Yes.
I saw King Kong last night... FINALLY.
I know, I know, I'm like the last person in the world to see it, but I
wanted to wait until there weren't a lot of people there, I'm not a big fan
of crowds, and to be honest, this wasn't a movie that was high on my list.
Anyway, my best friend Brian and I usually watch movies on Friday nights,
and it was playing at the local rep theatre, so we went.
Ok, first of all I thought it was good. But if it was 2 hours long, it
would have been great. Six and a half hours = just good.
For those of you who don't know the story, here it is:
Jack Black (THE D!) wants to make a movie on SKULL ISLAND (ooooh!), he
recruits Adrian Brody (meh) as his screen-writer and fresh-faced Naomi Watts
(she's pretty) to be his starlet, gets on a boat and go to SKULL ISLAND
(oooh!) They get to SKULL ISLAND (oooh!) where Naomi Watts (she's pretty) is
kidnapped by the local natives, and sacrificed to KING KONG (OMG!). KING
KONG (OMG!) and Naomi Watts (she's pretty) become friends and then Adrian
Brody (meh) leads a rescue team where he eventually finds Naomi Watts (she's
pretty) resting in the palm of KING KING (OMG!). He gets her back to the
boat, and Jack Black (THE D!) knocks out KING KONG (OMG!) with clorophorme,
and they take the giant ape back to NY to star on Broadway where he breaks
loose, terrorizes NY and is eventually shot down atop the Empire State
Building... OMG.
Sorry for the spoilers... But if you don't know how King Kong ends, you are
retarded.
So, that, in a nutshell, is the story. Why did it take EIGHT HOURS to tell
that story?! I mean, my god, are the editors afraid of Peter Jackson? Is he
going to whip them if they trim the movie down to a reasonable two hours?
I really enjoyed the movie, I know I sound like I didn't, there were parts
that had me in total awe. It is a breathtakingly beautiful movie. I
applauded during the fight with the dinosaurs, I didn't care that it was
such a long sequence, in fact a lot of the action sequences felt like they
weren't too long, but it all added up (to NINE HOURS).
Adrian Brody was alright. He wasn't great. Jack Black, as much as I love
the D (Long live the D) just felt wrong. His voice was too high or
something, and I kept thinking he wasn't actually in the movie, just
pretending... Does that make sense? Naomi Watts IS this movie. I don't
know much about special effects, I just know that Kong was made in a
computer and Naomi Watts had to act with tennis balls or something, but
there was never a moment that I didn't believe she was acting with a giant
ape.
Which brings me to Kong. All the reviews I've read go on and on about how
amazing Kong is. They're right. He's amazing. To the point where I didn't
even think I was watching an effect, I thought they had captured a giant
monkey, trained him, then made a movie with him. Like, this was a
re-telling of his own tragic story. A TEN HOUR re-telling.
I don't know enough of Peter Jackson's work to talk about Peter Jackson. My
dad took me to see The Frighteners when I was a kid, and it scared the shit
out of me. I never saw any of the LOTR movies, because, well... it's kinda
gay. I'll rent his movies, and review them as well. I'm glad he's not so
fat anymore, everyone tells me he used to be a real big guy.
In closing, my friend Brian had a long day at school yesterday, and fell
asleep during the last thirty minutes of the film. I told him he didn't
miss much.
Jenny from Canada.
