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Is Kong: Skull Island deeply politically subversive? Viet Kong ≈ King Kong? Air and tech superiority is no match for the heart and strength of the indigenous population. So subversive!

Plus, the director fetishes Apocalypse Now and Joseph Conrad/Heart of Darkness, especially the Air Cav scenes with the Flight Of The Valkyries.

Plus, Samuel L. Jackson is a heavy handed Kurtz.

There's even a character named James Conrad. Not quite Joseph but a little on the nose.