If you want to worry about something, it should not be Kong's size, but rather the narrative. Will it be a good plot? Will everything work storywise? If everything clicks, belive me, Kong's size will not matter one iota.
That's exactly it though... I want a movie to be good and if creative is trying to tell me I need to watch their movie because it's "bigger" then that's actually a turn off.
And always judge a movie for yourself, not what others think about it...
And I hate those statements because they just don't work. Yes, if I've already seen the movie then I should try and have my own opinion and not care that it agrees with what I think is "the accepted opinion." But... that only holds true after I've decided to watch a movie! First, you have to have some criteria for deciding whether your investment in time is likely to be worth it... because there are too many movies to watch, to simply decide to watch them all. And going to the movie theaters definitely cost enough that I'm not just going to watch them all.
At that point, you "play the odds" and decide whether it's more likely than not that you'll like a particular movie and/or whether you'll like one movie more than another. All possible information you can gather to make an educated guess at that point is useful... and that includes things like critical reviews.
And I love interviews with directors where I get to try and get a peek into what they're thinking about a movie... and, sorry, one of the only things I've read is this:
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/15/kong-skull-island-director-biggest-kongThe director seems overly-impressed with how big they made Kong and offers nothing else. I just thought it was pretty off-putting was all.
Yay! You made Kong really big... but why's your movie any good again, ya know?
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TheDude83
8 years ago
You're thinking waaaaayyyyyyy too much about this. You're taking the fun out of movies by analysing if you really wanna see it or not.
My suggestion...don't go see it! Done!!
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robertmichel
8 years ago
It's still a couple of months before the movie opens. Maybe Kong's size is the only thing they can talk about at this stage? Their marketing campaign's just getting started, and then there's always that fine line between generating interest for your movie and possibly spoiling important plot points or surprises.
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