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Movie Review: King Kong

I did not want to watch King Kong.

Believe me when I say this - the tickets were more expensive and it was a 3 hour long movie. I do not like aminals and King Kong is just another oversized monkey to me. But my 2.5 year old nephew and 5 year old niece begged and begged and begged and begged. “Wo men yao karn Kink Konk!!!” they screamed in unison.

God bless the children and Peter Jackson.

King Kong is one of the best action movies I’ve seen, easily.

The story is simple. Unscrupulous film director hoodwinks crew and cast to mysterious island where they encounter a giant ape. After rescuing damsel in distress from aforementioned ape, they subdue and drag it’s hairy ass back to New York city where it escapes and wrecks havoc.

It’s actually a story of a man who lies to get what he wants, a man whose love goes unappreciated, a sad woman that discovers that she’s not the only one who is lonely and an ape who hides sensitivity and nobility under the facade of a brute.

The casting is immaculate. Jack Black was perfect as the I’m-doing-this-because-of-circumstances director, Carl Denham who is both evil and a victim at the same time. The heroine Ann Darrow is played by Naomi Watts, who excels in roles where she is an actress acting as an actress as seen in the astonishing Mulholland Drive. But the star of the show is King Kong, who emotes anger, despair, pain and kindness.

Battle scenes between King Kong and other huge beasts are nothing short of astonishingly exciting. Peter Jackson has put his experience from making LOTR to good use.

rating: 5 out of 5 stars.

kingkong was sad in a way.
but it was Narnia which blew me away..
maybe i hv been dreaming too much about
snowy capes and wintery white Cmas..

Merry cmas cowboy! [kind belated]
haha!

ok, i’m being anal. so sue me. but cc, i look you up one. and it’s weird to see you commit the mistake of wrecking havoc. it’s “wreak”.

but you’re spot on with the “put his experience from making LOTR to good use”. not only Peter Jackson. But Andy Serkis too. The same andy that played Gollum/Smeagol plays the eponymous king kong.

=)

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year…

i refuse to watch king kong
*bleah*

Wait a minute! Are you saying this was better than NARNIA? LEH!

Me no likey big hairy ape!
I thought Narnia was the show stopper as well…

KK is a nice movie but too draggy for the 1st hour, almost fell asleep. Narnia is more of a chirstmas story with a fairy tale ending.

how can you bring your 2.5 years old nephew to watch this movie. Didn’t he cause a disturbance in the cinema. i thought kids his age r supposed to be banned from cinemas?

HA! Michael you are too funny.

Hmm, now I’m almost tempted to go see it. Almost.

Kids should be banned from the cinema yes. WALAU! But King Kong was good for a simple plotline really.

I love the casting. It’s fantastic, and Peter Jackson really have the knack for casting great actors to BECOME the characters,

I love Naomi Watts, she has the charms and looks of Marilyn Monroe. They have uncanny similarities man… Andy Serkis is as usual the power actor who acts for animated characters. The writer guy… he’s just a supporting role, what a waste for an Academy Award winning actor.

I thought Narnia was… a little boring in the front. Build up so long and the ending so rush. Bleah.