it and felt it was a Justified length for a film with essentially the same story as the original. It just felt like it dragged on when it should have just been 2 hours and 15 minutes at the absolute most. I'm not saying that you can't have a 3 hour movie hell I love Return To The King, another Peter Jackson movie, and that's three and a half but a film must justify its length if it's going to be that long.

[@daverobson3084]

The military, who had just spent a few years wandering around, surviving in, and engaging in combat in jungles, swamps, and mountains, needed a guide, who knows how to wander around jungles , swamps and mountains, to guide them around jungles, swamps and mountains that they have never been to before and that... ..he....has...never...been ...to ...before....either Yeah. That makes sense.

[@satellitebreakfast]

I'm a year late, but I recall that the squad of soldiers were chosen because they were specifically pilots that could get through the storm, not ground troops? While on the ground they are pretty directionally clueless, there's a lot of Tom Hiddleston pointing the way in this movie

[@daverobson3084]

@@satellitebreakfast The pilots were pilots. The rest would be soldiers. They took air cavalry that had experience operating in the jungles of Viet Nam. But that was too hard for the writer to remember.

[@chancegivens9390]

I definitely enjoyed this movie! My second favorite King Kong film right after Peter Jackson's King Kong.

[@grapeshot]

We just got taken down by a monkey the size of a building. My favorite scene of the movie is when King Kong goes Berserker rage on that helicopter fleet. And that was my dad's unit his second tour in Vietnam the 1st Aviation Brigade.

[@chasehedges6775]

My favorite moment: Helicopter pilot: “Is that a monkey?”

[@grapeshot]

@@chasehedges6775 it was an inconventional encounter.

[@grapeshot]

@cyrilmoore9282 that is a line from the movie.

[@SCHeartless]

I totally agree that the movie is just beautiful, with amazing visuals. It’s just a fun movie, not to be taken too seriously.

[@whiteychampion]

Hank might not have known the island was called skull island, and named them because the crawl around skulls.

[@eddihurta7173]

Im glad to see Decker Shado finally do a proper King Kong standalone movie! You should see the classic 1930s version! You got to do the goofy Kong smile as a intro!

[@187mrsmith]

Finally KZbin has let King Kong come back to Decker Shado! If ya smelllllllllllll what Kong is Cooking 🤔

[@JSPokemonYT]

Kong: Skull Island (2017) is a blast of a movie that I had a lot of fun watching in the theater.

[@CrystalHedgehog1]

The fact Kong only attacked them at the start was because what they were doing was bombing his home and causing a dangerous creature to come out of hibernation

[@Godzilla-tu2cd]

Finally you completed phase 1 of the Monsterverse. Now you gotta wait for The apple plus Godzilla show The animated skull island show Godzilla and Kong 18:30 ah decker obviously since this movie is set way before the events of G14 without a doubt that no matter how many pictures she took monarch is gonna take those photos to make sure that they keep this stuff a secret. 22:52 he'll still die do to the pressure on the way down to the hollow earth remember the vortex

[@JokerVoorhees13]

Deckers first King Kong review. Very happy

[@187mrsmith]

Who else wants to see a Godzilla Vs Kong part 2 the whole premise of the middle Earth and all those adventures intrigues me so much the whole monster universe is so underrated and I'm glad it has some life in it!

[@waynemessner9691]

It's Godzilla and Kong. Not a versus movie. Straight team up.

[@thegreataynrand7210]

Kaiju in Middle Earth ? Tolkien would love that !!

[@BFSOM]

No

[@afireinsidebrad]

@@thegreataynrand7210 man...the Battle of Pelennor Fields was even more one sided than previously thought...

[@Ihavethetouch]

@@afireinsidebrad Oliphants were originally from Middle-Earth

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

Skull Island holds up so well. I think my opinion on it has improved over the years, just a really solid intro movie for this version of Kong

[@alfiro-morgif3908]

Decker, you should make a review of the movies of Kong; specially King Kong from 2005

[@jonwashburn7999]

Thanks Decker. Was waiting for this one too.

[@Irish1Eric]

This is still my favorite Monsterverse movie

[@BFSOM]

That's a low bar

[@Irish1Eric]

@@BFSOM opinions vary

[@BFSOM]

@@Irish1Eric they're all so painfully stupid though

[@Irish1Eric]

@@BFSOM again .. opinions vary. It's popcorn fun

[@desi1790]

mine too: I like the cast, the music The whole hollow earth theory

[@Colin_Drawz]

Another banger of a review Decker! Quality content as always 💜

[@noahstickley9774]

Finally!!!!!!! I loved Kong: Skull Island. Ironic since this is Dinocember and Kong kind of fits perfectly for that month. In fact, you really should review the other Kong films sometime.

