Well having never seen the original I'm merely putting in my two cents about the current King Kong. First off let me say 3 hours is a long time for a lady who's 8 1/2 months pregnant. That's all right, I forgive Peter Jackson, his last 3 movies were over 3 hours long each (Lord of the Rings), and he just got to the point where he didn't know how to make a normal length movie.

This movie was aimed at 9-year-old boys and 80-year-olds who wanted to relive the original. Despite this somehow it appealed to a 22-year-old girl who can't stand action movies. Perhaps it was Naomi Watt's killer costumes, or Jack Black's first oh-my-goodness-I'm-actually-an-adult role or perhaps it was Adrien Brody's big nose. But most likely it was the testosterone filled CG giant ape, dinosaurs, and scary natives (I'm not sure if the natives were CG, but they were definately testosterone filled). This entirely unbelievable movie caters to the little child in each of us, while still throwing in some adult humor to keep you from feeling too silly watching a giant ape tear apart New York City in search for his little blond pet.

All in all I'd give the movie a 8/10, it was most enjoyable. The one part that Peter Jackson should have left out of the script was the GIANT bugs, ick, ick, ick. I'll be having nightmares for weeks about enormous scorpions and worms with three rows of sharp teeth. If he had left that out, this pregnant woman would have given the movie a 10/10, she would not have to have nightmares or have had to sit through 3 hours of back pain.

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