Review of King Kong

King Kong is one of the greatest disappointments I have ever experienced at a movie theater. People who loved this film seem to have been hypnotized by the CGI and failed to notice how the film was way too long, how poorly cast it was, and how many of the graphics looked more like a video game than a modern computer generated movie. Naomi Watts and Adrien Brody give fine performances, a testament to their abilities as actors, especially considering they had very little dialog. Jack Black, however, was sadly mis-cast for this film, and gave a performance that suggests he regretted getting involved. the two biggest drawbacks to the film, however, stem from: -Other than the CGI of Kong himself, the remaining dinosaurs, animals, etc. were sadly unrealistic looking. Jurassic Park, made 12 years earlier, had much more realistic CGI creatures. -Peter Jackson's own legend thanks to LOTR grossly got in the way of making a good film. It was about an hour too long, due mainly to him building the background much more than was necessary, and forced you to sit for nearly an hour before the crew even arrives at Skull Island. Additionally, scenes like the one with the stampeding dinosaurs, which would have worked fine had they lasted a minute or two, went on for what seemed an eternity. All-in-all I left the theater longing for Peter Jackson to return to movies like The Frightners rather than subject us to a disastrous remake like this one again.