‘Kong: Skull Island’ Is Not Even Playing Anymore With Those ‘Apocalypse Now’ Comparisons

There are movie posters, and then there are movie posters. Of late, most action movie posters kinda all look the same, with some notable exceptions. Those movies willing to get a little more creative with their promotional art really stand out amongst the crowds of character heads photoshopped on top of one another. Kong: Skull Island entered the game today with a new poster that’s a direct homage to one of the most famous war movies of all time: Apocalypse Now.

Take a look at the new IMAX poster, released by Legendary.

For comparison, here’s the iconic Apocalypse Now poster:

They’re both beautiful posters, worthy of being framed or taped up onto your college dorm room wall. Kong: Skull Island isn’t out yet for another month but is already being compared to war movies of the past, and with its recently confirmed Vietnam setting, it’s a direct monster movie descendant of the 1979 war epic. And, boy, if the promise of a print of that poster doesn’t make you want to pay a few more dollars to see this movie in IMAX, I don’t know what will.

Kong: Skull Island stars Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston, John Goodman, Samuel L. Jackson, and John C. Reilly, and hits theaters March 10.