King Kong.. the Eighth Wonder of the World
Im sure many are gonna slaughter me for what I am scribbling here. I watched for the first time this year or even these 23 years, 2 movies in a week! Chronicles of Narnia and King Kong. To be brutally honest, King Kong is so much a better movie than Narnia! At least for me.
I was some minutes late, but well, the story begins with this foolhardy filmmaker, Carl Denham, who is adamant to make it big with his films, despite jeers and rejections he has faced in his career. He carefully decided on his cast which includes the lead actress, Ann Darrow, who became the sacrficial object for King Kong and who turned out to be his love. As a matter of fact, the cast was bound to head for nothing but a tragic end, when they sailed off to remote Skull Island which caused them to be entrapped in a thick fog upon reaching. Skull Island is where King Kong resides and is surrounded by a huge wall to prevent him from ever leaving the island. Throughout the show, Carl is bastardised as he feeds his selfish passion for fame and recognition continually. He wants to capture the best shots which he encounters in Skull Island even at times of extreme danger and near death, refusing to let go of his camera. Hi soul was in his camera. In the end, he is left with anger and regrets when King Kong eventually died, which marks an end to his pursuit. In the many dangers they met in the Island, they have an indestructible hope and rugged perseverance which hinged on a man-made faith. The scenes are still very vivid in my mind right now, and I am impressed by director Peter Jackson's manipulation of the show. He has cleverly sculpted all the creatures in our childhood's wildest imaginations, absolutely bizarre. With his propensity for travelling back in time, where the audience is brought to a prehistoric age in Skull Island, a place that is never located on any map, a place of dinosaurs and ruins where King Kong reigns. In the background of chantings of the witch doctor, native warriors and aborigines kidnap Ann Darrow, the saddest looking woman on earth, yet a beauty (she is the only female in the show) to be used as a sacrifice. King Kong's human emotions was stirred by the entry of Ann into his life. And in the midst of this, Jack Driscoll, the scriptwriter for the film was in love with Ann, and went against all odds just to save Ann from the hands of King Kong. They finally departed Skull Island bringing King Kong back to New York City where Carl made use of him for an entertainment show to earn his big bucks. Little did he know that King Kong was to bring disaster and destruction to the city when King Kong was separated from Ann in New York. The show wound up at the top of the Empire State Building, where a fleet of World War I fighter planes attacked King Kong.
I am grieved by King Kong's death. Thoughts marathoned through my mind in this fast- paced show. I see a parallel between how the world misjudged King Kong and how the world mistreated God. King Kong meant no harm, he went all out to save and be with Ann, because of a love that is totally humanistic. Yet the world did'nt receive him with awe and respect, though he is reputed to be the eighth wonder of the world. They percieved him first as an entertainer to spice up their empty lives and then as a potent danger. As much as how many see God debilitating their lives because he testifies their iniquities. They did not receive him because they did not care to communicate with him, only Ann did. They were all out to destroy him to prove the superiority of mankind and technology just because he doesnt resemble a human form. The love between Ann and him is not that of a romantic one, in fact, I see it as that of a love between a father and a child. Wholly protective, genuinely unconditional. Pounding the heart, saying "Beautiful" at the view of the magnificent sunset was the only word between Ann and King Kong, yet so much emotions stirred and sealed in the meeting eyes of theirs. God will go all out to save the world just like how King Kong did to make sure Ann was safe from danger. God, being the king, stands tall in the heavens watching the world, just like King Kong mighty and undefeated at the top of the Empire State Building.
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. John 1:11
I really love ths show.
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