5 reasons I would be happy if King Kong flopped

1. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is seriously over-rated. The second one in particular, is unremittingly boring.

2. Any day where Kerry Prendergast gets to prance around talking about how much she loves Wellington is a bad, bad day.

3. I don't think we should celebrate any industry where people end up hoping they get out alive.

4. I am sick of the orgy of nationalism every time a Peter Jackson movie comes out. I don't like nationalism at the best of times, but at least sporting nationalism is honest about what it is. This is the nationalism for the liberal middle-class who find rugby a little distasteful.

5. From rumours I've heard around Wellington Peter Jackson is so anti-union that he'd hire Pinkerton if they were still around.