Everything they say and do fall instantly from memory and their disappearance from the movie all together wouldn't have changed it that much. Hiddleston and Larson in particular feel vastly underdeveloped. They serve their cardboard purposes and that's what's expected. It makes sense in theory (VietKong anyone?) but I don't think it ever really works and it's just an excuse to make Sam Jackson a bad guy to counterpoint Kong's "human" side. But there's also a clunky Vietnam metaphor that's a straight-up over the top "homage" to Apocalypse Now, et al. This is a straight adventure story with giant monsters, and the way it's shot and the hammy dialogue are mostly B-movie and comic book derived (check out those Dutch angles and blistering colors and 10 times too big sun, moon, aurora.). It is kind of all over the place with its themes and influences but it has a distinct enough personality and some solid setpieces.
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