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In Reply to: Twice as long as it should have been and half as good. posted by Dalton on December 25, 2005 at 08:20:03:
The amazing thing is that, with the film so chock-full of diversions and self-indulgent flourishes, he managed NOT to explore the two things you mentioned.I didn't miss the natives, though. But I agree that getting Kong onto the ship and back to New York would have been much more worthy of exploration than the trip to and arrival at Skull Island.
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Perhaps Jackson realized that he better gloss over getting Kong on the ship since it was already bottomed out on the rocks and the crew had jettisoned even furniture and kitchen utensiles during a high tide in an attempt to float the ship. I suppose the crew could have found deeper water, but it would have been further from shore and they would still have the problem of floating Kong safely out to the small, damaged ship and balancing the craft to prevent capsizing when attempting to crane him aboard. I'm not saying it couldn't have been done within context of the film's fantasy premise, but it would have been more interesting to see than, say, that playwrite typing for 5 minutes. Perhaps the details will show up in a 4 hour director's cut on DVD.
Good points! There are so many things that strain credulity in this film -- and ship's condition is one that I didn't realize -- that you almost have to wonder if Jackson is playing with the audience, perhaps with some intention. I haven't gotten comfortable with the notion, but it keeps coming up.
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