About King Kong: I need some help.

[kstewart33]

I want to take my family to see King Kong this week, after having read some wow! reviews. However, my brother-in-law and his girlfiend say the movie's not too good.

A movie costs us $50 after the tickets, small drinks and one bucket of popcorn. So I'm having second thoughts.

If you've seen the movie, what's your advice?

[Kire]

1. I thought it was great.

It was really, really long, but it had a great payoff on top of the Empire State Building in the end.

I went by myself. I imagine a big family might be less thrilled than I was.

[MrBenchley]

3. Hey, did you see it in Hackettstown?

We did....

[Kire]

13. yeah

hi MrB

[MrBenchley]

14. Hey, happy holidaze....

That's where we saw it too....

[kstewart33]

11. I've been thinking about going alone, too.

[MrBenchley]

2. Like all remakes, it's a big disappointment

Depends on how much you liked the original, really.

In this one, Kong is not so much a monster, as he is "Fay Wray's" big fuzzy buddy. There's an embarassingly lame "King Kong on Ice" segment....

If you have really small kids, they may be very unhappy during the giant bugs section...and you may feel the gore and corpses are unsuitable.

[ghostsofgiants]

4. My advice: Familiarize yourself with Rottentomatoes.com

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/king_kong/

[kstewart33]

12. I did. Thanks for the link!

[ET Awful]

5. I seriously weigh every decision involving giant monkeys and costing

more than $3.50 :P

I'll wait for the DVD

[seemunkee]

7. But...But... Everything is funnier with monkeys

[ET Awful]

9. Of course it is, but is it funny enough to warrant the money and rudeness

involved with seeing said monkey in a theater?

I'm not convinced :P

[Ediacara]

6. It's one of the finest movies I've ever seen

Effects, story, acting, even with some cheesy dialogue, make this movie really, truly, amazing. A word of warning: there are some scenes of extreme gore that freaked out most adults in the audience when we saw it. Don't bring little kids, or anyone with a serious insect/spider/worm phobia.

[mcscajun]

8. I'm a hardcore fan of the 1933 original; this new one is a worthy

successor to the original...which can never be replaced, naturally.

Go and enjoy yourself.

[Enraged_Ape]

10. It's excellent, but LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNG

The effects and action pretty much BEG to be seen on the large screen. The final showdown on top of the Empire State Building is worth the trip alone. It's just phenomenal.

And overall, it IS a really good movie. But it still could easily use 30-45 minutes worth of editing. The kids will love it, but don't be surprised to find yourself looking at your watch more than a couple of times.