KONG - SKULL ISLAND

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KONG - SKULL ISLAND Movie

2017

(6,7 out of 10)
Azione (Avventura|Fantascienza|Fantastico)
1 h 58 min - 118 min
Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts

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	Tom Hiddleston
	Samuel L. Jackson
	Brie Larson
	John C. Reilly

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Nel 1944, durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, un pilota americano e uno giapponese precipitano coi loro aerei su un'isola, apparentemente deserta, nel sud del Pacifico. Mentre combattono all'ultimo sangue, i due vengono sorpresi da un'enorme creatura.<br>Nel 1973 l'ex Capitano del Servizio Aereo Speciale britannico James Conrad viene assunto dall'agente del governo Bill Randa per guidare una spedizione per esplorare e creare una mappa di un'isola, nota come l'Isola del Teschio. Randa recluta anche gli Sky Devils, uno squadrone di elicotteristi fino a pochi mesi prima impegnato nella guerra in Vietnam, guidati dal tenente colonnello Preston Packard. Al gruppo si unisce anche la fotoreporter pacifista Mason Weaver, che crede che la spedizione scientifica sia in realtà una copertura di un'operazione militare segreta.<br>Arrivati all'Isola del Teschio, gli uomini di Packard cominciano a lanciare esplosivi sviluppati dal sismologo Houston Brooks per determinare la consistenza del terreno, scoprendo che l'isola è cava all'interno e si sviluppa in grandi profondità. Tuttavia gli elicotteri sono improvvisamente attaccati e distrutti da un gorilla alto 32 metri. I superstiti si ritrovano divisi in due gruppi posti in due luoghi differenti sul territorio dell'isola e l'unica speranza per essere salvati è raggiungere la squadra di rifornimento che si farà trovare dopo 3 giorni nella parte settentrionale dell'isola. Packard minaccia Randa affinché gli confessi tutto quello che in realtà sa e l'agente governativo gli rivela la propria appartenenza all'organizzazione governativa segreta Monarch, nonché il vero scopo della spedizione: acquisire le prove dell'esistenza di mostri che un tempo dominavano il mondo al fine di prepararsi a fronteggiarli quando queste creature, come si teme, ritorneranno.<br>Packard e gli uomini sopravvissuti, tra cui il braccio destro del colonnello, il maggiore Jack Chapman, iniziano la ricerca dei membri della spedizione dispersi e subiscono l'attacco di un ragno gigante che uccide uno di loro. Nel frattempo Conrad, Weaver, Brooks, la biologa San Lin, il soldato Reg Slivko e Victor Nieves incontrano una tribù di indigeni dell'isola e soprattutto fanno la conoscenza di Hank Marlow, il pilota americano precipitato nel 1944. Marlow spiega che l'enorme gorilla che hanno incontrato si chiama Kong ed è il guardiano dell'isola, adorato come un dio dagli indigeni poiché li protegge dagli Strisciateschi, mostri bipedi rettiloidi che vivono sottoterra e che hanno sterminato la stirpe di Kong, che è quindi l'ultimo della sua specie. Marlow spiega che Kong sta ancora crescendo, e che ha attaccato gli elicotteri solo per difendere il territorio ed evitare che le bombe risvegliassero lo Strisciateschi alpha, che in passato aveva ucciso i genitori di Kong.