Never thought I could care about an ape after Planet of the Apes, but by the end, I rooted for the big guy.
What works about this movie:
1) Cast
2) Director
3) Story
4) Writing
I loved it. Peter Jackson is my hero.
Verdict: If you haven’t seen it on the big screen, please do, and buy the DVD. Because Peter Jackson deserves enough money to buy his own planet.
Ok OK Enough already with the Kong – move on please!
It’s not often Hollywood gets a picture so right. I like to praise them when I should.
Exactly. It’s easy to blast Hollywood; they make such an easy target (and granted, it’s usually warranted). So it’s nice to see them get it right for once.
The thing I enjoyed most about Kong is that Jackson made the big guy a character rather than just an animal (and a CG one at that). It would’ve been an easy out to show the big bad humans attacking the poor animal, but he managed to make it even more gut-wrenching, almost like torturing another person. That’s the way it seemed to me, anyway.
And those giant bugs were damn creepy. I can’t wait for Darabont to start filming his adaptation of King’s The Mist.
Ian, I concur on all counts; the insects were creepy; the ape was positively human; Darabont is a good match for The Mist.
Whatever they spent getting Kong right, it was worth every cent.