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[Satori]

I hated it. It was up there with the worst movies I've ever seen in my life. In fact, I walked out half way through, feeling utterly bored. Coming out of the theatre and into the light of day was actually invigorating and far more exciting!

The characters were non existant, no interest, nothing vivid or gripping. The dialogue was lame as hell. The story was basic and boring. The action was over extended. There was no drama. There was no reason to be drawn into the film. Jackson's main weakness is that he tends to make films like a film buff, a film historian. I felt very removed from this movie, like it was some kind of cinematic curiosity and not a real up to date movie. Jackson needs to dump this CGI kick and do a real meaty serious movie next or he is in danger of falling off my list of producers who make must-see movies.

[mindmetoo]

[joe_doufu]

I thought it was nice that the action hero turned around and did the hero thing after reconsidering it. Some of you complain about characters but I thought they were a lot more interesting and complex than in the usual monster movie... Bruce Baxter was a pretty cool character that I came to like... he certainly came through better than the writer jerk who was trying to inflate himself by calling the dude a coward.

[ajstew]

I thought it was a good movie with enough extraordinary sequences in it that are worth paying to see. The trampelling scene... had never seen that before. The big Kong fight sequence... had never seen that before. The sick insect scene... will never forget the worms. I liked the characters. Contrary to some of you, I didn't think Black's character was too greedy or immoral. He put his life on the line to make the film and didn't have any experiences with the monster Kong, that should make him not want to use him to salvage his life.
Personally though, I felt Naomi Watt's character, Ann, shouldn't have encouraged Kong the way she did. Friends they could be... but you shouldn't encourage the adjossi and lead him to believe that that type of behaviour is acceptable in any walk of life.
And lastly, at the end of the film I found myself imagining what Brody's character, Jack, might have said to Ann at some point in the future. "Are you still thinking of that ape? I'm here... I'm still here. He was a stinking ape for Christ sake's!" Those would have been some interesting exchanges.

[Ya-ta Boy]

I saw it Friday afternoon. My reaction was that this movie was a handful of editing cuts from being a great action/monster movie.

My number one complaint is that some things reminded me I was watching a movie. I want to believe a movie while I'm watching it. The scene with the dinosaurs, Kong et al falling down the crevasse was just too much. The dinosaur stampede...no. The young guy closing his eyes and shooting the bugs off Jack. Hunh uh. The tree across the chasm. Nope.

I was happy that I wasn't irritated by Jack Black and that Naomi Watts made a great damsel in distress with a terrific scream. I have only seen clips of the other two Kongs because I was never interested in a big ass ape movie. This one was worth my money for two hours of entertainment. The third hour was less fun because my butt got tired sitting in the theater. Big movies used to have an intermission. This one could have used one just as they got to Skull Island.

[eamo]

Saw it. Liked it. Not a lot, but I liked it.

It's not a classic by no means but will be soporifically enjoyed on lazy holiday evenings by bloated people on sofa's.

The tough guy getting eaten by the giant worms was a memorable scene.

I think I prefer the old black 'n' white King Kong. They got the emotional, 'the ape isn't really the bad guy' thing without even trying. This new movie tried a lot to get that across. Too much.

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

Color me impressed. Wonderful film. Intense.

However, I recognize the score to 'The Shawshank Redemption' when I hear it. The sombre piano which plays near the end is taken directly from Shawshank.

Am I the only one who noticed this?

Other than that, great film. Any movie that causes me to speak aloud in awe (and one that can also literally make my skin crawl) deserves to be called so, in my books.

PS - I eat my words. Peter Jackson made me luv that big dumb ape.

Sparkles*_*

[gypsyfish]

Great film with (a) few flaws. Could have been edited down a bit and Jack Black was not believable as a person living in the 1930's.

I really appreciated the homage to the original, things like Annes's hat being the same kind from the first film and the T-rex hands having three fingers (like in the 1933 movie) rather than the scientifically correct two. The winks at the audience when one character asked about getting Fay (Wray) for the movie and the answer that she was making a movie at RKO (where the original Kong was make). Even the music when Kong was shown in NYC was from the first film. (Didn't recognise the Shawshank music - will have to listen for it next time.)

And the 'ballet-on-the-pond' scene in New York was wonderfully new.

Not a perfect movie, and I still love the first, but a great one.

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]