Here's a rave review of Peter Jackson's latest--a remake of King Kong. I have a confession to make, though:

Jack tells me all children - "at least all boys" - love King Kong.

"He is the king of all the monsters, even better than Godzilla. Kong is stronger and smarter than Godzilla, who's just a stupid, slimy lizard."

Sorry, but I was never a big (or even little) King Kong fan. I've still never watched the original all the way through. I tried one night a few years ago, and gave up. It simply didn't hold my interest, either as a boy, or as a man. The prospect of three hours of it, even with new spectacular effects, simply doesn't motivate me to go to the theater.

Of course, I've never been a fan of horror or monster movies in general (I've never seen any of the classics--Frankenstein, the Mummy, Dracula--and have no interest in them). Lest my all-American red-blooded male credentials be questioned, though, I do like (or at least did as a youth) the Three Stooges.

Same here.

I was disappointed when Jackson announced he was doing a King Kong remake, of all things. I figure he knew he would have a hard time meeting expectations for his first post-Rings project, and decided that if it was going to be a throwaway he might as well do a vanity project.

I guess it proves the point regarding creative stagnation in your earlier post on Hollywood. One man's "creative new reinterpretation of a classic" is another man's rehash with better special effects.

I was hoping he'd dash off and do the Hobbit but apparantly there were legal issues to be straightened out first.

Pale Rand boy make Kong red butt angry!!!!

*Flings Winnabago sized poop*

You just haven't watched the *right* "horror" movies.

Start with the "Abbott and Costello Meet..." series, then "The Raven" with Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre and Jack Nicholson(!), and finish with "Army of Darkness".

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I agree with Bud, the Abbott and Costello movies are great. Army of Darkness is hilarious. I was also fond of the Godzilla movies in my youth. I've never seen the original King Kong all the way through, but I haven't hated a Peter Jackson movie yet. I'll be seeing the new one.

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