Today we had the pleasure of spending time with 'the biggest star in Hollywood', so to speak. I had never seen King Kong original before, and had vague recollections of Peter Jackson's remake. I was impressed by the original, and actually found it quite humorous and probably more grose than the re-make, however, baring in mind this was the 'un-cut' version.....

Considering the film was made back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, literally, I can see what the big hype was about. It really would be considered the Avatar of our time, if not even more outrageous considering the people back then had never witnessed endless gruesome 'Saw' movies.

One thing that can be said for Peter Jackson's remake is that the casting of Naomi Watts as Annie, as she does have a striking resemblance to Fay Wray. I think its safe to say we all enjoyed the way that Kong felt the need to re-check that he had successfully killed the many beasts that attacked him, by pulling on their broken jaw/face (ouch), it was hilarious!

Overall, the human crushing and female sniffing production has proved itself to be a classic film in history and I'm sure it will remain so for a long time. Fay Wray gave a good performance as the blonde bomshell in distress, even if it was a different co-star she had in mind, as Cooper promised her to work beside the 'tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood'......