<br>Il gruppo confida a Marlow che c'è una possibilità di fuggire raggiungendo la parte nord dell'isola, e insieme finiscono di costruire una barca fatta con i pezzi degli aerei precipitati nel 1944 per navigare lungo il fiume e raggiungere il punto di incontro. Il gruppo di Conrad percorre il fiume, dove viene attaccato da uno stormo di Psychovulture (giganti rettili alati) che uccidono Nieves, ma riesce comunque a ricongiungersi alla squadra di Packard. Costui insiste sulla necessità di trovare Chapman, che però è già stato ucciso, prima di raggiungere il punto di incontro. Di fronte alle insistenze del colonnello Marlow li porta a malincuore alla fossa comune dei genitori di Kong, dove vengono sorpresi da uno Strisciateschi, lo stesso che ha divorato Chapman, che attacca il gruppo, trucidando Randa e uccidendo molti soldati, finché Weaver utilizza un accendino per dare fuoco ai fumi tossici del posto, causando un'esplosione che uccide il rettiloide. In precedenza la creatura aveva vomitato la targhetta identificativa di Chapman insieme alle sue ossa, permettendo a Conrad di capire il terribile destino del soldato.<br>Packard, accecato dall'odio, vuole ancora dare la caccia a Kong per vendicare la morte dei suoi uomini, nonostante l'opposizione di Marlow che tenta di spiegare che, senza Kong, gli Strisciateschi continueranno a proliferare senza controllo. Packard sembra irremovibile e riesce a recuperare del napalm e altri esplosivi per attirare il gorilla in una trappola e ucciderlo, mentre Conrad decide di condurre il personale non militare verso il team di rifornimento. Poco dopo però, nel cuore della notte, Conrad e Weaver si ritrovano Kong a pochi metri da loro. L'incontro fa capire ai due che Kong non è pericoloso e decidono di aiutarlo. La trappola contro Kong ha successo, ma il gruppo di Conrad ferma Packard prima che uccida il guardiano dell'isola.<br>Nella situazione di stallo venutasi a creare, il gruppo è improvvisamente colto di sorpresa dal risveglio di Ramarak, lo Strisciateschi alpha. Packard, rimasto indietro mentre gli altri fuggono, decide di uccidere Kong, ma quest'ultimo lo schiaccia prima che possa innescare le cariche. Kong, ferito, è sopraffatto dallo Strisciateschi alpha, che poi si lancia all'inseguimento dei sopravvissuti nella loro corsa verso la riva. Il capitano Earl Cole cerca di sacrificarsi, lasciandosi mangiare con delle granate aperte in mano per fermare il mostro, ma Ramarak capisce la strategia e lo scaglia a farsi esplodere contro una parete, rendendo vano il suo sacrificio. Kong torna a combattere e dopo un feroce scontro apparentemente uccide la bestia con un vecchio rotore di barca. A causa dell'impatto di Ramarak contro la montagna, Weaver precipita in un fiume, ma viene salvata da Kong. Ramarak, all'improvviso, approfitta della distrazione del rivale per attaccare Kong alle spalle e avvolge il braccio del gorilla con la lingua nel tentativo di divorare Weaver, ma il primate riesce ad ucciderlo strappandogli letteralmente le viscere dalla bocca.<br>Finito lo scontro, gli uomini sopravvissuti lasciano finalmente l'isola vedendo gli elicotteri da soccorso, mentre Kong li osserva da lontano. Nella scena durante i titoli di coda, si vede Marlow tornare a casa riunendosi con la moglie e il figlio, che incontra per la prima volta.<br>In una scena dopo i titoli di coda, Conrad e Weaver sono tenuti sotto interrogatorio dalla Monarch e informati da Brooks e Lin che Kong non è l'unico mostro a vagare per il mondo. Vengono poi mostrati dei filmati di repertorio di pitture rupestri che ritraggono Godzilla, King Ghidorah, Rodan, e Mothra, e la raffigurazione di una battaglia tra Godzilla e King Ghidorah, profetizzando gli avvenimenti di Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Sullo schermo nero, infine, si ode il ruggito di Godzilla.

