tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9873156.post113582432365025197..comments2007-02-20T23:15:15.891-05:00PeaceBanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431551457505981195noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9873156.post-1135964186355074222005-12-30T12:36:00.000-05:002005-12-30T12:36:00.000-05:00

'King Kong' is not really worth your time. Some very yicky scenes, for one thing (King Kong lives on the island of the Orcs, apparently, and of enormous creepy bug-things, some of which eat a sailor's head). The special effects were kind of cool, but I felt like most of the time they were about showing off, rather than in service to the story. You end up loathing Jack Black's character so much

greenseagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986442740731564534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9873156.post-1135869324093581222005-12-29T10:15:00.000-05:002005-12-29T10:15:00.000-05:00

I saw it last night for lack of anything better. <BR/><BR/>I don't recommend it although the special effects recreating city scenes from the 1920's are spectacular; as are the scenes at the end atop the Empire State Building. <BR/><BR/>The film has a character reading Conrad's <EM>Heart of Darkness</EM>. Conrad must be Hollywood's favorite metaphor for viewing any European's encounter with

Bill Baarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9873156.post-1135868895507327762005-12-29T10:08:00.000-05:002005-12-29T10:08:00.000-05:00

In answer to your first question it's Reality vs. Fantasy. Homophobic parents might worry about their sons being more inclined towards homosexuality if it is ok for masculine figures like cowboys to be homosexual. It is unlikely that any parent would worry about their daughter running off with a 40 foot gorilla. So King Kong is no threat, but Brokeback Mountain might be percieved as one. Well,

UUpdaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11760554842376249263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9873156.post-1135854053845807022005-12-29T06:00:00.000-05:002005-12-29T06:00:00.000-05:00

I don't know about the Platonic bestiality (excuse the oxymoron) side of the story, but think of this: the first King Kong was released in 1933 during the Big Depression; the second Kong was in 1976, at a low point of American hegemony after the Vietnam defeat and the oil crisis (and the big gorilla jumped to the Twin Towers); and the third Kong is in 2005, after 9/11 and during the Iraq fiasco.

Jaumehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335914984366835391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9873156.post-1135831306016146682005-12-28T23:41:00.000-05:002005-12-28T23:41:00.000-05:00

Yup, Adrien Brody is the love interest. Her feelings for King Kong are more of a sympathy thing.<BR/><BR/>CC

Chalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9873156.post-1135826374739281832005-12-28T22:19:00.000-05:002005-12-28T22:19:00.000-05:00

I think maybe the love story is between her and Adrien Brody. And KK falls in love with her, but it's not a consummated relationship (I hope).<BR/><BR/>But I haven't seen it; this is just from what I've read on it.

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