Review of King Kong (1976) by M. C — 08 Nov 2014

Intolerably long and special effects driven, King Kong is a giant clusterf*ck. When a shady filmmaker takes a crew to the mysterious Skull Island for his latest picture they end up in a fight for their lives against savage natives and giant monsters.

While Jackson pays homage to the original film in a lot of ways, he also subverts it with some dramatic changes; such as rewriting Carl Denham to be a shyster. But what hurts the film most is the excessiveness, scenes go on three times as long as they should and end up killing all of the wonder and excitement that they initially create.

The green screen work is also a problem, as the actors are poorly integrated into the CGI backgrounds and never quite blend in. An untamed mess, King Kong is overblown and unfocused.