King Kong (2005)
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
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Fantastic!
Amateur movie with Big budget
Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
What a mess... It was long and boring even before they arrived in the island.And then the movie evolved into a video game. It was like trying to pass level after level battling the threats that had the shape of almost every animal menace ever appeared in a sci-fi bi movie: Big spiders, big ants, big scorpions, big flesh eating plants, big dinosaurs, smaller dinosaurs, big bats, they even touched "Alien" with some kind of larvae/eggs thingies. Realism? ok you do not expect much realism in a movie with all of the above, but well it was completely unbelievable how the humans survived this hell of monsters. Not to mention the natives of the island, who apparently only worried about Kong and miraculously have survived the bazillion of the other threats.As for the characters? All caricatures. Even the bugs acted better. The one character with some development was King Kong.I strongly recommend the 1933 movie. Less CGI but more heart. Hell, even the Jessica Lange remake was better..
King Kong is a fantastic film. I was blown away even though I went in with high expectations. This is a tour de force work behind the camera by Peter Jackson who directs the monster epic and adds his own touches. There is action, suspense, drama and most importantly heart wrenching romance. I dare anyone to not have a tear in their eye in the last 20 minutes. The special effects are absolutely amazing and more importantly- never do they detract from the progression of the story. I was blown away by the T-Rex VS Kong battle, the Dino stampede and some of the earlier rather creepy scenes. But it is the scenes between Ann Darrow and Kong that touch you the most and a particular one in central park in the snow is a highlight. This is a must watch, a surefire classic of the future. But beware- at roughly 3 hours its long. But each minute is artistic perfection.
I don't understand the heroine desperately wanting to run away from king kong causing the loss of many human lives then wanting to return back to it!
King Kong is a beautiful, nuanced film that has become a much loved classic.This is not that film.Jackson strings out a simple, thrilling story to nearly 3 hours. It suffers in the process, with far too many "look how clever I am" CGI effects and not nearly enough tight editing to remove the rubbish and focus the story and characters.