King Kong
It is good.
Though, like Superman - The Movie, it spends more time establishing the foundation to the story than it should, once things get going it's a juggernaut.
Finally a movie that I cannot really find too much fault with. Naomi Watts is wonderful and Adrien Brody and Jack Black do the job equally well.
Andy Serkis (same guy who did Gollum in The Lord of the Rings) who has done a wonderful job of providing the CGI team with a life like King Kong. Apparently, when Andy asked Peter Jackson for permission to go watch gorillas in their natural habitat Peter refused. Later when Peter called for Andy he was told that Andy had gone off to see the gorillas. Peter was like, "That sonofabitch!" :] How's that for dedication?
The only gripe that I can find is that Peter Jackson seems to have repeated himself. The scene where Brody is climbing the rocks was very similar to the scene where Frodo, Sam, and Gollum are climbing the secret stairs next to the Dead City in LOTR: Return of the King. Ditto the running between the dinosaur legs (the elephants from RoTK). Ditto the camera sweeps across Skull Island (Minastirith).
Towards the end - after the car chase - there is a strange scene. One moment Kong is racing in the streets of New York tossing vehicles with people screaming around him. Then after a car chase suddenly there is no one around and Naomi is there, cho chweet! But what happened to the screaming mob? Oh well, it's no biggie.
The fight with the dinosaurs is simply awesome. The part with the bugs is enough to make you retch! Ugh! :]
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