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Friday, December 30, 2005

Censors Warning: Some Content May Bore by peter@jonesie.net.nz

Maybe I was expecting too much, but did anyone else find King Kong a bore? Some parts were good, like the jungle scenes and anywhere Kong was tearing stuff up. But I swear, if I had seen one more shot of Jack Black doing his Zoolander into the camera trying to look shocked/concerned/awestruck, I would have thrown something at the screen!

The thing is just way too long. Jackson could easily have cut an hour out of the movie and it would have been much better for it. What was the point of the side story with the kid on the boat and his book? And what about those slow motion shots - good grief! It seemed like he was going out the way to stretch the movie to 3 hours.

I think it's time Jackson did a real movie - something small and with drama and no CG effects and real actors - then we will really see if he's a great director or just a good project manager who got lucky.

Friday, December 30, 2005 7:33:20 AM (New Zealand Daylight Time, UTC+13:00)

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Friday, December 30, 2005 8:06:02 AM (New Zealand Daylight Time, UTC+13:00)

I'm certainly not a Jackson apologist (and I share your criticism), but I think Heavenly Creatures proved he is more than just a good project manager - in fact I prefer this film to anything he has done since.

Michael G.

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