Wow. I saw 3 movies in 2 days. And I have to review all of them. And after that? Christmas. That means (hopefully) one or two new games to review or some such thing. It’s not even the end of vacation, and I’m already getting booked. Happy Holidays, indeed.
Title: King Kong
Genre (Movie): Action/Adventure
Description: Peter Jackson’s remake of the classic film that defined monster movies as what they were.
Quickrating: 10/10
Before I say anything else, do you know how gratifying it is to give out a 10/10 rating? I haven’t done that for any medium for like…a year. Shows that there is hope for modern cinema, after all. How exhilarating.
So, anyone who’s been living in the USA for like….2 or 3 years should know the story. Hell, I’m sure most of the world knows the story. But I’m going to rehash it for you anyway. Guy wants make movie on uncharted island. Gets girl. Gets ‘nother guy. They go island. Island evil, evil place. Island have dinosaurs and big monkey. Big monkey falls in love with girl. Guy captures big monkey for money. Takes back to New York. Monkey goes psycho in New York. But girl has him stop and man shoots big monkey down. Man is real monster.
This movie was amazing, breathtaking, and powerful. Peter Jackson is truly a genious. He has taken a relatively shallow plotline and fleshed it out, characterizing everyone; I could write essays on even insignificant characters. Kong had character, too, which is a very delicate balance between “still a big monkey” and “waaaaaaay too touchy-feely”. Yet everything was accomplished wonderfully. There was motivation, there was passion, and there was good acting.
And while I’m on the acting note, I’d like to take a moment to recognize Jack Black.
Jack Black is my hero. Not only is he part of the greatest band of all time, but he makes kickass movies. And he’s good at both. He is a great actor and a model to all aspiring rockers. Jack Black gives me faith in the dreaded actor/musician combination. Take that, Duff.
Back to the movie then, yes?
The visual effects are spectactular. There’s really not much more to elaborate on there. Everything looks great, even the bugs. (Ew.) Creatures move fine, and it’s often difficult to tell when they switched from CGI to a life-sized model (well done, quite well done indeed). You can tell it’s Peter Jackson again with his attention to detail. The islanders remind me very much of the evil orcs ad uruk-hai–each being different and having his or her own attitude and clothing. I’m sure the extras used in that movie will forever flaunt their experience at being “the club guy” or “the skull-nose guy”.
After rereading what I just wrote, I have realized that this is a rather lackluster review. What can I say? I gave it a 10/10 because I found absolutely nothing to gripe about. Sure, it’s 3 hours long, but you don’t even realize it. It’s possibly the best 3 hours of vacation I’ve spent thus far. And although I weep for this not-so-good review, I realize that it’s a lot easier to write a critique when I have something to criticize.
You should really see this movie.
“Roaaaararrrrghgghghh!”–Oh, and Kong says hello.
When Blade rates a movie 10/10, that means you HAVE to see it.
*Needs to see it now*
*Dies of happiness…* Oh and btw Blade, your logged in as me. I am changing the ownership of this to your account, please relog in as Blade and erase your computers memory of my user… I must have saved it accidentally last time I was over. ^_^
Anyways, I must say this review was not as good as your other ones, but because of the brilliant save in the last paragraph and some really funny parts I wont fire you. ^_^ Jk
I saw the first and the second version, and from what I’ve heard about this one, they still kill the innocent monster gorilla.
Isn’t much of a progress in this story, innit?
Yes, but perhaps it’s not about progress. Perhaps it’s to illustrate that we still kill innocent monster gorillas, even after all this time. How depressing.
Lol… *crys* Poor little monkies…
They are not small and they are not monkies.
But yes, we _are_ killing them by removing their natural habitats, thusly poor creatures:)