The Enormous Gorilla That Became America's Sweetheart

We admit it — we didn't have the highest hopes for giant monkeys running amok in Depression-era New York. There's just something regressive about it... but as our eminent senior partner showed today, that gorilla, or King Kong, as he prefers to be known, is giving Jesus a run for his money, at least in blog currency. The comparison between the two of them is misleading, because Kong would totally smush Jesus underneath his enormous monkey foot, and if Jesus tried to run away on water to escape, Kong could easily wade through all but the deepest rivers to snatch him back. But King Kong's ability to beat up Jesus is just one of the things that make him so popular with bloggers and moviegoers these days — apparently people (and the non-people who populate the msm) like his movie. xT1 has some minor gripes, but otherwise glowed: "Maybe 10 minutes too long, but after the first fifteen minutes the story barrels along like the roller-coaster ride it is supposed to be. Kong vs the Dinosaurs is astounding, but it is annoyingly filmed in the currently-popular close-up , where a jumble of legs, teeth, arms, fists and heads blur past the camera. The odd medium shot wouldn’t have killed the mood, you know?" Noted. This Sci-Fi piece has some thoughtful remarks about how Adrien Brody's character is just like King Kong, which is all well and good, but we'd have to revise our comparison for him -- there's no way he could beat up Jesus. Check back Monday to see how much box office destruction the enormous ape ended up wreaking.

Posted by Philip Ewing at December 16, 2005 12:23 PM

Category: Moving Pictures