Apart from being a tad overindulgent in some of its CGI sequences, King Kong was an excellent summer movie. Empire magazine’s award for Best Movie understandably went to King Kong).

In his acceptance speach Peter Jackson was rightfully disappointed that Brokeback Mountain, a.k.a. the gay cowboy movie, upstaged King Kong at the Oscars.

Watch Peter Jackson acceptance speach (pre-recorded) here. There are some hilarious outtakes from King Kong.

What scares me though is that Peter’s working on an EXTENDED version of King Kong on a DVD. I mean … how much more extended can it be? Das Boot runs for four hours but it’s a sub movie so all is forgiven.