Kong: Skull Island movie quotes help tell a new story of King Kong in the film about the mythic creature. Jordan Vogt-Roberts directed the movie using a screenplay Dan Gilroy and Max Borenstein wrote from a story by John Gatins and Dan Gilroy based on the character created by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace. Kong: Skull Island opened in theaters in the United States on March 10, 2017.
In Kong: Skull Island, Bill Randa (John Goodman) gathers a team of military members, including James Conrad (Tom Hiddleston), Preston Packard (Samuel L. Jackson) and Jack Chapman (Toby Kebbell), scientists, including San Lin (Jing Tian), and photojournalist Mason Weaver (Brie Larson) to visit a secret island in 1973. He claims the mission is to do geological mapping of the uncharted island.
But when the teams arrive on the island via helicopter and encounter Kong, a ginormous angry ape, they realize that things are not as described. They meet Hank Marlow (John C. Reilly), a man who's been stranded on the island, and Marlow explains how things work. Kong battles the Skullcrawlers, strange lizard-like monsters, but is overall a pretty nice guy. Everyone approaches the situation differently with Bill seeking proof of Kong, Preston vowing to kill Kong and James feeling they need to protect the creature, three ideas that set up for a pretty unique battle.
Kong: Skull Island is just one of several highly anticipated March 2017 movies along with Before I Fall, Table 19, The Shack, and Logan.
Kong: Skull Island Movie Quotes,
A Geological Mapping Mission
Mason Weaver: A geological mapping mission with armed support?
Preston Packard: A camera's way more dangerous than a gun.
Mason wonders aloud why a geological mapping mission would require armed support in these Kong: Skull Island movie quotes. But as Preston explains, sometimes cameras can be more dangerous than guns.
We Gotta Save Kong
James Conrad: We gotta save Kong.
Initially the human team believes that they need to treat Kong as an enemy and take him down. But after getting to know the guy, or as much as you can get to know a giant ape, James changes his tune and vows to protect Kong in this Kong: Skull Island movie quote.
Man is King
Preston Packard: It's time to show that man is king!
Fighting for supremacy, Preston vows to show Kong that he doesn't rule the island, rather that humans do. But considering this ape is many, many times larger, it might take a bit for Preston to prove that.
Bring That Ape Down
Preston Packard: We're going to bring that ape down!
Once Preston realizes why they're really on the island, which isn't to map the geography, his military instincts to kill set in. This, however, is unlike anything he's ever seen in the US Army.
This Island is Notorious
Bill Randa: This island is notorious for the number of ships and planes that have gone missing. The 1954 nuclear tests weren't tests. They were trying to kill something.
Bill provides some background on the mysterious island he wants to visit in this Kong: Skull Island movie quote. As he explains, there's something on that island that can survive a nuclear bomb, which totally makes it a great vacation spot.
Monsters Exist
Preston Packard: You are going to tell me everything that I should know or I'm going to blow your head off.
Bill Randa: Monsters exist. Yesterday, I was a crackpot. But today...
Preston Packard: You dropped those charges to flush something out. Who are you?
Bill Randa: Ancient species owned this earth long before mankind and if we keep our heads buried in the sand, they will take it back. My agency is known as Monarch. We specialize in the hunt for massive unidentified terrestrial organisms.
Preston Packard: You knew that thing was out here?
Bill Randa: I'm sorry for your men, colonel, I truly am. Get us home, with proof, so we can send the calvary.
At this point in the film, Preston has realized that what was alleged to be a geological mapping mission is far from it. As he demands in these Kong: Skull Island movie quotes, Bill fills him in on why they're really there.
We Don't Belong Here
Mason Weaver: We don't belong here.
Stating perhaps the most obvious thing ever, Mason remarks that they don't belong on an uncharted island ruled by monsters and a giant ape. Someone get her an award.
I Call Them Skull Crawlers
Hank Marlow: Kong's God on the island but the devils live below us.
James Conrad: What are they called?
Hank Marlow: I call them Skull Crawlers.
James Conrad: Why?
Hank Marlow: Cause it sounds neat.
James Conrad: Okay
Hank Marlow: Look, I just made that name up. I'm trying to scare you. I never said that name out loud before, it sounds stupid now that I think about it. You just call them whatever you want.
Mason Weaver: I'm fine calling them that. Are you cool with that?
James Conrad: Yeah, definitely, that seems like a good name.
As Hank gives James and Mason an introduction to the island in these Kong: Skull Island movie quotes, he gets a bit embarrassed about what he's named the island's creatures. James and Mason act cool about it, but it's clear that Hank has been without human contact for far too long.
If We Make It Back
James Conrad: An uncharted island, let me list all the ways you're going to die: wind, rain, heat, disease-carrying flies, and we haven't started on the things that want to eat you alive.
Bill Randa: We'll double that.
James Conrad: Plus a bonus if we make it back.
Houston Brooks: If?
When Bill and Houston pitch the idea of traveling to the island to James, they're not really prepared for the speech James gives back in these Kong: Skull Island movie quotes. Houston especially wonders about the "if we make it back" part as he never really understood the danger of the mission.
Is That a Monkey?
Jack Chapman: Is that a monkey?
Bill Randa: Oh my god! Get us the hell out of here!
As helicopters full of the crew head towards the island, Jack sees what he thinks is a ginormous monkey. Really, he's seeing Kong, who is arguably less cute and snuggly than a monkey.