Re: Kong: Skull Island
The director asked this question:
“The thing that most interested me was, how big do you need to make [Kong], so that when someone lands on this island and doesn’t believe in the idea of myth, the idea of wonder – when we live in a world of social and civil unrest, and everything is crumbling around us, and technology and facts are taking over – how big does this creature need to be, so that when you stand on the ground and you look up at it, the only thing that can go through your mind is: ‘That’s a god.’” Pretty big, we’re guessing? “You will see when we drop a trailer,” Vogt-Roberts teases.
The answer is, 25' - 30' tall, just like the other Kongs--that's more than big enough to make me believe, "that's a god". He doesn't say how big his Kong will be, but I'm guessing close to 100' tall. I'd argue a creature of such colossal proportions becomes *less* awe-inspiring, as we lose relate-ability with it.
21st century Hollywood's obsession with making everything BIGGER is lazy, unimaginative, and insulting.
I don't like the sound of this film at all. And I'm a huge lover of King Kong.
The Wook