KONG: SKULL ISLAND 3D:

KONG: SKULL ISLAND 3D:  Well, it's early but I'm thinking this is the first of the typical  Summertime escapist flicks and not a bad reboot of the original.  This time a team of scientist with help from the military, explore an uncharted island and stumble upon the mighty Kong,   With a cast that includes John Goodman, Samuel L. Jackson, John C.Reilly, Tim Hiddleston, and Brie Larson as the new beauty for the beast, this film is part homage and part Apocalypse.  And this Kong is not as approachable as in past tellings. He's one bad-ass ape and not opposed to a little blood-letting.  Along the way we meet an undiscovered tribe of natives who believe Kong to be a god and a bunch of new,  very imaginative creatures who are just mean to the bone.   And there are plenty of bones along the way,  a skull here, a skull there.  As a side note,I am more and more amazed at today's actors who must "act" with only their imagination.  (No spoiler alert, but Kong and his cronies are not real.)   But they seem real enough and the CGI effects are tops.  This is probably the best the beast has ever looked.  I'd go 3D on this one.  It's staggering.