King Kong is a tremendous work of film. It's why the great Peter Jackson wanted to do what he does. In short, to counter the length of the movie, it's a stellar achievement, a spectacle of light and sound. But enough raving and ranting. I wish America a giant ape to destroy all of the world's monsters, especially those fiendish ptaeradactyls and massive worms. And may that ape-beast scale the highest tower... oh, well that's where he gets a run in with prop planes' machine-gunned bullets.

Good night. Happy New Year, at last.