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King Kong
Directed By: Peter Jackson
Plot: Set in the 1930s, this is the story of a young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow from the world of vaudeville who finds herself lost in depression-era New York and her luck changes when she meets an over-ambitious filmmaker Carl Denham who brings her on an exploratory expedition to a remote island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape Kong. The beauty and the beast finally meet their fate back in the city of New York where the filmmaker takes and displays the ape in quest of his fame by commercial exploitation which ultimately leads to catastrophe for everyone including a playwright Jack Driscoll who falls in love with Ann and plays an unlikely hero by trying to save her from Kong and her destiny.
King Kong is a movie that I've always found very interesting. I've actually never scene the original movie, it was abit before my time, well alot before my time. I have tryed to watch it, but I just couldn't seem get into it ( I think it was little to old ). Anyway,.. I've always found the whole concept of King Kong very fascinating, skull Island in particular. Just the idea of an island undiscovered, full of extinct animals and ancient people is very interesting. When I heard Peter Jackson was bringing King Kong back to the big screen i was very excited, with a massive budget and a big update to the legend Kong everything seemed positive..... It was.
I actually forgot to consider this movie when updating my top 100 favourite movies. Ime not quite sure if this movie would of made the cut, but i certainly would of considered it. Peter Jackson certainly delivered big with this movie, from the very start it's a fantastic adventure ( a bloody long adventure), full of excitement, emotion, action, comedy, everything you would expect from a family movie. Ime not quite sure how this movie holds up against the original, because as I said ..I havnt seen it, but I think Jackson did a pretty good job here. King Kong looks fantastic, everything around you comes to life, the Dinosaurs, the island, and Kong himself looks incredible.
If I had to pick up on any negatives about this movie, then I would have to say.... It's running time. King Kong is way to long, the first hour or so of this movie could of easily been cut down to 15 minutes. Don't get me wrong, it builds to the excitement, it's builds the anticipation, but it kills the movie. The running time isn't a problem with a first viewing, but with a second viewing the first half of the movie is very boring.
Overall King Kong is a great movie. I always find it pretty strange that they go to an island full of extinct animals and bring back a monkey, I'd of thought the T-Rex was the better option... But oh well. Anyway.. King Kong is a great adventure, with a strong cast, great story and incredible moments. This is a movie for just about everyone, it's a great family movie.
Directed By: Peter Jackson
Plot: Set in the 1930s, this is the story of a young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow from the world of vaudeville who finds herself lost in depression-era New York and her luck changes when she meets an over-ambitious filmmaker Carl Denham who brings her on an exploratory expedition to a remote island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape Kong. The beauty and the beast finally meet their fate back in the city of New York where the filmmaker takes and displays the ape in quest of his fame by commercial exploitation which ultimately leads to catastrophe for everyone including a playwright Jack Driscoll who falls in love with Ann and plays an unlikely hero by trying to save her from Kong and her destiny.
King Kong is a movie that I've always found very interesting. I've actually never scene the original movie, it was abit before my time, well alot before my time. I have tryed to watch it, but I just couldn't seem get into it ( I think it was little to old ). Anyway,.. I've always found the whole concept of King Kong very fascinating, skull Island in particular. Just the idea of an island undiscovered, full of extinct animals and ancient people is very interesting. When I heard Peter Jackson was bringing King Kong back to the big screen i was very excited, with a massive budget and a big update to the legend Kong everything seemed positive..... It was.
Trivia:
Jack Black has claimed that he did not wear any make-up at all in the entire movie after hearing a false rumor that Clint Eastwood never wears any make-up in his movies. He also wore a hairpiece during filming rather than going through makeup to achieve the '30s hairdo' look.
Jack Black has claimed that he did not wear any make-up at all in the entire movie after hearing a false rumor that Clint Eastwood never wears any make-up in his movies. He also wore a hairpiece during filming rather than going through makeup to achieve the '30s hairdo' look.
Trivia:
Peter Jackson was paid $20 million to direct this film, the highest salary ever paid to a film director in advance of production.
Peter Jackson was paid $20 million to direct this film, the highest salary ever paid to a film director in advance of production.
Overall King Kong is a great movie. I always find it pretty strange that they go to an island full of extinct animals and bring back a monkey, I'd of thought the T-Rex was the better option... But oh well. Anyway.. King Kong is a great adventure, with a strong cast, great story and incredible moments. This is a movie for just about everyone, it's a great family movie.