Saw that Kong last night. Jesus Christ.
Had wanted to see it for ages and I really wanted to like it.
But what the fuck?
Disclaimer: I think lots of people really liked it because they saw it in a nice cinema with lots of people all reacting to the events on screen - but that can make any film seem cool.
It sets itself as being a step above most action films or whatever - buts its overlong. boring. and pretty wafer-thin. And overlong.
First of all - where the hell was the characterisation?
I mean - its nice in most films if the peopel act like human beings and react to things and change in someway or have some sort of story arc... King Kong seems to not be bothered with shit like that thou.
Jamie Bell's character Jack was completely unnessary - and seemed to have been put in merely as some sort of window dressing. What did he do? What did he add? What happened to him in the third act? Does anybody even care?
Diod it really have to be that long?
Jack Black (who I thought was one of the best things in it) - where was his development? What happened to his character? It all started off so well... And he carried the first act (which I thought was the best thing in the whole film). But then - at the and - nothing. Just that oh-so famous last line.
It was long wasn't it?
What was the point of Adrien Brodys character? And again - what happened to him in the last act? Its like they shoe-horned him in for no good reason. Oh - we need to give the girl a human love interest and someone to be with her after Kong drops off the Building. Part from that its like the character had no real reason to be there.
And Skull Island - those cool sluggly worm creatures aside - was rubbish. It was just like a showcase reel for Peter Jacksons Special Effects company (weta). Oh - lets have some dinos. Lets have some flying bats. Lets have some insects.
And it was all too long? No?
And other stuff:
How many times did he use that same slow-shutter effect? It really pissed me off. And it looks horrible.
Was it just me or did he re-use the same Enya-lite fairy music for the supposingly emotional bits in the city? Lazy. Lazy. Lazy.
How much padding was there? I mean... It really did not have to be that long. Did it?
What was the deal with the Ann Darrow? Did she love Kong or what? And isn't that a bit wierd? OR is that just me? A woman in long with an gaint monkey? I tried to explain it away by thinking of it was like when a person loves a dog or a cat. But even that doesn't quite work.
And: that ice-skating scene? Please. For pitys sake.
Finally: What was the point of this film? What did it have to say about the modern world? About the human condition? About anything? I mean - Revenge of the Bloody Sith manged to say more. And thats nothing more than a stupid toy commerical.
Is that supposed to be the point of Peter Jackson? That he indulges in "pure escapism" for the whole family. Wankfests for kids who love fantasy - coz the real world's too harsh for them? Gimme a break.
Its like - Jackson wanted to remake Kong as a vanity project (which is what the whole thing was) and then didn't realise that the original Kong didn't really have much in the way of a story. So then decided to pad it out. A lot.
Fuck it. It makes me so damn mad when I pay hard earned fucking money to go to the cinema and see a film and come away feeling so disappointed. There are good bits to the film and its not all bad. But still. I want my money back.
Don't believe the hype.
Had wanted to see it for ages and I really wanted to like it.
But what the fuck?
Disclaimer: I think lots of people really liked it because they saw it in a nice cinema with lots of people all reacting to the events on screen - but that can make any film seem cool.
It sets itself as being a step above most action films or whatever - buts its overlong. boring. and pretty wafer-thin. And overlong.
First of all - where the hell was the characterisation?
I mean - its nice in most films if the peopel act like human beings and react to things and change in someway or have some sort of story arc... King Kong seems to not be bothered with shit like that thou.
Jamie Bell's character Jack was completely unnessary - and seemed to have been put in merely as some sort of window dressing. What did he do? What did he add? What happened to him in the third act? Does anybody even care?
Diod it really have to be that long?
Jack Black (who I thought was one of the best things in it) - where was his development? What happened to his character? It all started off so well... And he carried the first act (which I thought was the best thing in the whole film). But then - at the and - nothing. Just that oh-so famous last line.
It was long wasn't it?
What was the point of Adrien Brodys character? And again - what happened to him in the last act? Its like they shoe-horned him in for no good reason. Oh - we need to give the girl a human love interest and someone to be with her after Kong drops off the Building. Part from that its like the character had no real reason to be there.
And Skull Island - those cool sluggly worm creatures aside - was rubbish. It was just like a showcase reel for Peter Jacksons Special Effects company (weta). Oh - lets have some dinos. Lets have some flying bats. Lets have some insects.
And it was all too long? No?
And other stuff:
How many times did he use that same slow-shutter effect? It really pissed me off. And it looks horrible.
Was it just me or did he re-use the same Enya-lite fairy music for the supposingly emotional bits in the city? Lazy. Lazy. Lazy.
How much padding was there? I mean... It really did not have to be that long. Did it?
What was the deal with the Ann Darrow? Did she love Kong or what? And isn't that a bit wierd? OR is that just me? A woman in long with an gaint monkey? I tried to explain it away by thinking of it was like when a person loves a dog or a cat. But even that doesn't quite work.
And: that ice-skating scene? Please. For pitys sake.
Finally: What was the point of this film? What did it have to say about the modern world? About the human condition? About anything? I mean - Revenge of the Bloody Sith manged to say more. And thats nothing more than a stupid toy commerical.
Is that supposed to be the point of Peter Jackson? That he indulges in "pure escapism" for the whole family. Wankfests for kids who love fantasy - coz the real world's too harsh for them? Gimme a break.
Its like - Jackson wanted to remake Kong as a vanity project (which is what the whole thing was) and then didn't realise that the original Kong didn't really have much in the way of a story. So then decided to pad it out. A lot.
Fuck it. It makes me so damn mad when I pay hard earned fucking money to go to the cinema and see a film and come away feeling so disappointed. There are good bits to the film and its not all bad. But still. I want my money back.
Don't believe the hype.
