I don’t get it
King Kong eh? I may be the only person in the world but … i cant get past the thought of how stupid it looks on paper … even in 1933.
Script writer walks into a movie boss’s office …
“hey i’ve got this great idea for a movie … it’s about the love between a gorilla and a woman! wait … make it a 25 foot gorilla!!”
“ok … but can we make it better???”
“YES!!!! DINOSAURS!!!!”
My main thought … LONG … Peter Jackson doesn’t seem to have figured out how to end a film properly … I mean, my goodness, this was like Lord of the rings all over again … and to quote Kiss Kiss Bang Bang “don’t worry I’m not going to end this film 17 times, we’ve all seen Lord of the rings”
So it was ok, but i reckon he could have saved 2 hours of film by cutting the gorilla’s close ups to just 2 minutes every time. I might go ahead and watch the 1933 version, see if i can’t make some sense of that.
Comments
10:30 pm
apparently, king kong was released as ‘kong king’ in scandinavia as ‘kong’ means ‘king’ for them.
I like tom waits’ song about king kong, although i usually cant stand his singing.
the original is fairly comical really, but i dont recommend. I DO recommend Gamera tho. hes cool. flying turtle with rocket bum. japanese kids to protect. Google that, cochise!
there, ive said it.
– orange powered wristwatch
8:46 am
and I definitely appreciate it! Googleing as I type!
– Jesse
9:45 am
Ah … those crazy Japanese … whatever will they think of next?
– Jesse
8:57 pm
to orange powered wristwatch I did not know that king kong had allowed tom waits to sing about him.
It’s good to learn something new everyday.
– algy