How come no critic has yet released the comment: “A gripping tale of sweet monkey love.”? Unoriginal buggers.
The film was twice as long as it ought to have been. I could argue that the original was too long at 105 minutes, this one clocks in at nearly double that. How much movie can you really squeeze out of the already overdone “Beauty and the Beast” concept when the Beast doesn’t talk? I kept thinking of my friend’s famous Lord of the Rings comment.
Oddly, while I complain about the length, I thought the biplane scene at the end was just right. Rather, I thought much of the Skull Island adventure dragged.
I would rather have spent three hours immersed in the meticulous recreation of New York City ca. 1933 watching Jack Black scheme and Naomi Watts pratfall than watch three minutes of the oversized insects of Skull Island.
Man, if I ever get this flick on DVD, I’m fast forwarding through that part.