Great Movie and hats off to Peter Jackson!!
Make sure you go to see this in a good (read:comfy) cinema as it’s over three hours long! Having said that I was totally sucked in to this movie and when I did a quick time check an hour and a half had flown past. . .
Great cast (lead roles were handled very smoothly by Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody) good story and state-of-art C.G, what more can you want from a movie. Kong himself is excellent, I found it quite easy to believe he was real, an amazing combination of C.G and character acting by Andy Serkis (of Gollum Fame).
This film will not change your life, but I cannot fault it in anyway. Perhaps the running time could have been reduced, but I really enjoyed all the extra storyline and gratuitous romp through the jungle full of C.G Nasties. There is a scene with large insects that made me feel quite uncomfortable, and a large number of cast (all of whom have some background) get torn apart, crushed, ripped asunder and have their heads *sucked* off!
The inevitable fate of King Kong had me choked up a bit and I'm sure I could hear a few *sniffles* around the cinema, but I remember my reaction being similar in the original movie.
I'm sure you will all enjoy this one, and I have included some photo links for people that don’t mind a *semi* spoiler photo of King Kong himself here and here.
9/10
EDIT: The original 1930's King Kong is being shown on Monday 19th December - BBC2 1:25pm
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