10 Amazing Supporting Characters You Wish Movies Were Centred On

After Godzilla in 2014, Kong: Skull Island was the second movie in the MonsterVerse, and the second to make a mistake in the human protagonist department. Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson's characters weren't exactly memorable, while there was a more compelling story with a stronger character within the story, it just wasn't told.

The opening scenes showed an American pilot and a Japanese pilot crash land on Skull Island during World War II, and engage in hand-to-hand combat before being distracted by the presence of Kong. The American, John C. Reilly's Hank Marlow was then found by Hiddleston and co. still living on the island almost 30 years later.

Since there was still a time jump required between the events of Kong: Skull Island and Godzilla Vs. Kong, there is no reason why the story of the former couldn't have focused on Hank and his Japanese counterpart Gunpei Ikari (Miyavi)putting their differences aside and learning to live in harmony with the beasts of the island.

Marlow knew not only Kong, but Skull Island and the other creatures intimately well, and this would have made for a much better movie. Yes, the main objective of Kong: Skull Island was to introduce audiences to the new iteration of giant ape, which it did successfully, but like Godzilla, with a different protagonist it could have been so much better.