Wrath of Kong

I really, really liked King Kong. I’ll call it my favorite movie of 2005. Everyone else I know that has seen it says it was too long. Not me, it might have been long, but I was never bored. Everyone says it takes too long for the boat to get to the island. Not me, I was interested in the characters. Everyone says it had way too many repetitive action sequences. Not me, I thought they were exciting and fun. Everyone is dumb. Not me, I’m not dumb.

King Kong is an exhilarating action movie that takes its time. The setup time on the boat struck me as just right. Establish the characters, set a mood of desperation and mystery, put Adrien Brody in a cage.

Then the adventures on Skull Island were fantastic! A complete sense of wonderment with that "I have absolutely no idea what we’ll find next, but it’s sure to be incredible" feeling. This goes down as one of the top three adventure stories I’ve ever read/seen. It’s right up there with the 1959 movie, Journey to the Center of the Earth and the H. Rider Haggard novel, King Solomon’s Mines. Both of these were experienced when I was much younger, so for something today to reach that level of excitement and adventure is really saying something!

I should also say that Kong’s facial animation was stupendous. I had that “Wait, that’s not real?!” thought come to me multiple times throughout the movie. Very impressive work by Andy Serkis and Weta Digital.

So, basically King Kong was awesome. And if anyone says differently, they’re dumb. And if you think differently, you’re dumb too.