As a kid growing up in the 1950s, "King Kong" was my all-time favorite flick on the weekly show "Million Dollar Movie". My brothers and I would look forward to Kong's annual repeat performance on our tiny BW TV. We would try to memorize the dialog:
"Have you heard of. . . Kong?" (wink-wink)
For us, young men eventually to become an engineer, a scientist and a businessman, the fascination of seeing Skull Island, its creatures and dangers realized on screen, was immense when compared to the pulp fiction and comic books that we read.
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I found Peter Jackson's remake to be turgid and Jack Black's limitations as an lead actor readily apparent. I was not pleased that some of my favorite scenes were absent from the remake:
1) The negotiations with the natives 2) The attack of the stegosaurus 3) The lake scene with the brontosaurus 4) Kong's rampage through the native village 5) so many others
Instead, the director has substituted silly and unbelievable scenes like "running with the brontosaurus's" "shoot the bugs with your Tommy gun" and "battle three Trex's while holding Naomi in your left hand".
In summary, neither the best nor the worst that I have seen this year, and certainly not on my list of all-time favorites.
"Have you heard of. . . Kong?" (wink-wink)
For us, young men eventually to become an engineer, a scientist and a businessman, the fascination of seeing Skull Island, its creatures and dangers realized on screen, was immense when compared to the pulp fiction and comic books that we read.
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I found Peter Jackson's remake to be turgid and Jack Black's limitations as an lead actor readily apparent. I was not pleased that some of my favorite scenes were absent from the remake:
1) The negotiations with the natives 2) The attack of the stegosaurus 3) The lake scene with the brontosaurus 4) Kong's rampage through the native village 5) so many others
Instead, the director has substituted silly and unbelievable scenes like "running with the brontosaurus's" "shoot the bugs with your Tommy gun" and "battle three Trex's while holding Naomi in your left hand".
In summary, neither the best nor the worst that I have seen this year, and certainly not on my list of all-time favorites.