They might as well change the title to KING LOOOOOONG or something.

What’s with moviemakers nowadays? Hong Kong movies are getting shorter by the year, while Hollywood bigwigs are out to test our bladder capabilities.

Mimicking what he did for Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson turned King Kong 2005 into a three hour feature film.

He must have been most at home with the breathtaking wide shots of Skull Island. Very LOTR there. And since he had some practice in creating gory creatures for LOTR, I guessed he didn’t have too much trouble in coming up with the gross insects, beasts and other organisms.

The initial part of the movie was too long for my personal liking.

I was quite distracted, really. Adrien Brody made me thought of getting a nose job. (But since Christopher Lee says I have a nice nose, then I should probably leave it alone…) Naomi Watts was gorgeous. But I really wondered how she felt, dashing through the dense forestation with a low cut top and exposing her cleavage every now and then.

King Kong is not only about special effects, or climbing up the Empire State Building. King Kong not only magnifies how greed can bring out the evil in a person, it reminds everyone that Love is all around and Love transcends all borders and barriers. Everyone has a right to love and be loved.

Hope you’re with your loved ones this Christmas