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‘King’ me!
Did you see the “King Kong” preview last night?
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But this is Peter “Lord of the Rings” Jackson we’re talking about here, that hobbitty Oscar winner who’s risking falling very hard on his face with this remake.
And judging from the trailer, it’s going to be risky indeed. How so? Let me count the ways:
- Jack Black talks in the trailer. A lot. And it’s very hard to tell whether he’s narrating seriously or if there’s supposed to be a winking P.T. Barnum effect going on here. But if you like to hear Jack Black speak dialogue from a script and not scream and sing, this might be the movie for you.
- Spooky children offer up Naomi Watts as a comely sacrifice. To which the giant CGI ape responds, “What? We’re not having Nicole Kidman tonight?”
- The scenery looks an awful lot like “Lord of the Rings,” which is nice because after about 11 and a half hours of “Rings” films I don’t feel like I’ve seen quite enough of that countryside.
- Shrieky dinosaurs jump around all over the place chasing Adrien Brody, who you figure would know how to just hole up in a house and not be noticed.
- Maybe Jackson is trying to be a little more realistic, but King Kong himself looks a little… I dunno… dinky? He just doesn’t seem to be very tall or especially convincing and seems to be riled up for no really good reason we can see. For all intents and purposes, he’s the simian Tom Cruise.
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