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King Kong...Beauty and a Beast

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Jumpin Jack Black is a gas gas gas...not

Peter Jackson's accountant is going to love it more than anyone, but I think the reaction from the audience was a good sign for its box office possibilities.

I really enjoyed it, but I don't think it was a "superb" movie in the way the original film was. It was incredibly too long at 3 hours and the beginning dragged on to the point where one wanted to yell "the island is over there...geez, the friggin boat is slower than the S.S. Minow!"

The cast, with the exception of Naomi Watts, is totally secondary to the film. Jack Black plays a grown-up for once and he isn't horrible.

Adrian Brody could have been replaced by anyone. What's the big deal with this guy?

The key to the film is the relationship between a beat-up Kong and the very similar, Naomi Watts. Jackson's film does work on that level. I didn't see anyone cry in the theater, which was the word about some critics who saw it weeks ago. What a bunch of wimps. I think they should cry more for the actors who are losing jobs to CGI.

On a visual level, Kong is stunning. The poor guy looks like he got lost walking through Brooklyn carrying a map and his wallet in his back pocket. Jackson made Kong look tired and beat up, yet he exhibits enormous brutality and strength when called upon. He is a far more sympathetic character than many human characters in the last twenty years of Hollywood films.

The conclusion above NYC atop the Empire State Building is going to be the most abused home theater demo in history. It is far more blood-pumping than any Star Wars or LOTRs sequence.

Jackson needs to trim the bloat.

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Topic - King Kong...Beauty and a Beast - ToshiroofKreplachastan 05:50:31 12/14/05 (26)


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