It takes time to find those holiday gifts

It may be as good expected, but Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” apparently is doing worse than expected at the box office . But, then, as one theater manager said while looking at his tame lobby on Wednesday, the day “Kong” opened, “Maybe people just can’t find time to go to a three-hour movie this time of year.”

Below : The protagonist is Peter Jackson’s new film is one love-sick gorilla.