It's a weird movie, in the sense that it's really not very good, not even by Hollywood kaiju standards. Personally I'd rather rewatch the Roland Emmerich farce than this one.
But at the same time, as the linked article says — maybe that was just the sort of mindless action everybody needed after lockdown. We were just emerging from our homes again, unsure how to deal with the world, and there was Kong Lebowskying around Skull Island like nobody's business.
It's so goofy and dumb you almost disregard that some of the main cast play actual tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists who get proven right that, yes, the Earth is in fact hollow, and also Atlantis is right there. Plus Kong somehow stands a fighting chance against big G, in what scenario does that hold water?
There's a time and a place for everything, and boy, did this ridiculous spectacle hit a dry spot when it was needed.
Actually, I changed my mind. I'm going to rewatch GvK tonight.