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As with any of Peter Jacksons films you know your in for a treat! Set in the 1930s great deprestion the story of how a film maker (Jack Black) is set on making his master peace, but with big idea and no more backing for the studio he works for Carl Denham (J.Black) set out on a last gamble to reclaim his vision. With money in short supply, Denham hires a ship and crew that's little more than a set of cages rust worn together, he set out with a new laeding lady, Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) A out of work theatre actress trying to find her break in life along side a the writer of Denham's masterpiece Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody) who is caught short when they set off to seek the last spot on the map, skull island. This one of the finer remakes, when great attention to detail and a nice balance between special effects and the big monkey. With the film running in to 187 mins the story is pushed abit too far, with the final half hour the setting of the end is drawn out, there is no new twist, with the final stage once again on the top of the empire state building, the fight with Kong and the planes is dose with good timing and is worth seeing again. On the second disc you find a lot more than you would expect, with full production diaries and a closer look at how they make the sets, monsters and or course Kong himself, you can enjoy how they put this masterpiece together.Read full review
The boxset itself is pretty good with the extended edition of the movie and loads of bonus features. The problem is the movie. Whilst there is much to admire in the film, some parts are pretty silly and it is much too long, even in the original version let alone the extended one. As with many modern film the special effects and action scenes are very well realised. Kong looks great etc, etc... There is a big name cast who all perform well enough as you would expect. The problem for me is that the film just goes on for too long and the part of the film that takes part on the island, after they have encountered kong is totally unnecessary. There is one scene where a guy is covered in bugs and the hero, who is not used to guns, shoots them all off with a machine gun (or some such weapon). This scene is quite ludicrous, (I know it isn' meant to be taken seriously, but it's just silly). They could easily have taken some of these island sequences out and it wouldn't have harmed the film at all. I would say that this is a film you should rent out first before you decide to buy as many of my friends who saw it were bored by it. I wasn't but I can quite understand why they were.Read full review
This is a great remake of the classic king kong, the special features really brought the film to life for me, seeing all the creepie crawlies was so life like, i was on the edge of my seat, This film is set in the 1930's during the depression-era and you can really understand what was going on, when a out of work actress(Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow) meets a film producer(Jack Black as Carl Denham) and he offers her a job to make a film on Skull Island where they come across kong, who befriends Ann darrow and falls in love with her, then they kidnap kong and take him to the main land to make him the 8th wonder of the world, the most moving part is when kong climbs the Empire State Building with his sweetheart and then he fights with the army who are trying to get him down, is it such a a great remake of the classic King Kong, you can get carried away with it all, I would recommed this film for men, women and children just make sure you have the tissues ready you'll need them.Read full review
For me personnaly i was looking forward to watching this film, i loved the first one and i wanted to see how they handled making this one if it would be better or worse, i must admit its a great retake of the film, great effects, great acting and just as hearwrenching than the first one when Kong dies, its so upsetting!, If i was me and i wanted something for a family night in then i would choose this one, great for all the family and an all time classic. Id definatly recommend this, Peter Jacksons done a great job with this film no doubt really he did Lord of the Rings i wouldnt expect anything less. 10/10 Go on treat yourself to it, its definatly worth having.