Quite poor. Despite the presence of Jeff Bridges as an ur-The Dude hippie cum paleontologist, despite Chuck Grodin shouting “Lights! Camera! Kong!” and despite Jessica Lange’s dopey tip-o-the-fez to the zeitgeist by referring to Kong as a chauvanist pig-ape, this remains quite poor. The ’33 versions effects are superior and isn’t 2 hours and 20 minutes. I admit it is nice to see actual footage of the World Trade Center, but for that you could also rent “Godspell.” At least that has some good tunes.
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.