The ID Bands on the P-51D shown in the movie intro represent ID band used by Pacific Fighter Squadron that later on in the movie when shown in the construction of the river boat, have a red outlining which is incorrect. The red outlining was removed from all US markings after 1943. <br>------------------------<br><br>The graphics on the seismic devices are far beyond the capabilities of computers in 1973, let alone portable computers. <br>------------------------<br><br>The cargo ship displays a giant "no smoking" sign in red letters. Smoking bans on general merchant vessels became effective only in 2009. No ship in the 70's would have had such instructions prominently painted on the deck. <br>------------------------<br><br>The film depicts an anti-Vietnam War protest in 1973 and treats President Richard Nixon's troop withdrawal announcement as a surprise. In fact, the Paris Accords had been signed in December 1972 and anti-war demonstrations petered out after Nixon accepted cease-fire terms the previous May. It was no secret to anyone in January 1973 that U.S. military involvement in Vietnam was over. <br>------------------------<br><br>The Athena cargo ship used to carry the team to the island wasn't built until 2003. <br>------------------------<br><br>The Ka-Bar combat knife carried by one of the soldiers had serrations on the back edge. The serrations shown are a copyrighted pattern of the Spyderco company that did not exist before 1981. <br>------------------------<br><br>One of the technical staff is referred to as a "data wrangler," a 21st century job title. <br>------------------------<br><br>Marlow said they scavenged parts from a crashed B-29 which explain the cockpit parts on the boat but the gun turret at the stern is from a ball turret like those found on a B-17. The B-29 did not have manned gun turrets except for the tail, they were remotely controlled from within the aircraft and so would not have had any Plexiglas like the turret used on the boat. Furthermore, the B-29 was not in common use until after he was shot down. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Randa and Brooks go to get approval for the mission from Senator Willis, the computer terminals being used are Digital Equipment Corp VT100s, introduced in late 1978. <br>------------------------<br><br>When she is detailing her military experience Mason mentions she was "...embedded with MACV-SOG". The practice of embedding journalists with military units during wartime did not become a formal practice until the Iraq War of 2003. Prior to that many journalists during the Vietnam War, like Joe Galloway who was with the 7th Cavalry at the Ia Drang Valley, had to find their own way to the battlefield. <br>------------------------<br><br>Weaver is inspecting B&W film in her darkroom by holding it up to the light. The edge marking says Kodak 400TX, a 2007 model. <br>------------------------<br><br>The US insignia on the B-29 and P-51 fuselage and wings used for the makeshift boat is outlined in red. This particular insignia was used on US aircraft only for a short time during 1943. The B-29 did not enter service until 1944, so none would have had that insignia. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Hank Marlow returns home he is greeted by his son he never met. This son would be at least 29 years old instead of the teenager who greets him. <br>------------------------<br><br>Near the start of the film, Mason Weaver is examining some 35mm film, which has the words Kodak 400TX on the edge. This is new Kodak Tri-X, which wasn't available in 1973. It should have read Kodak 5063, which was the edge code for this film at the time. <br>------------------------<br><br>The stylus on the record player was set to 45 but playing an LP. <br>------------------------<br><br>The Japanese soldier carried his sword in a wooden scabbard. This type of case is called a shira saya (resting scabbard). It is used to store a Japanese sword, not carry it. <br>------------------------<br><br>Despite being an alleged former SAS member, James Conrad not only "sweeps" (passes the muzzle of his weapon across the bodies of someone he doesn't want to shoot) several people, he clearly fires directly over the head of Mason Weaver while she is standing within five feet of him. Any trained professional would avoid both of these as they could easily result in the friendly fire injury or death of a team member. <br>------------------------<br><br>As the crew is first flying through the storm to get onto Skull Island, Packard says that Icarus's wings were "made of wax". Actually they were made of reeds and feathers with the feathers attached with wax and thus when he flew too close to the sun the wax melted and the feathers fell off. <br>------------------------<br><br>The establishing shot of the Athena shows a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on the bow, four UH-1 Hueys amidships, and one CH-53 Sea Stallion on the stern. In the helicopter battle with Kong later, at least 10 Hueys are shown. <br>------------------------<br><br>During the helicopters versus Kong fight, the time of day changes multiple times, from sunset to bright sunlight. