A good movie

Following his tremendous success with the LOTR trilogy, Peter Jackson joined the club of the very few directors (including James Cameron, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan) who can do whatever they want and spend as much money as they please. For Jackson, it was the opportunity to fulfill his lifelong dream of remaking 'King Kong'. And that was probably the main issue with this movie. I mean, except for Peter Jackson, were there really so many people expecting a new 3 hour long version of this story? I'm not so sure and eventually, in spite of the huge buzz around this movie, it wasn't really a huge success. Personally, I thought it was pretty good and, above all, it looked really awesome with some pretty amazing set pieces but that's something we have been accustomed to with Peter Jackson. I have re-watched it recently and, honestly, I have to admit it, I wasn’t really blown away. I mean, it remains a huge spectacle, that’s for sure, but Peter Jackson has some serious editing issues. It worked fine with the LOTR but with 'The Hobbit', he is showing no restraints and this movie had some problems as well. I mean, one hour to get to see Kong, one hour on Skull island (the best section) and one hour back in New York, it wasn’t really effective. Especially in the first part, he introduces way too many characters with their own sub-plots while they could have been removed easily. Finally, Jack Black was seriously miscast here as he gave one of his usual goofy performances. Anyway, to conclude,, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent blockbuster and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Peter Jackson’s work.

7/10