Kong. Should you see it? Yeah, you should. Was it good? Yeah, it was. Do I have a lot of issues with the story? Well…, yeah, I do. But you knew that already! So prepare yourself, as I analyze - KONG!!
You’ll probably wanna know some stuff about the current telling of the tale - maybe some techie stuff. First, Peter Jackson and crew are absolutely amazing. If you thought the stuff he did in LoTR was good - Kong, in my opinion’s, better. Not better from a story telling perspective but from what they can do with their computers. Andy Sirkis, the guy who played Gollum in LoTR did the body and facial movements for Kong. I guess that’s why he looks so damned good.
I found Kong to be an interesting commentary on race and forbidden love. It was interesting how at that time especially, Westerners had a fascination with the Orient and with Africa. Skull Island, the place where Kong was living, was inhabited by a bunch of dark-skinned, aboriginal people. They were savage and brutish. The partook on some kind of cannibalistic religion. They offered up sacrifices to Kong. In many ways, Skull Island was this place where white people just didn’t belong - they’re out of their element. Read more this entry »