Went into this expecting something stupid and only cared about seeing a giant lizard fight a giant gorilla but was pleasantly surprised.  It had a compelling enough plot, the character stuff didn’t bore me, it had a well-balanced tone, Kong had a lot of character depth, and the fights were spectacular.  Epic.

So happy I sawed this in a theater and not at home on HBO Max.  The sounds of the roars alone were worth the price of admission.