Thursday, December 22, 2005
Kong-queror
Saw King Kong last night. I enjoyed it a lot but the story seemed very familiar. Let me see: headstrong woman goes to exotic locale to meet mythic Lord of the Jungle, finds him and befriends him after some humourous misunderstandings, before she takes him back to New York City where he flounders in his new, strange environment.
Come on, Peter Jackson, I think we've all seen Crocodile Dundee.
Regardless of influences, I was impressed by the way Jackson has stuck to his b-movie roots - Kong might have cost 300 squillion dollars but it's still just a big sack of cheesy thrills, high-concepts and broad acting. More power to it. It's hard to make a 3hour+ period film that doesn't drag but Kong has enough happening on screen to keep its audience engaged.
Come on, Peter Jackson, I think we've all seen Crocodile Dundee.
Regardless of influences, I was impressed by the way Jackson has stuck to his b-movie roots - Kong might have cost 300 squillion dollars but it's still just a big sack of cheesy thrills, high-concepts and broad acting. More power to it. It's hard to make a 3hour+ period film that doesn't drag but Kong has enough happening on screen to keep its audience engaged.
# posted by Name @ 10:12 a.m. 
