Caught an early showing of King Kong Friday night, and I went in with seriously low expectations. I am sick of Hollywood's insistence on remaking movies rather than showing a smidgen of creativity and perhaps giving us something original.
Peter Jackson has given us a most excellent film. This is the movie they will use as justification for all the crappy remakes, past and future. This movie will make other directors think they, too, have what it takes to furbish a classic.
Beautiful. Stimulating. Heartbreaking....Outstanding. And what an amazing job they did with Kong - I can't imagine there was anything else this year that will come close for the effects Oscar®. They really need to come up with an award for Andy Serkis whose work here as the giant ape, and as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings movies, is integral to the success of our experience - and outside the scope of traditional Academy categories.
I have only a few small complaints:
BTW: I didn't cry at the end, though I was fully expecting to - perhaps because of that expectation I was sufficiently braced for the trauma...
Posted by Vox at December 17, 2005 11:06 PM | TrackBack | moviesI think when I went to EE 1.4, it finally re-established the trackback capability. Thanks!
What'd you think of "King Kong on Ice?" Man, that WAS funny!
Posted by: Macker at December 18, 2005 12:44 AMI actually had to grab the trackback URL and ping you manually, don't know if it was EE or MT that required that.
Kong on ice was very funny, and so sweet - loved when they covered him in snow and had him shake if off. Awesome.
BTW: There was a point in the film, but I don't remember at precisely what point, when the little girl one row back said, oh-so-sweetly, "it's very sad"
Posted by: Vox at December 20, 2005 12:09 AM