Its no news that I am a big Kurt Cobain fan. But why I wrote that title line was not just to allude to his famous track but to really mean it " STAY AWAAAAAY"!!! from that Ape movie of the year...KING KONG.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360717/
Worst, I wacthed it with a Peter Jackson (PJ) Freak who shivers even at the sight of a roachling. PJ, the creator of the oscar winning Lord of the Rings Trilogy has come back after years of sabbatical (and aerobics!) with the remake of the ever popular KING KONG. Most of us remember the earlier one starring Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange in supporting roles( ;-).
Now the point is, when a LOTR buff like me, goes on to watch a much hyped PJ movie with great expectations and then comes home crying.. its not out of fright or sadness but for unwarranted waste or 3 precious hours of your life( sleep if u were stupid enough to watch the night show). The KONG actually graces the screen only after first-half .Till then you are not even sure whether you are in the right theater.
Most of the snares are predictable. Most of the backgrounds looked so run of the mill ( as if lifted straight from LOTR)! The actions of Ape looked really made-up..Despite several fight sequences between strange, weild looking CG creatures( Dynos, Goblins, Pods, Creepy Crawlies..you imagine it, they got it) , there was no "shrill" factor"..Not a drop of blood, for that matter!
BUT, Jack Black and Adrien Brody saved the grace by bringing in their best! and the panoramic view from on top of the Empire States Bldg was good.. The natives of the forbidden Skull Island looked really disgusting!
Watch at your Own Risk or Just Stay Away !
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360717/
Worst, I wacthed it with a Peter Jackson (PJ) Freak who shivers even at the sight of a roachling. PJ, the creator of the oscar winning Lord of the Rings Trilogy has come back after years of sabbatical (and aerobics!) with the remake of the ever popular KING KONG. Most of us remember the earlier one starring Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange in supporting roles( ;-).
Now the point is, when a LOTR buff like me, goes on to watch a much hyped PJ movie with great expectations and then comes home crying.. its not out of fright or sadness but for unwarranted waste or 3 precious hours of your life( sleep if u were stupid enough to watch the night show). The KONG actually graces the screen only after first-half .Till then you are not even sure whether you are in the right theater.
Most of the snares are predictable. Most of the backgrounds looked so run of the mill ( as if lifted straight from LOTR)! The actions of Ape looked really made-up..Despite several fight sequences between strange, weild looking CG creatures( Dynos, Goblins, Pods, Creepy Crawlies..you imagine it, they got it) , there was no "shrill" factor"..Not a drop of blood, for that matter!
BUT, Jack Black and Adrien Brody saved the grace by bringing in their best! and the panoramic view from on top of the Empire States Bldg was good.. The natives of the forbidden Skull Island looked really disgusting!
Watch at your Own Risk or Just Stay Away !
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I didn't see King Kong. Reason: Peter Jackson is one director whom I revere. (Heck, making LoTR for 8 years, who'll do that, honestly?) I cannot watch an Ape-Woman love story in the theatre and then start cursing Jackson. I just can't do that. So I stayed away from the film. But I still revere him because he celebrates all the things that he likes in a passionate and grand way. (be it Tolkien's books or a big Gorilla)
I have a belly button..
King Kong
Watch Braindead by Peter Jackson.... one of the best gore movies ever.... not for the faint hearted though.... but seriously, this movie is AWESOME!!! The black humor rocks....
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