Two monkeys
Surprise: Curious George is a much better monkey movie than King Kong.
George: playful, innocent, sweet, short; full of the joy of life; and unashamedly for kids, with no ironic in-jokes winking and mugging at adults. (There is, however, one “you go, girlfriend” which already feels stale and which won’t age well.)
Kong: overwrought, overblown, overlong; full of the joy of a director with a near-unlimited effects budget and no self-control. A huge technical achievement, no doubt, but why?
Go see George: it’ll make you feel good about life.
(Oh, and Ebert & Roeper: where’s your sense of fun?)
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George: playful, innocent, sweet, short; full of the joy of life; and unashamedly for kids, with no ironic in-jokes winking and mugging at adults. (There is, however, one “you go, girlfriend” which already feels stale and which won’t age well.)
Kong: overwrought, overblown, overlong; full of the joy of a director with a near-unlimited effects budget and no self-control. A huge technical achievement, no doubt, but why?
Go see George: it’ll make you feel good about life.
(Oh, and Ebert & Roeper: where’s your sense of fun?)
Categories: Movies