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Packard is about to shoot at the bird, we see him aiming with his left hand. After he shoots the bird, he puts the rifle down, and it is on his right hand. <br>------------------------<br><br>Packard uses an M14 throughout the movie. At one point you see him looking though a scope on his rifle. Later on you see him holding the rifle and the scope is nowhere to be seen. <br>------------------------<br><br>While Randa and Brooks are speaking with Senator Willis in the corridor outside his office, a female extra approaches them from behind and enters a room. A few seconds later, the same extra again approaches them from behind and reenters the same room. <br>------------------------<br><br>Kong changes sizes between various scenes. <br>------------------------<br><br>The D-Day Invasion stripes on the plane during the crash in the first scene would not have been found on this plane in the Pacific Theatre. <br>------------------------<br><br>The opening scene starts on the beach, followed by a short foot chase through the woods. Suddenly they come to the edge of a cliff that is several hundred feet above a valley below. Since they started out on the beach at sea level, and during their short run through the woods they obviously did not climb a mountain, it is impossible for them to come to a valley lower than sea level that close to shore that is not filled with water (aka a lagoon). <br>------------------------<br><br>After sitting (and breaking down) for almost 30 years, it is doubtful the aviation fuel would cause the home made boat's engine to turn over, let alone run. <br>------------------------<br><br>Early in the movie, Packard reaches for a box of cigars, with a Rocky Patel cigar label, which contains his medals. Rocky Patel Cigar Company has only been around since 2002. <br>------------------------<br><br>When she is detailing her military experience Mason mentions she was "...embedded with MACV-SOG". MACV-SOG stood for Military Assistance Command Vietnam-Special Operations/Studies and Observations Group. It was comprised of Vietnamese and American troops (Special Operations Forces like the Green Berets and SEALs) and was a joint operation with the CIA concerned with behind the lines operations, making it highly unlikely that a journalist, especially a female photojournalist, would be attached to them. <br>------------------------<br><br>After the several helicopter crashes, the pilots are shown slogging through the jungle in regular infantry "steel pot" helmets and fatigues. Pilots don't carry "backup helmets" and they would have had only their flight helmet or maybe a rolled up cap in their flight suit. They don't bring infantry gear to change into in case they crash. <br>------------------------<br><br>Packard wears a baseball-style cap with a adjustable strap in the back. In 1973 the Army only wore fitted caps. <br>------------------------<br><br>The Army never flew Sea Stallions as referred to while on Skull Island. The Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force flew versions of this chopper, not the Army. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Packard looks in his box of medals, there are a couple dog tags in there with black rubber "silencers" around their edges. These were used extensively in Vietnam to keep the two tags from rubbing together and creating noise. Yet later when the dead men's dog tags are collected, not a single one has a silencer. <br>------------------------<br><br>The black and white photograph of the USS Lawton seen near the beginning of the film shows the name of the ship painted on the bow. American warships have their names painted on the stern, not on the side of the bow. <br>------------------------<br><br>One pilot is shown carrying and using an AK-47. While this MAY have been acceptable on a combat mission in Vietnam, in a situation where there are no other troops similarly armed, it would be unacceptable and rather foolish. The shooter would be unable to either receive additional ammunition from a teammate in a crisis; nor would they be able to scrounge ammunition if they ran short. <br>------------------------<br><br>One of the helicopters is called a "Sea Stallion" which is the US Navy/USMC designation of the H-53 helicopter platform. The Army's version of this aircraft was nicknamed the "Jolly Green Giant". An Army officer in an aviation unit would NOT have made this mistake. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Marlow describes the building of the boat, he says parts were taken from his P-51, Gunpei's Japanese Zero, and a B-29 they found on the beach. But the twin machine guns on the bow were inside a Sperry ball turret, which was used on B-17s and B-24s but NOT B-29s. Also, the guns in a ball turret had special firing mechanisms for the turret operator and were not fired with traditional grip triggers as shown in the movie. <br>------------------------<br><br>The deckhands launching the helicopters off the ship are wearing red jerseys and "cranials" which on board ship indicates they work either as firefighters or ordnancemen. The proper jersey color for launching aircraft would be yellow for an aircraft handler. The argument may be made that the ship was civilian not navy, but then none of the deck crew should have had on navy aircraft department gear at all. <br>------------------------<br><br>The photograph of the 'USS Lawton' shows it to be a South Dakota-class battleship. However, it was the US Navy's official practice to name battleships after states, so it is highly unlikely that there would be a battleship named after a person. A better choice of warship type would have been a destroyer, which were, and still are, usually named after notable persons in the Navy or Marine Corps. <br>------------------------<br><br>Randa states that his ship, the USS Lawton, was reported to the public as being sunk in action. The photograph that he produces of the ship, however, shows it to be a battleship. In World War II, the US Navy never reported a battleship lost after the one sunk during the Pearl Harbor raid. <br>------------------------<br><br>At the beginning of the film we see a man get out of a taxi with a briefcase with "MONARCH" emblazoned on it. No government agent or military personnel would ever carry a briefcase with the name of a secret file/operation