King Kong a Review

Peter Jackson's King Kong runs over 3 hours and I never noticed it. Mr. Jackson sure has pace down to a fine art. Good film with a solid cast and sfx. It does need to be seen on a large screen since there is a scope to this film that will not translate to a TV screen even if you have one of those plasma jobbies. Kong's roar really needs the speaker system so you too can feel the hairs on your neck rise. I enjoyed the heck out of it. For you 1933 Kong fans out there, Mr. Jackson has given you all kinds of in jokes and nods to the original. There are some intense sequences. I think I squeezed Peter's hand a little hard during a few of them but then I don't like bugs.

I recognized Andy Serkis before Peter did in his human role in this drama. I give Mr. Serkis many points and kudos for his work as Kong. He is an actor and a puppeteer in the truest sense of the word. I was able to talk to him about Gollum once and told him that as a puppeteer I really enjoyed his performance and his abilities of puppeteering. Mr. Serkis seemed surprised and pleased that someone else got what he had to do with Gollum to make him work as a whole character. He does the same for Kong. One of the papers yesterday said that he is a modern day Karloff but I will go one better and give him the title of our modern day Lon Chaney Sr which is, as some of you know, not a title I give lightly. I look forward to seeing him and not seeing him in other roles.

The Crud has gone into my lungs and the coughing is at the point where my head hurts when I cough. I scared poor Caroline last night. I had a coughing fit so bad I started heaving. I thought I had gotten the bathroom door closed but she got in and saw me heaving into the toilet. I turned around and looked at her and she looked so upset. I held her close because she looked so concerned. She asked "Mommy OK?" I told her that I was and she snuggled with me a bit and then went on about her Caroline business.

I am grateful that I got to see "King Kong" and didn't hear one cell phone go off.

5 Weird habits of yours

Ground Rules: The first player of this "game" starts with the topic "5 weird habits of yours" and people who get tagged need to write an LJ entry about their 5 quirky habits as well as state this rule clearly.

In the end, you need to choose the next 5 people to be tagged and list their names.

1. I hate ice in Orange Juice with a passion of a fiery thousand suns.

2. I have to switch arms when working a puppet for more than 20 minutes. This is because of a teacher I had that insisted we practice to use either hand with equal proficiencies and I get nervous that I am using one arm more than the other

3.I can hear when electronic devises are left on because of the high pitched whine of the screen or the hum of the motor.

4. I can pick up small objects with my toes (Yes they are that long)

5. I can close off my nose from within so I become a mouth breather (helpful with stinky diapers and swimming)

I tag

Gracecat
CyanideFish
Gnomi
Jeff Morris
Quarkwiz