Longing for the day ...

King Konker ...

We watched the Peter Jackson remake of King Kong on Saturday night. Or rather, I watched the start and then gave up and went to bed ...

What a shocker! To start with, Jack Black was the worst casting in history. I like Jack, but everything he does just screams "comedy" and it seemed that every time he tried to be serious and in-character, he'd just pull one slight facial exaggeration that made it seem like a joke.

Then there was the side-line story of the big black first mate in little Jimmy, which was entirely redundant and also got the point of ridiculousness when the first mate started scream ing "Jiimmyyyeeee" whenever that one of his large crew got into trouble ... the dinosuars persuing the humans when there was an abundance of fresh meat that was not running away ... ???

Then there's the characiture island natives, all black and evil - straight out of the bad old days of 19th-century white imperialism. Not to mention Kong's inexplicable fascnation with the beautiful white woman when he'd eaten every other thing that smelled like that ...

It was all just too silly for words. I have no idea what the IMDB reviewer is talking about. Must have been watching a different movie ... but then, the commenters are divided, too.