King Kong

A classic film remade. 3 hours of outstanding play made the $9.50 more than worthwhile. For those who have watched it before, the first and second one, this third one is worth a catch still. For those who have never watched it before, this is a show never to be missed. Peter Jackson made all the state of arts so lifelike, so real, the dinosaurs, the Skull Island, the 1930s New York City, never to forget of course the King Kong. 1st hour on preparation to Skull Island, explaining the characters, love, characteristics, practically how the story came about. 2nd hour on the adventure on the island, the barbaric natives whose god is Kong, how they capture Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) for sacrifice to it, the dinosaurs, the huge insects and the various kind of life form only found on the island, the King Kong fighting scene and how the rescue mission went, together with the capture of King Kong. 3rd hour will be the typical scene in New York City where King Kong breaks loose and searches high and low for Ann Darrow and finally falling to its death from a high building. The most interesting part I guess would be the 2nd hour where King Kong fights with all its might, saving Ann Darrow from all kind of dangers and showing off his male superiority. Well, he would always stand upright and tilt his head, showing to Ann Darrow just how he is a King on that island, which practically sent the whole cinema went laughing. Naomi Watts is one of the best candidates for this film also. Quoting one of Carl Denham’s (something like that, not exact) in the show, “Jack said that there is a person best suited for the role, when I saw you, I knew it would be you. As the audience looked at you, they will cry along with you.” Seriously, I’m not sure whether its her acting skill or natural born this way, the scene where she cried, with tears rolling down her cheeks, or just looking sentimentally at King Kong, brought tears to my eyes and made my heart sank, especially at the last part where Kong eventually died. Watch it again if you have the time, definitely send yourself to the cinema with your family, friends or spouse if not, its a show that must be watched in the cinema, anywhere else, pirated DVD/VCD or downloaded crap, you will regret it. “Its not the plane that killed the beast, its the beauty...”
Rate: 10/10

17/12/05