First of all, I didn't say it would be not human, but much rather that it is human when stuff like that just slips.

Moreover, BKB does not mind being called out like he is. He is proud of his position.

Watched Kong again today.

Jack Black was less irritating the second time around (the slow-mo didn't fare as well), the film really is a masterpiece.

I've never changed a letter grade before so Im uncomfortable with doing it now. Sticking with the A.

I'm seeing Kong for a third time on Tuesday with Christine.

I saw it again this afternoon with a friend who absolutely loved it. It's always great to go see an event movie like this multiple times so you can enjoy the reactions of the crowd to the big moments. The film itself held up extremely well on a second viewing and I was even more choked up during the last third, which I truly believe is some of the most exciting and emotional cinema I've ever witnessed.

The One Ahmed Johnson dons his prize and awaits dilligently..









....but first he stops off to urinate on and soil BKB's garage wall..

After having seen it again and having thought about it a bit more, I come down to only two things I didn't like.

1. The terrible slo-mo (that thanksfully never appears again in the second half of the movie)

2. The underdevelopment of the relationship between Watts and Brody.

Other than that, a perfect movie.

Just came back from Kong and I guess everyone probably assumes that I hate the movie because of my disparaging comments about its box office take. I came in with low expectations and Im not one of those Ringnuts, I walked aways thinking it was truely a great film, there are flaws though in the beginning where nothing much is explained about Skull Island or that whenever an unknown character dies that we only get to know for one min, sappy music plays in the background (it was the same way I felt about the LOTR movies when they cue up the moody music over someones death or fake death)

What works well in Kong is its second hour with what you call Godzilla's monster island. It was one of the better use of FX. However what works for me the most about the movie is Niaomi Watts physical acting ability and ability to convey little meanings to the giant ape. The third hour is probably one of the better moments in the movie. It was like seeing ET or Babe being killed on screen in a tragic way. They probably should of advertised the movie in that light as opposed to being a full action flick

I definately liked it better than Batman
9.5/10

PS:I still will make jabs at its BO run but I do hope it recovers nicely on saturday

It won't.. At least not much more than Friday's number..

I can't decide whether I liked it or not, but it's definitely disappointing. I mean, it’s a spectacular movie, a monsters movie with a mysterious island and all that, but it’s also a really long movie with stupid slo-mo, incredibly stupid dialogues, some bad acting and really lame CGI (except for King Kong himself)...King Kong deserves better than that!

C

i voted B, but my real grade is B-

Too sum it up, i like the fact that PJ gave backstory to the principal characters, but giving it to every single guy in the boat? whats the frickin point? it gets boring and kinda useless, but that aside...
Now the SFX, King Kong is great and so is New York City, but thats it, i think all the scenes where Miss Darrow is in close ups where Kong is runing is just plain BAD, i didnt think that kind of effects were done anymore...the t-rex plus rest of the animals is more of the same fx i've seen. The scene where the brontossaurus (whatever they're name) keep falling in each other is ridiculus, the hole theater laughed at that.
For my surprise i ended liking more the New York City part (best part of the movie) than the skull island, wich i wanted it to end...
The emotion that PJ put in the relationship Kong/Darrow is really the best part, and is what it saves the movie in my opinion.

I liked the movie, but i get the feeling that this was Jurassic Park 4 Directors cut, what i mean is, yeah ok, i done this already in a million other movies.i will own it on DVD, but in my humble opinion its a waste of money seeing it more than once on a theater....

good night

Very good...it felt short for such a long movie and it had excellent effects.

A

When you say Battles the 8th Wonder of the World, do you mean trying to find a seat cause if so, you shouldn't have no problem with that???

It is sold-out

Is it just me, or is it strange Kong has over 2x the amount of posts Potter got in its review thread, yet HP made 2x more than Kong in its first weekend?

There's a difference.

Count the number of actual reviews in this thread and compare it to Potter.

Also? Count the number of times BKB posted.

1) This is BKB's means of jacking off.

2) The number of posts have nothing to do with a film's gross.

3) The Matrix is so 2003!

4) *punches Zingaling*

I thought Kong was a solid movie. Slightly slow at the beginning - typical for a 3 hours movie - but it picked up well after that. I thought some of it was heavy handed like Kong twirling around on the ice or the excessive close ups of his face looking sad, but I can think of much more good than bad. Overall it served well as a holiday popcorn style flick and in the end it did feel less than 3 hours.

8.25 out of 10

Not to take a shot at King Kong, but is anybody really going to argue that it wasn't incredibly lame when the young crew member was firing his automatic weapon randomly without aiming it and shooting those giant bugs off of Adrien Brody without hitting him? I can suspend my disbelief as good as the next guy, but that's asking for a bit much there.

I don't think that's a big deal at all. In Titanic, Rose has terrible practice swings, and then closes her eyes completely and swings the axe with her eyes closed and magically hits the handcuffs perfectly, setting Jack free. I would consider that even more unbelievable actually, as Jimmy in King Kong was actually looking, aiming, and telling Driscoll to stay still. But I love both films, because in the end, it meant nothing when both films had so much positive.

PEACE, Mike.

Forgot about that one... that was pretty unbelievable - even for a movie that features a giant monkey that fights dinosaurs. One minute they say he never fired a gun before, the next he is shooting bugs off Brody with pinpoint accuracy using an automatic weapon. As somebody who uses an automatic weapon on ocassion, I can tell you that wouldn't happen in a million years.

However, I also agree with MikeQ.... much more good than bad in the movie. Plus it was escapist fun and I really didn't dig too hard for realism.

Yes, it was beyond unrealistic, even more than the 25 foot ape was. Mike's points about Titanic would be more valid if Rose had swung repeatedly with the axe. I can buy it that she got lucky once, and I would have bought it if the kid fired once and got lucky, but he opened that weapon up at point blank range without aiming. My dad used to have an M-16 that I fired all the time, and they provide one hell of a kick, and that's why you have to pull them tight and aim if accuracy is the goal. That scene almost felt like a spoof or parody , and I highly doubt that was intended. He would have turned Jack into swiss cheese firing that gun like he was doing.

I also agree that the good far outweighs the bad, and the 3rd act was perfect.

The first time I shot a machine gun I thought it was fairly easy... and I was like 15... and this kid has watched the other crew members shoot before... not that difficult as it may seem