King Kong

Disappointments come in all shapes and sizes. But some of them are just massive. King Kong is one huge donkey dropping of a disappointment. For starters, there should have been some serious editing in there. Just how much running and screaming are we supposed to sit through? And did we need to see every oh-so-brilliant special effect from every conceivable angle? But mostly it was the story. It was just such a mish mash of everything, which made it feel like there wasnt in fact a story at all. It left me with the same feeling as Titanic - I couldnt wait for the monkey to arrive and die, and I couldnt wait for that bloody ship to sink. I didnt care about any of the characters, which made it a long drawn out farce from start to finish. It just seemed to be an exercise in showing off brilliant special effects and huge film budgets but with no real content. It reminded me of those times when you sit and watch someone else play a video game for hours on end - and lose the will to live. 3 of us watched it, 3 of us hated it. What a pile of monkey nuts.