[@donovandelaney3171]

The Hollow Earth is real. She's called Agartha.

[@edwardbloecher4563]

One of the most fun Kong movies ever and I love them all!

[@ChaKaXRickmarshal]

Please please PLEASE review Peter Jackson’s King Kong🥺👏

[@Scar-Predator]

A bit of correction, the Big One Skullcrawler wasn't the "queen" or any type of monarch sort of figure head. Just a massive Skullcrawler and he was also technically the only adult Skullcrawler.

[@grapeshot]

Yep and by Kong versus Godzilla we find out all these natives except for one was wiped out in a storm.

[@john_blues]

I agree with your final summary and score. 4 exploding best friends out of 5 from me too!

[@painter194]

I love this video, great review. I do miss the couch background over your green screen though. Keep up the great work.

[@lordsubziro2824]

Very good Kaiju movie review. It was about time a film maker made a King Kong movie that was completely different than the original 1933 movie, because two others already have. This version is one of my favorite Kaiju movies. I also noticed that one of the standard KZbin commercials was a new movie coming out that stole your movie idea, AKA " Meth Gator". It's called Cocaine Bear. Can't wait for your movie review video of that movie sometime in the future! Oh, there's a Gamera animated film being shown on Netflix in the future as well.

[@zigfaust]

100% right about the 4K thing. I saw this movie in 1080 at release and then rewatched it in 4K and could see nearly every particle of fire or dust.

[@trevorstockwell8290]

Nice starship troopers reference

[@TheWarmotor]

You explained the early issues with the pre-A1 M16 accurately. You might be the only non-guntuber to do that. If you're ever in Northern Cali and want to shoot some rare and badass pieces; hit me up, Shado. I'll make some sammiches and pay for the ammo.

[@Syaniiti]

But will you also pay for the sammiches or does Decker have to bring his own construction materials for you to build them=

[@yupanquid5538]

Oh yeah. Dinocember is here, baby

[@Pradaxyt]

I like to watch videos from this channel because they make me happy

[@Eevie736]

3:35 decker really just made a song reference. The song is called war, but i cant recall who sings it

[@Andulvar]

So it was in the 1970's when journalism started to die when a lone woman forgot how to take photographs.

[@187mrsmith]

There was one before this it's its own movie though the 2005 king kong that's actually pretty good an more true 2 the original story

[@shaneosullivan4676]

Another great review. Ah sure I have seen this movie multiple times before but its still fun to watch Decker Shado's fun approach to reviewing.

[@andrewphillips8341]

A GIANT APE FIGHTING HELICOPTERS. That is what we wanted, that is what we got. Yes, there was so much to criticize, like the 'anti-war reporter', but all and all an enjoyable romp!

[@grapeshot]

I think John Goodman's battleship had a tango with Godzilla.

[@frost3623]

Ngl that was my exact response to the Bamboo spider. EDF for life

[@fearnloathingingeneral]

10:00 my son and I choked on our morning waffles... That was awesome 🤣🤣

[@fredesca8648]

About time!

[@ban1sh3db3ast]

@10:00 "Oh~ We are the valiant infantry. We are the alpha team with passion and camaraderie" EDF! EDF!

[@princekagato]

Gotta love the Starship Troopers reference

[@thinman25]

Yay, I was waiting for Decker to review Trailer Shot: The Movie!

[@klimmr]

Honestly, this is my favorite Monsterverse movie and the one that got me interested in the Monsterverse in the first place. Godzilla vs Kong takes 2nd place.

[@capam15]

Honestly the best king kong movie ever made. So glad they didnt add the dog shlong bugs from 05....you know damn well what scene

[@maxiger1282]

Always happy to jump in early and try to help out with the algorithm

[@davidcampbell3055]

I swear I watched this video a year or two ago. Great video decker.

[@toddfeather5760]

I like all the movies but carry on making brilliant content 👍

[@nicholaslehner3004]

I’ll be honest. I thought you were saving this for THE SUMMER OF SAMUEL L. JACKSON! Glad to see I was wrong.

[@godmaentertainment4375]

It's a good romp, some monster FX remind me of The Mist monsters, but 33 is still a real pathfinder with FX and it's poetic large scale plot. You know, Carpenter use to tease us with sequel bait endings, but I tell you all these set ups these "universes" sort of hurts the movie magic, reminding us it wants to be a franchi$e...nothing stands alone.

[@FD-io4pk]

This was a King Kong movie to introduce the monster franchise, everything else was just cosmetic. At least spectacle is great I guess. And then they say I'm just in for the actions scenes... Anyway great review as always, it's refreshing to watch someone passionate about a subject being so without having to take down other subjects, in short your respect for filmmaking is appreciated, thank you decker !

