Movie review : King Kong
Posted on : Mon, Mar 06, 2006
King Kong (2005)
The newest time-eater from Peter Jackson. This film tops out at 187 minutes but it seems like it lasts for a hundred years. This movie is SO LONG that I have dubbed it "King Long" or "King Boat" since more than 1/2 of the movie takes place on the damn boat on the way to the island.
This movie is just confusing. Not in it's plot, I mean that all makes sense. But in the execution. Too much of the movie takes place on the boat. Also there is waaaaay too much dialoge for a gigantic monkey movie. For example, the beginning of the movie takes place in NYC, and for about 20minutes follows the harlott flapper who is having a hard time getting work. I guess Peter thought he could incorporate drama into the movie here. He failed.
The meat and potatoes of this movie is the giant monkey. Although you don't get to see the damn creature until 2/3 of the way through the movie and by then you are so glad to see that damned monkey that you might forgive the first 2/3 of the films horribleness. But I didn't. I kept hating. When the monkey roared, I hated. When the dinosaurs appeared (and I LOVE dinos), I hated. Even when the brontosaurouses all stampede and create a gigantic dinosaur blender with bones crushing and necks cracking, I was tempted not to hate... but I still hated on the movie. And finally at the end when the giant monkey became road kill, I was gleefully hating. Gleeful for two reasons. I like roadkill, and the movie was over.
In short, I recommend that you see this movie, but show up to it an hour late. You will thank me for it.
--terrac