King Kong – Movie Review
Warning: Might contain spoilers and infantile views.
So I finally saw “King Kong” on Saturday evening.
And, to say its great or fantastic would be an understatement. I’ll just say that it’s an experience worth having and that Peter Jackson has done it again.
The movie makes Jurassic Park, Godzilla and the likes look like b-grade sci-fi flicks.
The CGI is of course out-of-the-world. Not that you expect anything less from Jackson.
The story in a line if you don’t already know it: A film crew sets out on a voyage in search of a mythical “Skull Island” and finds a lot more than it bargained for. The crew comprises of the moviemaker, Carl Denham (Jack Black), the lead actress, Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts), the scriptwriter, Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody) and few other not-too-important people.
The movie starts off slowly and the build up takes a little too long although it does provide a very good contrast to what you are about to witness but once the real action begins you forget all about it cos there is simply no time to think.
The screen is soon bombarded with one sequence after another and the excitement never ends. Some commendable examples are the ship hitting the rocks, the first interaction between the film crew and the inhabitants of Skull Island, the subsequent kidnap of Ann and the dinosaur stampede.
It’s difficult to not think of Kong (played by Andy Serkis), the giant ape, as a quintessential bollywood hero who fights off baddies for his girl in the long one-dinosaur-after-another sequence.
The director is also successful in lending a somber tone to the worms-n-crustaceans-attack-humans sequence.
The relationship between Kong and Ann has been developed beautifully. Ann moving closer to Kong when the last dinosaur approaches and Kong showing off his anger when Ann refuses to perform have been executed well.
The capture of Kong, “The King Kong Show” and the Kong-in-Manhattan destruction sequences are again brilliant. I especially loved the way Kong picks up random blondes and throws them when they don’t turn out to be Ann. The ice-skating sequence also deserves a special mention.
And the climax, set against New York skyline, is spectacular and heartbreaking.
All the actors are good in whatever role they have cos we all know that the main hero here is Kong. Naomi Watts is already one of my favorites and she is brilliant here as the beauty who captures the heart of the beast. You can feel the pain in her eyes when Kong slips from the top of Empire State building. She looks very beautiful in the movie. But I couldn’t help noticing how with every movie, she’s starting to look more and more like Nicole Kidman.
Andy Serkis is great too. First Gollum and now Kong, he surely knows how to play CGI generated characters. Adrien Brody plays second fiddle to an ape so it won’t be wrong to say that he’s totally wasted here. I was apprehensive about Jack Black playing the role of a ruthless, unredeemable showman but he manages to do a fine job.
But the biggest winners here are Peter Jackson, CGI and the audience.
Go watch it for the kid in you!!
Rating: 10/10
cool, thanks for the review! Now will definitely go see it.
So, it’s a good movie then. I will watch it as soon as I can lay my hands on it, and I hope it happens soon.
i REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY want to see it.
abby and i are gonna have LOTS of sister-time next week. I think we’ve decided to go out every night to see a movie.
We’ll make King Kong one of them.
I want to see it!
Thanks for saying hi to Pilly
A movie about a huge monkey. Yes, the kid in you has had too much candy for the day
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@ttg: You should. Its amazing.
@greensatya: I hope it happens soon too.
@becky: A movie every night? Thats great. Have a good time.
@’liya: I’m sure u’ll like it and u r welcome.
@xohra: One can never have enough candy
i was planning to see sm other movie but now i hav to c it…
I want to watch it tooooo *crying* i think it releases on 30th this month in theaters here
@akanksha: Bluffmaster? chch..chch..
@jonybr: Koi baat nahin. Its only a matter of 10 more days.
I totally agree(am eating a Reese’s cup right now, myself
), but one’s inner-child should be carb-limited so it can live the life you never had(being fed alu gobi your whole childhood:D). O yes I deleted it cos I wanted something new, methinks this will work out. Thankyou so much for all your comments, you’re my mostest favoritest blogger in the whole wide world :”>!
@xohra: I’m sure your blog will be popluare soon. I’ll do my part to make it a hit.
Thanks. I am happy to be your mostest favoritest blogger. I just hope my meanness doesnt get me dethroned.
Great…Though I am not a movie lover, I wanted to see this one. Thanks to my boss (who does not believe in giving less week to catch a movie
) I havent been able to see it…But I think dec 25 i might get lucky…I remember how fascinated I was after Jurassic Park, I almost dreamt slept and spoke DINOSAURS…let’s see what do I do this time?
PJ
@tes: I’m sure you’ll like it
well mate it seems to be really amazing movie will surely watch it
but dont comapre it with jurassic park
because when jurasic park was relesed it didnt have the high end cgi what peter jackson used (i am not trying to lower jacksons effort as director because he is amazing)
@paresh: I know there’s a big difference in technology but I can’t help comparing the two. I mean both have dinos. How could you not? And, I did warn you abt my infantile views so you can’t complain