Ok, ok! I admit it!
King Kong is a chick flick!
I know, all you who haven’t seen this movie yet are saying:
“What?! You’re crazy, King Kong is a guy-action flick!”
I was convinced of that myself. I argued that very point with a male friend for weeks. He said it was a chick flick and I argued it was an action flick. Of course I didn’t think he was actually serious about the movie being a chick flick. I thought he just wanted to see King Kong and was trying to convince me it was a chick flick.
I was wrong…
I finally saw King Kong this past weekend and it’s definitely a chick flick. Sure there’s a giant ape, dinosaurs and bugs, but King Kong is a great love story. It’s a chick flick with bugs! At least the bugs don’t overrun the love story.
As a chick flick, King Kong has it all. A down on her luck hot actress, (Naomi Watts never looked better!), who gets her big chance and rises to stardom (the Cinderella factor). Naomi Watts literally tells the story with her amazing facial expressions. An introverted, smart, geek type guy who falls in love with the ‘IT’ girl, (classic chick flick trait), played by Adrian Brody who champions the day by saving the ‘IT’ girl from the giant ape. The ‘bad’ man who will stop at nothing to serve his own ends, (a role that Jack Black plays to perfection). And then there is ‘Beauty and the Beast’. The giant ape is definitely the Beast and Naomi Watts is definitely a Beauty and together they love each other in their own special way. As my friend said:
“It’s monkey love!” And in the end, the guy gets the girl, (another classic chick flick trait).
However, King Kong was made by Peter Jackson who made the Lord of the Rings series and he throws in just enough adventure, dinosaurs, a giant ape and bugs (lot’s of bugs, big bugs) to make it entertaining for men too. But it’s the love story that drives the movie. You’ll become so engrossed in the movie that you won’t even realize its 3 hours long until somewhere in the middle when you have to pee really bad because you bought the giant soda at the concession stand.
I’d definitely watch King Kong again; only this time I’d buy a small soda.
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3 hours is to long to go without a break. They need to put in an intermission to get rid of some of that soda.
I had the same issue, soda wise, with Star Wars III. What made it worse is I knew how the movie would end, but didn't want to not see the ending either.
It's wonderful you can give yourself a good public flogging over having been so in denial about the movie being a chick flick... May the monkey gods forgivith thou for cleansing thyself.
OMG! comment!!!
There's a reason why the original was only about an hour and a half long. Three hours of monkey butt is just ... I love Naomi Watts though.
I liked King Kong