Should you watch King Kong?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
King Kong
Film · 2005
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
The sides of King Kong
- A film crew on a mysterious island
- A giant ape and an actress
- The Empire State Building
King Kong is good for you if…
- you want dinosaurs, a giant ape and 1930s New York.
- you like a monster story that's really a sad love story.
- you like an ape fighting three dinosaurs.
King Kong is bad for you if…
- over three hours is far too long for you.
- you need momentum. Kong doesn't appear until an hour in.
About: beauty · greed · nature
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