King of Skull Island

I watched the movie ‘King Kong’ with Rebecca this evening. Going for a movie has become quite a costly ‘luxury’ for me, now that both my Dad & I are without a job, but I decided to go ahead with this movie, since it’s the last few days of Rebecca’s holidays… & I hoped to spend a nice time together.

As a whole, I found the movie rather slow-moving (i.e. the beginning of the story before reaching Skull Island) & humorously silly at times (e.g. when King Kong adjusted the broken jaw of the last T-Rex that he wrestled & killed).

Good scenes

The best part & also a new unique addition to this modern version of ‘King Kong’ is the fight scene with the Tyrannosaurus Rexes. It was the most tensed moment for me, as I clenched tightly to my seat & watched the grueling fight going on between the big hairy age & those ‘sharp tooth’. I must say that it was a very fascinating fight scene, with King Kong thumping, slamming, wrestling & flinging aside the attacking T-Rexes. I would love to watch this portion of the film again, though it is about the only portion which I found exciting & worth watching.

Beside the thrill from this scene, the other scene which brought shivers down my spine was the scene where all sorts of scorpions, spiders, bugs, insects & hidden cave creatures appeared at the dark valley & attacked the men. That was really scary… & I really hated scorpions all the more after watching that scene. Not forgetting that I had also recently watched deadly scorpions over National Geographic channel too…

The female lead actress, Naomi Watts is such a beauty! She acted as Ann Darrow in this movie. I just stared in awe during the scene when she was posing on the deck of the ship, against the scenic sunset background! She just so beautiful… Both Rebecca & I agreed that she looks quite like Nicole Kidman.

Poor scenes

I felt that the scene where King Kong was destroying all that was in its path in New York City wasn’t as thrilling as the similar scene in the old King Kong movie. In fact, somehow, I find the old King Kong character more fearful & awesome looking. This modern King Kong outlook seemed to make it look more like a bigger sized ape, than a gigantic beast. The effect just wasn’t there…

The last part where King Kong climbed the tower wasn’t as exciting as I hoped it to be. It really looked too much like a digital animation or camera trick, compared to the old version of King Kong. Having watch the old movie, I knew that King Kong would fall to its death, while trying to protect his lady… but the way King Kong fell just looked too much like the last scene in the movie ‘Titanic’, where Jack held onto the wooden door (or whatever that was), gazing at Rose, before he slipped into the dark icy water.

My movie rating

Oh well… I guess I would rate it as 8/10 for King Kong’s fight scene with the T-Rexes & probably 6/10 for the overall movie.