King Kong

It’s been a while since I went to a movie theatre, I think it was when Robyn and I went to see Serenity, so when King Kong came around, I HAD to see it…

And words can’t properly describe it, so this will have to do…

Seriously, it was that good…

OK, I’m sure you know the story, a film crew goes to the appropriately named Skull Island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine to their female blonde star, who the natives try to sacrifice…

It’s a long movie, it does drag for the first 20 to 30 minutes, but that aside it’s excellent, once they reach Skull Island it’s non-stop action involving a whole manner of creatures (including some that will make you squirm) and it doesn’t let up all the way to the finale on top of the Empire State Building. Of course the special effects take centre stage here, Kong looks fantastic (another great job by Andy Serkis), there is real emotion coming from the giant gorilla and I kid you not, the ending will leave you bawling… Naomi Watts is good as Ann Darrow, she has that damsel in distress screaming down pat but Jack Black is awesome as the slimy Carl Denham who looks to be for more comedic value at the start but shows his way of manipulating people and eventually Kong as the movie goes on.

It is recommended, but only if you can sit there for 3 hours… What’s with these epic length movies nowadays? Even Harry Potter is 2½ hours long and Chronicles of Narnia isn’t far off… I blame Peter Jackson.