Possibly the worst film in years - King Kong Reviews

This film really closes the book on Peter Jackson as a director-the movie is UNBELIEVABLE: unbelievably bad. The story has now gone to an overblown 3 hours of BS; CGI everywhere to cover up the fact that they have very little to show other than f/x. Jackson shows almost no respect for the original; he spends an incredible amount of time on useless backstory and the history of characters that have no role in the story. It takes over an HOUR to GET TO SKULL ISLAND. The sequence in New York? 20 minutes MAX. Devotees of LOST reruns will love this film; hours spent going nowhere. Fans of his "The Return of the King" film will also love it; instead of one Brontasaurus in the first movie, you get over six, (plus the obligatory Raptors that appear in ANY movie with a dinosaur these days), instead of one T-Rex, you get three! NOW how much would you pay for this movie? Jackson ought to throw in some Ginsu knives, as well. As this film drags on, and on, and on, you are left with the constant oneupsmanship of Jackson's version; apparently, more dinosaurs are better, regardless how stupid the "Dino pileup on interstate 80" scene is, or how laughable the "3 T-Rex Kung Fu Hustle with a Naomi Watts popsicle in one hand" scene might be. As far as the acting goes, Adrian Brody and Naomi Watts do the best with what they have to work with, but Jack Black is thouroughly bad. He can't act, and he can't even inject energy in the "Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World!" line. In a nutshell, this is a CGI f/x fest without any story, drama, or charm. Jackson spends an endless amount of time on fluff that doesn't add anything but boredom, and some of his "updates" are not only long, they are beyond belief. Instead of rowing a boat out to the ship to kidnap Ann Darrow, one islander POLE VAULTS accross several hundred yards of ocean with a 60 foot pole. Call the Olympics! Adrian Brody is covered by insects; no problem! Just unload a tommy gun at him-with your eyes closed!- and you'll kill all of the bugs on him-whithout hitting him! The audience in our theater was laughing hysterically, usually at all the wrong times. While many filmgoers will be facinated by the bright lights, shiny objects, loud bangs, and endless 'dino fu', this film is itself is the real monster, loud, obnoxious, taking you everywhere, and ending up nowhere.