KING KONG

when I heard there'd be a remake of King Kong, I thought it'd be a flop just like most of the other remakes that have been showing up at the box office. I went and saw it though, since I enjoyed the Lord of the Rings movies and wanted to see how Peter Jackson would handle this one, and I thought it was great.

this is the type of movie that you go to the movie theatres to see. it's story telling and entertainment all wrapped up in a nice pretty package. granted, it was longer than most movies you'll see, but I mean you can't really compress an epic down into 90 minutes without botching the character development. if you have a short attention span, then just rent the DVD so you can pause it whenever your feeble mind can't take it anymore.

it wasn't a perfect movie by any means, but I still think it's a hell of a lot better than most of the shit raking in money at the box office recently. if you only went to see it for the CGI, sure you might be disappointed, but look at the animation in the original movies. did that make their stories any less enjoyable? no. I could have done without most of those would never happen dinosaur scenes though. they went on far too long, making them way over the top, so if they were shortened down they would have been a lot better.

Jam it back in, in the dark.