KONG

[fatherdog]

depressing depressing VAUDEVILLE! depressing depressing boat depressing depressing awwwwww, how sweet depressing depressing OMG SPEARS OMG KONG OMG KONG FIGHTING DINOSAURS HORRIBLE NIGHTMARISH INSECT CREATURES OMGOMGOMG depressing depressing depressing OMG KONG ICE SKATING depressing depressing dead.

Comments

[unlovablehands]

And your version didn't even take 3 hours!

[turner23]

at least it didn't need three films....

the fiend
king kong died for your sins.

[oilyrags]

#1 - Ditch the romance between the first mate and the cabin boy and for fuck's sake ditch the Joseph Conrad nonsense and talking to the audience ("It's not an adventure story is it?" "No it's not." SHUT UP!)

#2 - Reduce the time on the boat by at least 1/2.

#3 - Ditch the stampede.

#4 - Ditch the showbiz politics subplots (broke director, socialist writer, short-sighted execs - all that is boring.)

That would probably take about 45 minuts to an hour from the picture, just leaving the good stuff. And the good stuff is really really good.

[illdrinn]

Pretty much. Still I enjoyed it. Though I did shudder a bit with the NIGHTMARISH INSECT CREATURES

[emilynelfnoffen]

Since the first remake of Kong was the first time I ever walked out of a theatre, I have no intention of seeing this version. I am sure it has many lovely parts to it, but so do other films and they don't leave me all sad at the end. Most of the time, at least. Good review, FD.

[revlemming]

I really liked the old-versus-new analysis of his love interest with Fay Wray

[revlemming]

And yes, by spunk, I mean cleavage.

This just struck me. As a second moral, maybe he just hates New York? Kong the Terrorist would totally sell better. He even takes a hostage...