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King Kong

More like, King Long.

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I can understand Peter Jackson feeling invincible, but that’s why a producer must have the guts to keep a director honest. This movie would’ve been a classic at no more than two hours in length.

One thing that easily could’ve been chopped is the brontosaurus stampede. It was too long and too unbelievable that all the characters ran right between these beasts. That nearly took me out the movie.

I didn’t like those dinosaurs for another reason- they didn’t belong on Skull Island. Kong is a giant ape, a mythical creature, not a dinosaur. All the other creatures should’ve similarly been gigantic and monstrous versions of real animals (like the insects, it seemed). Besides, after Jurrasic Park, it’s no big deal to see a T-Rex in a movie.

What really irked me was why they didn’t create a shortened version for DVD. Everyone knew the theatrical release did not live up to its expectations and it wouldn’t have been hard to delete the fat from the flick.

Alternate ending with Arnold Schwarzennegger to 1976 King Kong.

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