I Finally Saw King Kong: Now I Know Why He's Called the Eighth Wonder of the World

It usually takes me awhile, but eventually I get around to seeing all the hyped movies. So it was with Peter's Jackson's "King Kong- the Eighth Wonder of the World". Two words are enough to tell guys why they should see "King Kong"- Naomi Watts. The rest of the movie is not much different from the "Jurassic Park" trilogy, except many of the dinosaurs get theirs in this film, compliments of "King Kong".

"King Kong" is way too long, with director Peter Jackson wasting lots of time making you try and care about the characters when all you want to find out is how real does King Kong look. Naomi Watts is a down-on-her-luck vaudeville actress named Ann Darrow who sleazy film maker Carl Denham, played by Jack Black, tricks into going on a ship to "finish making a film." Adrian Brody portrays a playwright, Jack Driscoll, who becomes Ann's love interest, while Kyle Chandler, last seen by anyone in the television series "First Edition", is a "name" actor who doesn't quite live up to his image. One of the most unbelievable aspects of "King Kong" is that Naomi Watts' character doesn't have a boyfriend. Most of the rest of the cast is there to be eaten by dinosaurs, insects, or smashed by King Kong.

Unless you have been on Skull Island, you know the plot of "King Kong". An expedition goes to mysterious Skull Island where it discovers the giant ape rules the roost. The local natives sacrifice fair maidens to the goliath, and figure there can be none fairer than Naomi Watts to be found. They got that part right, and kidnap Ann Darrow to make the required attempt to appease King Kong. Why he needs appeasing remains an unsolved mystery, but she is tied to a system of poles and lowered across a chasm to take her medicine. But instead of doing whatever he usually does to these poor individuals, whatever that could possibly be, King Kong takes a liking to Ann and off he goes with her.