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Posted by: wildandhairy at February 13, 2006, 1:36 pm

Topic: King Kong!! WOW! (Reviews) Forum: JoBlo

Hi yet again. Probably this will be my last post on the subject, just because it is repetitive. I enjoyed the movie but I refuse to kiss its butt. Each film must be taken on its own merits. LOTR, yes PJ did that, but what does that have to do with King Kong? Except that both KK and LOTR were too long and self indulgent. That worked in LOTR, which had a multiple, epic storyline. It did not work in KK with its much thinner story. The depiction of the natives, again, is racist because: they could have been white...they only had a culture of violence...they killed one film crew member with a spear, totally unprovoked. That meets my definition of savage. The natives in the original King Kong had much more of a civilization, they were clean, they were okay clothes, blah blah blah. Really, guys. PJ did not have to even have people of colour as natives. We should not be apologists. People in the 1930's were dumber than us? Oh please!!! Just because they had not seen too many colour films or watched 2001 does not mean they were stupid. People back then, as today, knew what was good. That was why they flocked to King Kong, and that is why people today went to it, but hardly flocked. The reason why PJ's KK was not as big a smash as it could have been is that it pandered to people who want special effects, loud noises and violence, with a little romance thrown in. Certainly KK did not pander to anyone else. Can you quote one single well written line of dialogue? When all one can mention is how great KK looked, and how snappy the T Rex fight was, perhaps that indicates something is missing? Again, I enjoyed the film when I paid to see it twice. But that does not mean it was perfect, and that while it hit the nail on the head in some areas, it largely missed the boat in others. I'd suggest less loyalty to Peter Jackson, and a solider reasonable criticism of his work, would mean better films from PJ. If all PJ hears is "yes sir!" from fans, that will hardly encourage him to be introspective and see his own judgement errors, will it? Was the T Rex battle exciting? Sure, especially those parts where you could see what was happening? Was the original better? For my money, yes. My feeling is that some of those writing in have not even seen the original film, yet feel they can draw comparisons to it (I am thinking of the writer who thought King Kong 1933 involved a guy in a suit). I clearly have very strong feelings about the original KK, so please bear with me. I was prepared, more than prepared, I even went to see it the second time carrying my almost life sized Kong Kong doll. But PJ simply forgot what made the original so good: fast pacing, limited side trips, KK was scarey and not a buddy, etc. While I liked the Ann Darrow KK stuff in PJ's KK, I can not help but believe that people less dedicated to KK than I thought Ann's dancing for KK was just plain silly. Again, I liked it, but that was because I wanted to like it. All of which has made me kinda sad. But probably not as sad as I will be when I see X-3.

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