Kevin and I went to see King Kong on New Year’s Day. It was surprisingly uncrowded. It was showing on 2 screens though, which probably evened out the numbers. I thought it was a great movie–excellent special effects, well-told, and a very cool period piece. It was amazing to see how they recreated New York City from the 1930’s…and then to watch King Kong totally demolish it near the end of the picture!

I’ve heard people say that it was too long, running around 180 minutes. But Kevin and I really didn’t notice. I would have expected him to get bored or fall asleep at some point if he didn’t like it in some way, but he was glued to it the whole time. There was a bit of a slow part as the movie started, which may have been why he stayed alert. He was waiting in anticipation of seeing the dinosaurs and King Kong, so he stayed patient and waited through it. He wasn’t disappointed either. There were plenty of dinosaurs and lots of King Kong scenes to keep him amazed. I even caught him covering his eyes during a couple parts that were a bit gruesome. Overall he loved it though, and had a great time.

Today he even rented the 1976 version of King Kong and watched it in the car on our trip to Union Grove, so he’s still on his ‘Kong Kick’. He also had just finished assembling his King Kong jigsaw puzzle the night before seeing the movie, so he was really excited to finally get to see King Kong “for real.” That’s Kevin’s pattern though–he’ll find a particular movie or subject that interests him and just dive into it for days studying every aspect of it, learning all he can from it, watching every movie he can about it, etc. I think it says a lot about him, and hopefully it’ll serve him well in the future.  I think I’ll be starting another obsession of my own real soon–A couple of Simpsons Photomosaics should be at my door in a few days…uhoh.