IMDb plot summary: In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to the mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with leading lady Ann Darrow.
Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, and Thomas Kretschmann.
I have no doubt this would have been a fantastic movie to see in theaters. It's definitely going for a big spectacle feel to it. The problem comes in when the film attempts to attach meaning or profundity to what is, at its heart, just a series of dramatic images of monsters. The film is too heavily loaded with dramatic fight scenes and sweeping landscape panoramas to lend much weight to the humanity of the story beneath it. It's a little ironic that a movie about, in some ways, the dangers of prioritizing spectacle over empathy should be this off-balance. That being said, it does look great. But it doesn't look great enough or carry enough emotional depth to justify a 3 1/2 hour runtime.
2.5 stars.
How it entered my Flickchart:
King Kong < Stardust
King Kong > Awake
King Kong > The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
King Kong > The Circus
King Kong > The Day After Tomorrow
King Kong > Pleasantville
King Kong > Code 46
King Kong < Wonder Boys
King Kong > 17 Again
King Kong < George of the Jungle
Final spot: #1425 out of 2818.
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