Comments on: Review: King Kong

By: Off The Island » On Notice: Peter Jackson Movies

Off The Island » On Notice: Peter Jackson Movies — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:38:19 +0000

[...] Every part of the movie that was from the other versions, you made it longer. Anything that was new, you made it crappy. I just can’t condone it. I could go on and on, but I’ll stop now. I’m not the only one who felt this way. Make the next movie good Peter, or you’re in risk of being dead to me. I will give you 1/2 credit for Fellowship of the Ring. You now owe me 10+ hours of good movies to make up for the rest. Your choice Peter. by West Coast Probst | posted in Movies, On Notice Trackback URL | Comment RSS Feed Tag at del.icio.us | Incoming links [...]

By: Administrator

Administrator — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:09:41 +0000

Thanks for the comment, rollergirl!

I think it’s important to note that “Beauty killed the Beast” comes from Carl Denham (Jack Black) character who’s the villain. I don’t expect him to say: “Oh my God, I’m so sorry, it was I who killed him, dragging him here and profiting off him…”

That line didn’t bother me at all compared to all the mindless self-indulgence in the CGI department. Overall, the dialog was OK.

By: Rollergirl

Rollergirl — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:27:15 +0000

I had heard rave reviews about this movie before seeing it. However I was slightly untrusting as these were the same people who had raved about the most recent Star Wars Trilogy…

Thank goodness they were right about this one.

Unlike other blockbusters (which I almost always find disappointing), this one delivered on all counts.

The CGI was tasteful and not over the top, the characters were excellently cast (i.e. they could have selected a younger girl like Keira Knightley to play the role of Anne, but opted for someone older and more elegant), and the script was well written - except the final line (see my comments below).

But the character who stole the show was definitely King Kong himself.. I don’t think I’ve shed a tear for an animated character since I saw E.T. ! Whether he was roaring and beating his chest, or looking down on Anne with emotionally charged eyes, I had no problem suspending my disbelief and imagining that this was the gorilla of my dreams…

My take on the final line “Beauty killed the beast” is that it sucked. I don’t think either of reasons the administrator warrant making this line the closing line of the movie…

But overall, 2 thumbs up.

By: Administrator

Administrator — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:52:08 +0000

Hi A.R.Yngve,

Yours is an interesting take … It was the director and the ship captain who tried to profit from King Kong but I think it was beauty who killed him. Two reasons:

1) They lured him by using Ann as bait and then captured him
2) He climbed on the Empire State building and challenged the “civilized” world at least in part because of Ann

The second one is open to interpretation but the first one seems pretty solid to me. It was Ann’s beauty that called him and answering the call resulted in his loss of innocence and ultimately in his death.

By: A.R.Yngve

A.R.Yngve — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 13:50:58 +0000

I left this KING KONG remake very disappointed. It was a bloated mess.

Also, the ending of Jackson’s KING KONG is a big stinking lie. It wasn’t “Beauty killed the Beast” in this version. It’s the director Carl Denham - a metaphor for the director of KING KONG if there ever was one - who, against the forceful protests of the heroine, captured Kong and brought him to New York. And yet he says “It was Beauty killed the Beast” and we’re supposed to believe it. I didn’t.