Kong opinion from a couple of oldsters -- about a half-hour too long, but otherwise very good; and we agree that the dinosaur scenes just were over the top. No one should have survived. The bugs, on the other hand, were, well, too real. I was surprised by how effective the acting was, in particular Naomi Watts. The scenes with the "natives" were just not quite believeable at any level, and it's good that they were quickly dispensed with.
What it is, man, a low-down and funky feelin'