In spite of the horrendous runtime I still managed to enjoy this movie, Peter Jackson was able to deliver a very interesting film that did not have to rely on King Kong being on screen the whole time. This movie does have a bipolarity to it though. On one hand there is some amazing special effects that would be impressive even today such as King Kong himself. Though there were some less than glorifying special effects also such as the brontosaur stampede scene. The characters had little development but were delivered as interesting still. Jack Black's money grabbing character is a great character to hate and executed well enough to elicit negative emotions towards. Overall there were spots where the movie dragged but still was able to keep me watching throughout the whole movie. It is not Jackson's best work but still can be commendable.