on it for anyone to see. <br>------------------------<br><br>At the beginning of the film we see a man get out of a taxi with a briefcase with "MONARCH" emblazoned on it. No government agent or military personnel would ever carry a briefcase with the name of a secret file/operation on it for anyone to see. Especially going through a civilian protest line. <br>------------------------<br><br>Mason was shown loading Kodak Plus-X film into her camera, which is, or was, a mid speed black and white film, OK for daytime shooting, but not for low light shots as she is seen taking later, at least not without camera shake and blurring or unless you use flash equipment. Also, as it is black and white, it isn't what you would use to capture the colors of the Southern Lights and a timed exposure would just be a bunch of gray blur. Many photographers carry more than one type of film and there may have been an off camera switch of film types. <br>------------------------<br><br>Japanese pilot Gunpei Ikari attempts to use a German Mauser C96 pistol at the beginning of the film. Although Japanese forces would not have been able to obtain additional munitions at the end of WWII due to financial issues, the munitions they already had would still be in circulation. <br>------------------------<br><br>Several times throughout the film it sounds as if Packard is referring to Major Chapman as "Captain," which is a lesser rank. However, this is due to Samuel L. Jackson's accent/inflection in which he frequently pronounces the name Chapman as "Chap-um". This can be heard by listening carefully to the dialogue. <br>------------------------<br><br>Japanese pilot Gunpei Ikari was shown holding a German Mauser C96 pistol at the beginning of the film, even though Imperial Japanese Navy pilots were not issued with this type of gun. It would not, however, be surprising if the pistol were to be a private weapon that Ikari bought for himself. It was not uncommon for officers, including pilots, to carry their own weapons in wartime. <br>------------------------<br><br>Colonel Packard's pistol is not a Colt Model 1911 missing its barrel bushing. It is a Colt Model 1902, which has no external bushing. <br>------------------------<br><br>Although Northern Lights aren't visible in the southern hemisphere, they could have been seeing the Southern Lights. However, it is more likely that the lights and Skull Island's unique storm system are due to the 'hollow earth' characteristics which are never fully explained. <br>------------------------<br><br>Weaver said her flash broke, thus was not able to take long exposure shots of the aurora. Any competent photographer would know that long exposures do not require flash. However, she says her flashlight is broken not her flash, she just needed some light to see her camera clearly so she could set it up right, hence why she uses the lighter to do so instead. <br>------------------------<br><br>The moment Cole drops the AK47 to take on the big beast you see the 'wooden' end bend, revealing it's a rubber prop. <br>------------------------<br><br>Flipped shot: When Mason fires the flare gun at the skull crusher, she is shooting left handed. This is shown by the strap on her bag crossing left to right instead of right to left as seen in shots before and after this. <br>------------------------<br><br>Flipped shot. When Mason is taking photos of the local tribe, her film advance lever moves from the normal right-hand side of the camera to the left hand side of the camera. The viewfinder also swaps sides. <br>------------------------<br><br>Jack, after filling his canteen, ends up hiding behind a rock as Kong approaches in the water, tending his wounds. The scene continues with Kong fighting the largest squid in Earth's history, no more than about 500 feet away from shore. Yet, despite all the violent activity and water splashing, no waves reach shore nor Jack, for that matter. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Kong slices the skullcrawler with a boat propeller there is a gaping cut on its neck, yet a couple seconds later the wound is gone. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Kong saves Weaver from drowning, she is lying in his hand upside down when she should have been upright. This is shown when Kong reaches into the river and grabs her. After Kong saves her from the alpha Skullcrawler, Weaver's position in Kong's hand changes as he puts her down. She goes from being inverted to being sideways then returns to her original position. <br>------------------------<br><br>Admittedly this is about an imaginary species but it defies physics that the flying dinosaur/bird creature could have carried off Nieves. The maximum carry load for most flying predators is around half their own body weight although a bald eagle was observed carrying a deer fawn that was near its own weight. Nieves is 5' 8" and probably weighs around 165 lbs. The movie creature didn't look much bigger than a Stellar's sea eagle which is one of the largest raptors that carries its prey whole and whose body weight range maxes out around 20 lbs. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Cole plans to sacrifice himself with the grenades he pulls the pins and releases the spoons. This sets the 5 second timed fuse, but there were more than 5 seconds from arming to detonation. The resulting explosion was also way too large for just two grenades, and though he was carrying several others he didn't arm them as well. <br>------------------------<br><br>When the soldier is filling up his canteen, he sees Kong walking right in front of him and being attacked by a giant squid. If he was filling his canteen, it couldn't have been salt water, and squids don't live in fresh water. <br>------------------------<br><br>