Out of sheer coincidence, I just finished watching the 1933 version of Kong on the TV when my mother suggested that we go see the new one. So I went in fully prepared to compare the original to PJ's. Let the complaints begin: That damn movie was about an hour and a half too long if you ask me. I liked the beginning through the crash on the rocks. Then things got LONG. The natives and the scenery were weird and unrealistic. And then things got LONGER. All of the crap the guys had to go through to find Ann and Kong (like that stupid bug scene - WTF?). Plus the King v. Dinosaurs fight took too long as well and got increasingly ridiculous. And by the time they got back to New York, I just wanted the movie to be over. But of course I had to wait another hour for that. >_<
It wasn't all bad - the actors were good for what they had to work with. By seriously, I preferred the 1933 version in a lot of ways. I was disappointed with the Ann/Jack relationship that didn't develop. King Kong's friendship with Ann and Ann returning that friendship was a plus, but the movie was just so damn long. So many things should have been cut, and that movie would have been fairly excellent instead of just okay for me.
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Date: 2006-01-14 10:31 pm (UTC)Let the complaints begin:
That damn movie was about an hour and a half too long if you ask me. I liked the beginning through the crash on the rocks. Then things got LONG. The natives and the scenery were weird and unrealistic. And then things got LONGER. All of the crap the guys had to go through to find Ann and Kong (like that stupid bug scene - WTF?). Plus the King v. Dinosaurs fight took too long as well and got increasingly ridiculous. And by the time they got back to New York, I just wanted the movie to be over. But of course I had to wait another hour for that. >_<
It wasn't all bad - the actors were good for what they had to work with. By seriously, I preferred the 1933 version in a lot of ways. I was disappointed with the Ann/Jack relationship that didn't develop. King Kong's friendship with Ann and Ann returning that friendship was a plus, but the movie was just so damn long. So many things should have been cut, and that movie would have been fairly excellent instead of just okay for me.