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I love this movie with the plastic heart and the lovely Linda Hamilton putting it in with a crane and a crew of a dozen scalpel artists. King Kong is strong but a little rugged around the eyes from his fall in downtown New York. Very sexy with a female member with the gorilla bosom about to make Kong's blood boil asunder. I recommend for some late viewing while you eat pumpkin pie and nothing else is on in your parent's basement. Live on Kong.

The film should have been longer. It starts out well with three boys heading to Mexico but when you get into Act 2 things get too rushed, the relationship between Matt and Penelope does not get a chance to develop. They share a few flirting glances from atop their horses and the next thing you know she is knocking on his door to go skinny dipping, are madly in love, and ready to die for the other. If pushed to a three-hour film then their passion may have been just as intimate for the audience as it was for them. Otherwise, the acting was good, I liked Matt, Penelope did not have much to work with, Lucas Black was excellent, and Henry Thomas did well as a sidekick except in one scene where he inexplicably gets up in a dazed death wish. If you want to see the film definitely check it out on the big screen because the scenery is spectacular, don't do video. I recommend for lovers of outdoors, Westerns, horses etc. Otherwise, it is only just okay.

I have seen this film about five times but never watched it straight through. I usually break it up in 3 or 4 sittings on my VCR. It has fantastic images and sequences, very long with inexplicable situations escaping rational thought. It is a fascinating piece. I hope I get the chance to see it in the theater or a released on DVD because the video version is of a horrible quality not giving it any justice. I always talk to my friend about Tarkovsky and he appreciates him, respects him, but hates watching his films. They are very long, very slow, and can be very boring. But in this time of compressed stories with meaningless one liners and fast paced action and cutting he stands out as a testament to a higher potential for filmic story telling. I have seen a couple of his other films but Stalker is my favorite. An excellent brainy sci-fi flick which can be enjoyed on a base level or ridden out as intellectual head trip. The choice is yours to make but I recommend seeing it at least once, and if you did not like it the first time then please watch it again.