King Kong

Being a Peter Jackson film I had great expectations about King Kong and all the reviews I came across only sought to increase my anticipation. I have to say I was not disappointed.

It starts off a little slow with probably a little too much background which is probably my only criticism of this movie.

The creatures are brilliant, the action is breathtaking. It's scary. It's funny and it's ultimately heartbreaking.

Naomi Watts is luminescently beautiful and stole every scene she was in. And as for Kong.... I just love Andy Sirkis anyway and he made him come to life in the same way as he gave Gollum his own personality and je ne c'est quoi. Jack Black also deserves a mention for playing the nasty man in his own inimitable way!

This is a classic remake of a classic film and everyone should see it. Small kids will probably be scared but it's a good type of scary!

The March of the Penguins

I wasn't too sure about this one before I went, because while I have absoloutely nothing against penguins and their life cycle, I did watch the David Attenborough version, which was made some years ago, recently and loved it, and I wasn't convinced that there would be anything more to see in this documentary.

Unfortunately, I was right. And in my opinion the David Attenborough one was better, and more dramatic. Or maybe I only thought that because it was new the first time and not so new the second time!

It's a lovely gentle film, perfect for families and people who go awww at cute things. It's an amazing story of survival and evoloution and I don't see how the creationism argument is strengthened by this film! But that's an argument for another day!