Everyone is so excited about the Upcoming remake of the classic "King Kong". Why? He is a giant monkey. He climbs a building. Its a fair movie idea, and it was a fair movie, but I never really got into it. It was never the same movie classic that the first Godzilla was to me, or even movies like The Wizard of Oz. I can even understand why people would be excited. But this movie has began to form a cult around itself, a cult of people who claim it will be the best movie of the decade.
Why? Because Peter Jackson is directing it? He made Lord of the Rings. Those were good movies. Based on a popular book. But I have read the books. I can see why people would be excited about a movie being made. But King Kong? The movie had good special effects for its day, but if there is anything we've learned about remakes of movies and television sitcoms from the 70's, they are never that great. Even the recent "War of the Worlds" wasnt amazing. It had cool explosians and movie effects, but screwed up the plot that was intended in the book. In other words? The hype will make this movie succeful, not the actual movie. Unless Im wrong and it proves to be better than the original. In which case shoot me.