06-16-2006, 11:40 AM
I barely made it through. It's like 3 hours. And it's not like there's any suspense. You know what's going to happen. 3 hours? What, after LotR, Jackson thinks every film should be hours and hours and hours long? Come on, it's ape meets girl, ape loses girl, ape gets shot down off the empire state building. That story could be told in an hour.
I couldn't get over how much the islanders looked like orcs and skull island like Middle Earth. Naomi Watts was out-acted by a CGI ape. Adrian Brody was so tiresome - I just can't stare into those sad eyes and enjoy his work. On the whole, I like Jack Black. I saw him live as Tenacious D and he was hilarious. but his role in Kong was a disturbing reminder of Cannibal Holocaust
hock: and while I liked his performance, he totally dropped the final line, the kicker in the film, which made it end on a very sour note. The effects were ok, but it was so CGI laden that I would have liked it better if it was just a straight-on cartoon. Nothing looked real, not even the people. Anyway, it was a disappointing experience in general and by the end, I didn't even want to engage any DVD features...
I couldn't get over how much the islanders looked like orcs and skull island like Middle Earth. Naomi Watts was out-acted by a CGI ape. Adrian Brody was so tiresome - I just can't stare into those sad eyes and enjoy his work. On the whole, I like Jack Black. I saw him live as Tenacious D and he was hilarious. but his role in Kong was a disturbing reminder of Cannibal Holocaust
hock: and while I liked his performance, he totally dropped the final line, the kicker in the film, which made it end on a very sour note. The effects were ok, but it was so CGI laden that I would have liked it better if it was just a straight-on cartoon. Nothing looked real, not even the people. Anyway, it was a disappointing experience in general and by the end, I didn't even want to engage any DVD features...
Shadow boxing the apocalypse