KONG was my Top Movie for 2005!
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The movie starts out pretty slow, we don't see Kong or the marvel it took to create the beast for about an hour and fifteen minutes, but some of the screen shots before he makes his appearance assure you that it is worth it. (The movie could be a bit shorter, they could have cut out about forty five minutes to an hour.)
With all of the publicity this movie has garnered over the last year and all of the articles I read I went in with some expectation that the film was going to be good. The 1933 film shattered box office records at the time it was released, the 1976 version had some protests as it was filmed at the World Trade Center rather than the Empire State Building and the 2005 version had more miniatures in it than did all three Lord of the Rings films, so there was some expectation.
There are some great scenes and once the picture gets going it doesn't feel as long. The Kong scenes are intense and I would not suggest taking the little ones to this film. They will have nightmares and will never think of African Americans the same way ever again. The scenes with the bugs were enough to make half the theatre squeamish and the "planes over the Empire State Building" were enough to give the entire theatre vertigo.
King Kong is one of those films where knowing the history behind it will allow you to enjoy Peter Jackson's version even more. I had a chance to watch the original King Kong from 1933 on AMC over the holiday. You can see where Jackson pays "homage" to that film and other films, some are obvious, others somewhat subtle and perhaps playful.
This film will sweep the Academy Awards for special effects this year. It would also not be a surprise if Naomi Watts scores an Oscar for her performance, with the exception of being in an evening gown in the middle of winter and on top of the Empire State Building without falling off, her performance was stellar.
King Kong is a film that you HAVE to see in the theater so drop the $10 bucks and enjoy the wrath and tenderness of THIS King Kong.
2 comments:
Sounds like you nailed it. I recommend you go see The Family Stone. It was terrific and stellar performances by Diane Keaton and Sarah J. Parker.
I would have to agree with you. King Kong 2006 is the best of the three movies. I took my 4 year old to see the movie and he loved it. Especially, the scenes with the T-Rex's. I'm African-American and Those island people did not look African-American to me. I don't know what they were but they were not African decent.
The movie rocked no less.
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