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PatW · 01-30-2008, 04:59 PM

King Kong (2005)

A re-telling of that giant ape story this time in the capable hands of Peter Jackson. I think we all know what the story is about so I won't go into that here. The cinematography and special effects are great but the story is over-long. When I saw this in the theatre I was fascinated but with repeat viewings parts of it are boring. It took too long to get to the meat of the story. Ann and her relationship with Kong are well fleshed unlike her relationship with Jack Driscoll. Adrien Brody is an amazing actor but I think he's miscasted as the romantic lead. The menace was taken out of Kong and he was nothing more than an over-grown teddy bear with fangs. I prefer the protrayal of Kong in the original movie. I thought Jack Black of okay as Carl Denham but the last sentence uttered by him at the end of the movie was just plain lame. Still an enjoyable movie.

01-30-2008, 04:59 PM	#275 of 1601
PatW Member Location: Sarnia, Ontario Join Date: Dec 2003 Local Time: 12:40 PM Local Date: 09-06-2008 Posts: 910	Re: Track the Films You Watch (2008) King Kong (2005) A re-telling of that giant ape story this time in the capable hands of Peter Jackson. I think we all know what the story is about so I won't go into that here. The cinematography and special effects are great but the story is over-long. When I saw this in the theatre I was fascinated but with repeat viewings parts of it are boring. It took too long to get to the meat of the story. Ann and her relationship with Kong are well fleshed unlike her relationship with Jack Driscoll. Adrien Brody is an amazing actor but I think he's miscasted as the romantic lead. The menace was taken out of Kong and he was nothing more than an over-grown teddy bear with fangs. I prefer the protrayal of Kong in the original movie. I thought Jack Black of okay as Carl Denham but the last sentence uttered by him at the end of the movie was just plain lame. Still an enjoyable movie.