response 1 of 342:

Dec 24 21:33 UTC 2005

Peter Jackson's KING KONG--

WOW!  I saw this last night and I can't think of another word to
describe it better.  Jackson, the Oscar winning director of the "Lord of
the Rings" trilogy, has made another masterpiece, a remake of his all
time favorite movie.  Jackson's "King Kong" is a visually stunning work,
with some of the more mind boggling special effects yet done in the
industry.  See this movie on the biggest screen possible, with the best
sound system.  

The Skull Island sequences are amazing, such as where King Kong rescues
the beautiful Anne Darrow from the clutches of not one, but three
Tyranosaurus Rexes.  The lonely Kong fights out of desperation, because
he's finally found companionship, he has bonded with the girl the
natives kidnapped and brought to him, and finally he has a friend, and
the world being a cruel place, as soon as he finds love and friendship,
there seems to be a conspiracy to take it away from him.   First its the
giant vampire bats, then its the dinosaurs and other creatures trying to
take her away, and finally its human beings.  

After Kong is captured and taken to the big city, and he wakes up from
his drug-induced sleep, his rampage is shown not as being one of anger,
but of fear.  He roams the streets desperately looking for his friend,
the one living being he's ever bonded with, scared and afraid that he
can't survive without her.

Jackson has given Kong a depth and a soul that the earlier movies did
not.  You get emotional at the cruel treatment of Kong by the human
beings, and the ending where he's finally found the girl and they end up
at the top of the empire state building, watching the sunrise together,
just as they did back on the island, and then the army planes come to
shoot him, is a real tearjerker.

There is great chemistry between the girl, wonderfully played by Naomi
Watts, and Kong, who is played in the close up shots, by Andy Serkis,
who was memorable as Gollum in Lord of the Rings.  The cinematography
and the sets are stunning, particularly the re-creation of Times Square
from the 1930's.  Peter Jackson has demonstrated once again that he is
the greatest director of epic adventure movies that has come along in a
long time.

Go see "King Kong", its a classic!  (five stars)

response 3 of 342:

Dec 25 01:14 UTC 2005

no.

response 5 of 342:

Dec 25 02:59 UTC 2005

King Kong is PG-13, isn't it, Richard?  Would you say it'd be too
intense for a 9 year old?  I guess he recently watched "The Matrix" at
his mother's house, which is rated "R".  I am not too happy about that,
but he survived it.

response 7 of 342:

Dec 26 02:19 UTC 2005

re #5 yes, it is a bit graphic.  But you could take him and just 
shield his eyes during parts of the fight scenes, like where Kong 
breaks the jaw of one of the T-Rexes with his hands.  Most of the 
movie otherwise would be fine for him, though keep in mind it is 
nearly three and a half hours long, if he has problems sitting through 
long movies.

response 9 of 342:

Dec 27 02:38 UTC 2005

          re#0

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response 11 of 342:

Dec 27 08:38 UTC 2005

hey can we also discuss movies made in other languages?

response 13 of 342:

Dec 27 13:25 UTC 2005

movies about monkeys are always funny.  remember congo?

response 15 of 342:

Dec 27 15:45 UTC 2005

Saw "Finding Neverland" and Friday- and it was... okay. I don't know if
I was just expecting more or what. Seemed a bit flat to me. Though I did
really enjoy the acting job the boy playing Peter did. I must say though
that my favorite scenes were the ones between JM and Mary.