Once you know it, you won’t be able to ignore the parallels. Kong: Skull Island is based on a legendary (anti-)war film, Apocalypse Now. You can watch the result on TV this evening.
That’s what fantasy actioner Kong: Skull Island, our TV tip for today, is all about
The unexplored island off Sumatra called Skull Island attracts a group of adventurers who want to steal all of its secrets. But the strangest surprises await the motley team on the island. There certainly seem to be good reasons for that so far no one has returned from the island is – and it has the shape of a gigantic skull.
Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson lead the expedition, which manages to reach the island with monstrous effort. The longer the mission lasts, the more unreal the problems on the piece of land become, which seems to have fallen out of time. In addition to gigantic lizards, the titular one also floats there Giant ape King Kong his mischief.
The similarities between Kong: Skull Island and Apocalypse Now are actually hard to miss
A bombastic fantasy blockbuster with giant monsters fighting each other is said to have been inspired by perhaps the best war film of all time? What may sound strange and unlikely at first glance can no longer be overlooked once the audience knows it. The Parallels between Apocalypse Now and Kong: Skull Island are surprisingly extensive.
Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts even told Den of Geek that he had a kind of… Apocalypse Now with King Kong envisioned have. He wanted to make a Vietnam war film with gigantic monsters and include scenes that could also appear in nature documentaries.
Of course, not only the images are similar, but also the themes on the two journeys to the heart of darkness: Where is the line between humans and monsters? In addition, there are smaller allusions to the original, such as the name Conrad (the book on which Apocalypse Now is based comes from Joseph Conrad).
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TV or stream: When and where is Kong: Skull Island showing?
Cable one is showing Kong: Skull Island tonight at 8:15 p.m at prime time. The spectacle then lasts with advertising until 10:35 p.m. and then repeats again at 12:45 a.m.
Otherwise you can of course also stream the film. This works, for example on Amazon Prime Video or WOW with a streaming subscriptionbut the film can also be organized via Maxdome, Magenta TV or Apple TV.
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