King Kong
Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody
Flamboyant, foolhardy documentary filmmaker, Carl Denham, sails off to remote Skull Island to film his latest epic with leading lady, Ann Darrow. Native warriors kidnap Ann to use as a sacrifice as th...( read more
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DVD Released: March 28, 2006
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October 12, 2006It almosts like the original 1932 version but better. It has heart, supercharged excitement, & enough visual effects to make it extremely watchable.
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October 3, 2008General: [Riding in a truck full of troops on its way to deal with Kong] "Listen up. This is New York City, and this is sacred ground. You hear me? It was built for humans, by humans. Not for stinking lice-infested apes. The thought of some mutant gorilla crapping all o... ...( read more )
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September 7, 2008There is a great film struggling to get out of this bloated epic. The settings are luxurious and the ending breathtaking. The special effects are almost faultless and the Kong-girl dynamic works. Black is great. Watts is a bit too overwrought . The main problem is the length with... ...( read more )
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July 3, 2009Can Peter Jackson make a movie that's less than 3 hours long?! I guess not. I enjoyed many parts of this over-the-top spectacle, but it definitely could have used some editing! Like any great novelist Peter, you have to learn to "kill your darlings"!
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December 14, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
December 14, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Good things do come in big packages. The trick for any filmmaker is to find the small movie within the big one, which is exactly what Peter Jackson does in King Kong. full review
December 14, 2005
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
In the end, "Kong" lands with a resounding thud. full review
December 13, 2005
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Too big for its own good, too pure of heart to diminish, brawling, magnificent, heroic and flawed: That's King Kong, and that's King Kong. full review
December 12, 2005
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Peter Jackson's remake is as much a tribute to the old, seat-of-the-pants spirit of early motion pictures as it is an exercise in technological bravura.
December 12, 2005
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Jackson is a visionary filmmaker who is not only a technical wizard but also a master storyteller. full review
December 12, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate
However jawdropping the big effects (there's a dinosaur stampede and some giant white worms who suck men into their squishy maws), they're tenderly elbowed aside by scenes of tender intimacy. full review
December 8, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Here is the jaw-dropping, eye-popping, heart-stopping movie epic we've been waiting for all year. full review
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March 19, 2009hmmmmmm good cinema,very strong fantasy, I think this movie full tasted, I saw it, as like as true adventure, very2 screams.I like it.
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February 26, 2009I've seen it couple of times, still... love it!
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February 18, 2009I realluy liked it,saw a different side to Jack Black...it was very kool
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January 12, 2009Well I loved this movie when it first came out I fell in love with it and if I love it then so will you so if you havent seen it well get it out on dvd and watch it. Its so cute when King Kong falls in love with the girl but right at the end its really sad I even started crying because King Kong dies. I have seen the orginal but thats short but this is longer and better.
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September 8, 2008its is a fantastic movie....gud special effects and King kong is really quite...
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August 29, 2008It wasn't really that good, boring in most parts
But the scenes with Naomi Watts & Kong were amazing, she was like an angel, I loved her, really
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