Is Kong gonna have to choke a bitch?!

[apocalypsos]

Well, first I threw up, and that delightful taste is still in my mouth. *gags* And then I went outside to discover that apparently nowhere in the area is the temperature above zero. (Well, fuck you, too, bank thermometers.)

But, do you honestly think that would stop me from a midnight showing of King Kong? Oh, hell, no.

Three words: SO FECKING AWESOME!

Yeah, that "Big fucking monkey!" thing was pretty much what I was muttering under my breath every time someone heard him roar and said, "What's that?" Hee!

Seriously, though, I know it's three hours long, but it's three FABULOUS hours. Imagine Titanic, if none of it had sucked. And even if the lead-up to getting there bores you (which it won't), or the fact that you know the way the ending goes takes some of the fun out of it (which it doesn't, and I cried, and I wasn't some simpering solitary freak in that theater, either), Skull Island is just amazing. Everything on it is gold. The natives are creepy as fuck, the brontosaurs scare the hell out of you (trust me, wait'll you see it), the insects are massive and horrific (seriously, if you're deathly afraid of spiders or centipedes, RUN AWAY), and the Tyrannosaurs ... *happy sighs*

I maintain here and now that the fight between Kong and the Tyrannosaurs is the best action sequence I've seen on screen all year long. The longer it goes on, the more you're wincing with every punch and every bite. And the longer the whole thing goes on, the more you start to wonder if Ann's even worth the trouble, because honestly, when Ann's around, the trouble is right there. *snickers*

The acting is awesome across the board. Naomi Watts is just perfect, and when she's giving these deep soulful looks to Kong, it just feels right. Jack Black is all smarmy and selfish and it totally works. And Adrien Brody being all sexy and heroic, and Thomas Kretchmann (who plays the hot Nazi in every movie I like) being all sexy and slimy-captain-ish (although he needed to speak German, if only so I could keel over and die of the happy, but I'll take what I can get), and ... and Jamie Bell! Billy Elliot Jamie Bell, who grew up and got hot and in the movie he's a great big woobie and he gets to dance with Naomi Watts! I spazzed. It was sad. ;)

I want Peter Jackson to film my life story someday, and it'll be just like real life, except there will be giant apes fighting dinosaurs and ghosts and wizards and Kate Winslet and it will KICK YOUR ASS HARDCORE.

*goes back to flailing like an idiot*

Comments

[crevette.livejournal.com]

So Metaquoted... probably because I LOATHE Titanic, you made me laugh so hard before work that I hurt.

[thalionar.livejournal.com]

*yay*!!!!

I've heard a lot of disparaging things about Jack Black recently and whether or not he could pull off a "serious" role. I'm glad to hear that you, for one, like it! Makes me think I'll go see it in a few days. :)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, he does a great job. I think it does help that while it's a serious role, they occasionally give him some pretty decent funny lines.

[queencallipygos.livejournal.com]

(In from Metaquotes)

Jack was on David Letterman, and described the film as "sort of a big burrito of entertainment."

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

*snickers* Yeah, that sounds about right. It was amazing. I want to go again right now! :)

[22by7.livejournal.com]

... what...
there are tyrannosaurs in king kong?
and i thought i deskjawed upon hearing david gilmour is back.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

There were Tyrannosaurs in the first Kong. Or at least, one that I remember.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

A pterodactyl, too. Kong wrestled it on a cliff ledge. And the stegasaurus the humans shoot!...which might've been the first King Kong footage I ever saw as a kid (shown out of context in some dinosaur show. Me loves 'de dinos...)

[tania.livejournal.com]

I just got back from it too! FECKING HELL IT WAS FANTASTIC! You're right about the T-Rexes v Kong. Though I'm quite partial to the brontosaurus pileup, too. :D

And the captain was the new Blonde Bond, wasn't he?

[loopychew.livejournal.com]

Nope, the new Bond is Daniel Craig; the captain's name is apparently Thomas Kretchmann.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

OMG, the brontosaurus pileup! *bounces up and down happily* The second he raised that gun, I was like, "What are you, fucking stupid?!" I could see it coming, and yet I didn't see THAT coming. The point of view was friggin' genius.

And the new Bond is Daniel Craig. The captain was the nice Nazi in The Pianist and the German sub captain in U-571. He's always hot. :)

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

*MUPPET ARMS MUPPET ARMS MUPPET ARMS*

I want Peter Jackson to film my life story someday, and it'll be just like real life, except there will be giant apes fighting dinosaurs and ghosts and wizards and Kate Winslet

Now, this I'm not sure about; if she could deal with James Cameron, the monkey's gonna be toast.

[adjectivegirl.livejournal.com]

Thomas Kretchmann (who plays the hot Nazi in every movie I like) being all sexy and slimy-captain-ish (although he needed to speak German, if only so I could keel over and die of the happy, but I'll take what I can get)

*WHIMPER* On my second (YES!) viewing it started to occur to me that he was not so much effective on sea as land and that diminished my love for him slightly. Then I thought about his oiled-ness. And it was okay.

[fyrdrakken]

Icon love!

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

OK, you've convinced me I have to see this movie.

+10 points to you.

[fyrdrakken]

And the longer the whole thing goes on, the more you start to wonder if Ann's even worth the trouble, because honestly, when Ann's around, the trouble is right there. *snickers*

Oh, I know! By the Empire State Building scene, you could just see in Kong's face the, "Woman, you're more trouble than you're worth," look. (Come to think of it, he had that look after the dinosaur fight, too, when he wanted to chill on the cliff watching the sunset and Ann was trying to juggle.)