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"Who cares about these people?" - The folks in our audience cared quite a bit.

Certainly audience reactions will be mixed, and it is a very long movie, especially for bladder challenged older folks, but it is an epic that works on a different level than it's classic predecessor and the lackluster 70's era Delaurintis remake. While this is indeed a remake, it is a very different film that doesn't rely solely on CGI to tell it's tale. The backstory of the ship's crew helped to humanize them and actually helped convey a greater feeling of loss when each character met his demise.

The fact that a given critic doesn't feel invested in these characters can't alter the fact that Jackson's choices add a certain poignancy to the story. He made Kong come across as a more dangerous albeit tragic figure, thereby even more of a symbol of impending doom when brought back to the supposedly civilized world by the callous, exploitive Denham.

Cheers,
AuPh

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