[@larquefausse3623]

I think it's understated how important this movie was for the Monsterverse franchise. Godzilla 2014 was a snoozefest by comparison where this movie was the first time that we saw potential in the franchise for enjoyable shared-universe kaiju films.

[@chapterblaq]

I saw this in the cinema with a friend who passed out towards the beginning and on our way out, This white dude and his son were like "your buddy missed a badass movie" I was like "lol I know. I was awake the whole time"

[@coolricksgarage222]

I only get on youtube to watch you and Nostalgia Critic and since you're posting movie reviews once every other week I haven't been on KZbin in almost 2 weeks and didn't even know this video came out. I am sub'd and have the bell clicked, why am I not getting the notifications for your videos? KZbin... anyone home?

[@timinou9915]

The algorithm choice isnt bad this time , all Godzilla related 🙀 That aside, those crazy movies are perfect to get some great reaction and jokes from you 👌

[@T_R_O_Y_McClure]

We all know Decker is the internet personality with the best hair. But who is the kaiju with the best hair?

[@donovandelaney3171]

Fans were not happy with that guy's death.

[@davidactylus9990]

About damn time decker... ;)

[@lordking12able]

I totally forgot that Bree Larson is in this movie

[@Kartissa]

It is possible to grip a sword by the blade without cutting your fingers off. Unlikely to be able to do it in the heat of combat, though.

[@catspaw3092]

So Fury, Captain Marvel Loki were on a secret mission & the Avengers were unaware.

[@peterludwig4599]

Shame that the Monarch series declares this movie non canon (Titans are known since the 50s and are well documented and Monarch has unlimited resources, Hank would be contained and locked up because Monarch puts people who know to much away) and changes Godzilla 2014 (Bridge Scene, Bombing), what makes no sense because the series builds heavily on Skull Island which shouldn’t exist in the first place because of the contraindications of the series. It gives headaches to think about it.

[@scottyoshihara2458]

Thanks Decker I liked seeing the fauna of skull island and his “origin” story. Its also my birthday today.

[@rampageof78]

love it Decka bruh! You are very entertaining love the breakdwns

[@TimeBomb014X]

This movie is pretty violent for a PG 13 movie, with impalements, guys getting ripped apart, and digested skull vomited out with partial flesh still on it., it's a hardcore PG 13

[@Kains_Gaming_Channel]

Great review, decker. Are ya planing on reviewing the original King Kong?

[@JuanChio77772]

The subscribe button lights up when he said subscribe 😂😂😂 It’s a nice little feature in every video

[@terrylodge4846]

makes me wanna watch it again tbh

[@Senator-Wary]

Love when you mess up the editing and leave two take in the same scene

[@DeckerShado]

Whoopsie... well, time to find out if this here KZbin editor trim thingamajig works. ...or if it, upon reprocessing, gives the video back it's copyright claim and I gotta fight it all over again...

[@Senator-Wary]

​@Decker Shado lol I'm sure it'll be fiiiiine

[@daverobson3084]

.50 Ma Deuce vs Skullcrawler=not a scratch. ( Actually $hitty weapon) flare gun vs Skullcrawler=fairly successful. Sure. Why not?

[@adamdavis1737]

I thought this one was pretty fun. Definitely could have been better, but it's a super easy movie to put on in the background. I was sad John Goodman didn't make it farther into the film lol

[@comatoasted82]

Now I didn't care much for Kong Si. However, I do care much for D Shado's content. So all reason to give Kong Si another chance. Keep up the good work and great content. Thank you Decker.

[@emperorg9910]

There is only one Monarch, and the venture bros. Will feel his wrath.

[@grapeshot]

Can somebody tell me I thought that Japanese pilots were not issue parachutes but somebody who knows about the subject please tell me otherwise.

[@Darek_B52]

You skipped that the WW2 guy's baseball team won when he's eating the hotdog at the end.

[@jsin1077]

Loved this movie... if you want Shakespeare don't watch monster movies.

[@magennis]

E-D-F! E-D-F! I'd settle for an EDF animated show at this point.

[@JSPokemonYT]

Decker, could you review Ghost in the Graveyard (2019)?

[@T_R_O_Y_McClure]

I am on board with anything with john goodman. Or richard jenkins. Or john c reilly as well. Total side note: if you frequent universal studios and have a younger child, just tell the person at the entrance your kid is too scared for the queue they will take you right on the ride. Have been using this for a few years now...

[@gilga3554]

A nice collection of marvel stars got Loki, Captain Marvel, Nick Fury, and a member of the Nova corps.