King Kong knows judo

Marist SPC is part of this program where they can get copies of movies before they officially release to DVD (unfortunately our copy is VHS to make it harder to pirate with any quality). The less-than-awesome picture quality is tolerable though because they show the movies for free, so if they have something that I've been meaning to see and somebody else will go with me I usually wander down.

Last night they were showing Kong, and Nina and I went to it. It was fun, although it required a good bit more suspension of disbelief than I originally anticipated, especially when they're on the island and there are dinosaurs to go with the giant fucking gorilla. If you get past the several "Oh bullSHIT" moments it's really an awesome scene though, because Kong ends up protecting the female lead from three (THREE!) T-Rexes. Let's just say that apparently Kong's TV only gets Kung Fu: the Legend Continues and Mexican Wrestling, and he watches a lot of TV.

But being a Peter Jackson production, there's plenty of time left after the fight scene for a real movie to happen, and it's solid. I really felt for the poor ape at the end of the movie, and several girls in the room were crying. I give it a 3.5 out of 5; if you have a chance to see it for five dollars or less you should definitely do so.

One last thing. There is a scene involving insects. Allow me to reiterate that, but properly convey the emotion from the scene. *ahem*

HOLY FUCKING CHRIST what is that?! It's like three feet long. Is that a cricket? That's a god damn cricket! If that's a cricket then what the fuck do the SPIDERS look like?...AAAAH that's what the spiders look like! Kill it, you've got to kill it. No, the stick won't work! You need to use FIRE!