T w e n t y S i d e d
In my previous post about the King Kong movie, Jaquandor warned me that some upcoming scenes were not for the squemish. He wasn’t kidding. Eeew. One of the worst moments for me was the part where Ann hides in a rotted log, and encounters a couple of huge centipedes.
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| I know it’s really frightening, but close your mouth, idiot. With instincts like this, it’s a wonder she survived the movie. |
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| I’ve lightened these shots up quite a bit so we can see the bugs better. |
Now, this is nowhere near the worst encounter with bugs in the movie. Other characters meet ones a lot bigger and some of them die very badly. But these two centipedes (which never hurt anyone) made me squirm in my seat, because I know they are not that far from reality. Some of the other creepies in the movie (like leeches the size of a bear) didn’t make a lot of sense to me, foodchain-wise. My mind filed them into the same slot as dragons and H. R. Gieger’s Alien: dangerous stuff I’ll never have to worry about. But there really are centipedes that are nearly this big and they give me the willies. If I’d been in Ann’s place here, I would not have sat there with my mouth open, I would have run away, waving my hands over my head and screaming like a woman.
You have to see the real thing to believe it, although I don’t really suggest it. It isn’t for the faint of heart, but here is a YouTube video of a gigantic centipede catching and eating a mouse. If that’s not enough gross for you, then try watching a centipede eat a tarantula.
But getting back to King Kong: The movie was one horrifying death after another. After a while I went numb. I fast-forwarded a lot, and the movie still took ages. If you plan to have a go at this movie, make sure you have lots of free time and a strong stomach.
