King Kong 



Well, Lynda and I spent our Sunday afternoon on a 3 hour, 7 minute E-ticket ride at our local mega-cineplex. Yes, I said that right, 187 minutes, and Kong didn't even put in an appearance until 81 minutes into the movie by my watch! The original King Kong was only 100 minutes long (restored print runs 104 minutes), which shows how much was devoted to set up and character development. Not that the beginning of the film was slow or anything; it was good to get the back-story of the characters to better identify with them in what lay ahead. I had never been all that enthralled with the rapid fire pacing of the original anyway. Also, the recreation of 1933 New York was amazing, with its buildings and cars, the people and even the soup lines. This all helped set the tone for a film that was going to take you to another world entirely.

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9 out 10 stars.

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Posted: Mon - December 19, 2005 at 12:40 PM          

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