King Kong
A Film Review By Paul Perkins
You Will Go Bananas Over This King of All Kong's
Love comes in all shape and sizes and one of the biggest
loves stories between too men and one women is out. You may be saying not
another one how many movies have you seen with the same story as two men
fighting over one women. The difference is this one the one man is a real life
man and the other is a 25 foot ape you heard right a 25 foot ape.
One of the biggest film and I mean biggest films of the year is out and it is
called King Kong and it a remake of the 1933 version but with outstanding
special effects. King Kong is about a filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black) who has
a vision to make the best film he can make but it is 1933 and it is the during
the Great Depression. So he needs to find his the main star of the film which he
does finds her trying to steal a apple her name is Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts).
But the studio does not what him to make the film so he had to do the only thing
he can do to make the film. So he lift the only existing print of his most
recent and unfinished film from under his studio executives’ noses when they
threatened to pull his completion funds. Carl has until the end of the day to
get his crew onboard the Singapore-bound tramp steamer, the S.S. Venture, in
hopes of completing his travelogue/action film. With that, the showman is
certain he will finally achieve the personal greatness he knows awaits him
around the corner…and although the crew believe that corner to be Singapore,
Denham actually hopes to find and capture on film the mysterious place of
legend: Skull Island.
King Kong was a great epic motion picture in 1933 and now in 2005 and think
Peter Jackson did a outstanding job of this remake and this is a remake if you
are wondering. But because of the 1930 did not have the Technology like this
century does they could name make Kong looks like he does in this one.
The Special effect was one of the best effects I have seen in films next to Star
Wars and Pixar films. The only thing I can say bad about some of the effects is
one of the Dinosaurs scenes they could have fine tone it a little better. The
story was pretty much right on the money from the 1933 version of course there
are some new things added to make the story a little bit difference.
The acting was good mostly by Naomi Watts characters and some of the supporting
cast. Jack Black was ok but I think they could have found a more serious actor
then a comedian. Don’t get me wrong he is a good comedy actor but just that
comedy. The only thing else I can say bad about King Kong is the length it was a
tad bit too long it is 3 hr and 7 mins it could have cut about 30 mins and still
told the story.
Overall King Kong is a outstanding epic of a motion picture and it did the 1933
film justice. This is one film you don’t want to miss this holiday season check
it out today.
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© 2005 Paul Perkins