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by three_ster  in Movies,  - Top 50, Dec 18 '05
Pros: great special effects, realistic "Kong"
Cons: dialogue, pacing, emotionless, drags in parts
Everyone knows the story of King Kong. A group of people go to an uncharted island and discover something unexpected: A giant Ape. The ape is brought back to New York City, and mayhem ensues. We all know the story, we all know how it ends, and yet the ...
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by Bruguru, - Top 50, Dec 29 '05
Pros: Three hours of movie magic.
Cons: Length cuts down on replayability.
The keyword these days in Hollywood seems to be remakes. More and more classic films, it seems, are being given a makeover, some successfully, some not. The latest (and perhaps greatest) of the lot is King Kong. One wonders in many cases if ...
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by captaind in Movies, - Top 50, Dec 15 '05
Pros: A few...
Cons: ... far too many...
King Kong has been done before, of course (the most famous and probably definitive version being done way back in 1933) – though I have no bias towards previous version as I don’t recall ever seeing them (though I’m pretty sure I must ...
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by Bryan_Carey, - Top 10, May 25 '06
Pros: Special Effects
Cons: The dialogue; The excessive length of the film
Movie remakes just keep coming and coming. Just when I think there can’t be anymore of them or that the movie viewing public has had its fill and won’t accept them any more, another remake of an old classic is released on the big screen. The most ...
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by dragonfire88 in Movies, - Top 50, Jan 07 '06
Pros: Wonderful effects. Cast. Surprisingly touching movie.
Cons: A little longer than it needed to be. A few slow scenes.
In 2005, several remakes of older movies were released. Some were much better than others. Ever since I heard that Peter Jackson was planning to make a new version of King Kong I was interested in seeing the movie even though I never saw ...
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by Rock_On - Top 200, Dec 20 '05
Pros: special effects, 2nd hour
Cons: first and last hour, TOO LONG
Peter Jackson took the world by a blazing storm with his masterful Lord of the Rings movies. So when I heard that he was directing a remake of the 1930’s classic King Kong, I began to look forward to it very much. The hype for Peter ...
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by susidee34 - Top 100, Dec 14 '05
Pros: cuter Kong
Cons: numerous
Well … I went into this expecting to be disappointed. Fortunately I prepared myself in advance. It seems like only a couple of years ago that they decided to resurrect the hairy beast known as King Kong. Imagine my surprise when I realized it ...
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by panguitch - Top 1000, Dec 19 '05
Pros: It’s very pretty.
Cons: Thematic changes. Length.
I’m just a moviegoer with a keyboard who’s lost his motivation. King Kong starts off as a movie about a movie, and this self-awareness adds a lot of humor, especially if you’re familiar with Merian Cooper’s 1933 ...
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by lemon_lime in Movies, - Top 1000, Apr 21 '06
Pros: set design, special effects, first 1/3 of the film
Cons: much too long, repetitive, unfocused
Watching a film like King Kong months after its release is perhaps a far more honest way to view (and review) the flim. Far away from the hype and hoopla, the advertising blitz and fast food tie-ins, the geeking fanboys and fawning critics, the ...
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by Pavel21 , Dec 17 '05
Pros: Kong. Kong versus T-Rex. Watts, Black, and Brody. What a spectacle.
Cons: The first hour drags. Obvious blue screens.
As the follow-up to his epic Lord of the Rings Trilogy, director Peter Jackson chose one of the few stories that might be able to rival Tolkien's work in scope, a King Kong remake bigger and badder than either of its predecessors. The ...
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by yakkowarner - Top 50, Jan 24 '06
Pros: Good character development, nice CG.
Cons: A bit too drawn out in parts.
This is Peter Jackson’s remake of the classic King Kong. This movie is not a story about a big ape nor a love story like we have seen in the past. Rather it is about greed and what greed can do to those caught up in its path. Unlike its predecessors, ...
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by chelledun in Movies, - Top 100, Dec 14 '05
Pros: Great special effects, kept my attention for the most part
Cons: Some scenes draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag.
Hubby and I just got back from the much anticipated King Kong. The good news is that it was nowhere near as bad as I feared it might be. The bad news is that it wasn’t nearly as good as it could have been. Overall, though, this was a pretty ...
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by befus in Movies, , May 21 '06
Pros: Black, Watts, Brody; incredible visuals; Serkis as Kong; Jackson's evident love for the story
Cons: Length; secondary characters and subplots that fizzle out; weak ending
Peter Jackson's 2005 remake of the classic King Kong is one of those giant epics that no doubt is best appreciated on the big screen. For various reasons, I had to wait to catch it until it came out on video. Now that I've seen it, I'm still ...
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by phungus in Movies, - Top 100, Dec 24 '05
Pros: Great effects, action, story
Cons: Too long
King Kong is a remake of the classic 1930’s film of the same name. It is the ultimate action adventure story from Oscar winning writer and director Peter Jackson. He wanted to remake this movie after finishing The Frighteners, but studio ...
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by virtuelle2 , Dec 18 '05
Pros: Watts, Black, Kretschmann, Kong; sophisticated CGI; lovely re-creation of 1930s NYC; promising start; quiet scenes.
Cons: Overlong CGI scenes, unceasing musical backdrop, stereotypes?.
Created expressly for today’s audiences by New Zealander Peter Jackson, the newest version of ‘King Kong’ gives us a most realistic and humanoid giant ape, a smart and spunky heroine, a meatier storyline that’s (happily) set in the same period as the ...
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