Monday, December 26, 2005

KING Kong RaWkS!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess all of us has been very good this year. Cos, Peter Jackson has given the world the perfect Christmas gift.

What better way to spend your Christmas watching a big hairy monkey dragging a damsel in distress, wrecking havoc in New York.

I just saw King Kong and I.........SIMPLY LOVE IT!!!
Spectacular, jaw-dropping, fantastic, awesome...these are the few words that I can describe the movie.
But wait a minute....should I be calling King Kong a movie? Its much much more than that. Kong brought back the old Hollywood magic that mesmerised us for decades. It was pure popcorn-loving fun and every minute of it was great. All 3 hours of it. It kinda felt like I was a kid again; watching movies in a cinema. Just look at the picture above. The fonts, the banners. Looks like one of those old Hollywood classics.
King Kong didnt need to be rational, realistic or practical. Every single minute of it was pure movie nostalgia.
And who do we owe it to? One man.
Peter Jackson.
Peter Jackson is a genius.
Peter Jackson should have directed Jurasic Park.
Peter Jackson should have directed the 3 Stooges.
Peter Jackson should run for Presidency.
Peter Jackson is King!!!!!
All hail Peter Jackson!!!!
Never dissapointing. Always awe-insprising. This man made this B-grade movie classic into a masterpiece. Check out the scene from the minute the bronchiosaurus stampede to the T-Rex showdown with Kong. Pure excellence.
The whole movie is actually quite cliched. You have the strapping and dashing hero. The brute beast. The Damsel in distress. The over ambitious villian. And the pompous rich brat. The movie is so cliched that everyone has their specific role to play. Take for instance; the cook (acted by the talented Andy Serkis).......he enters his first scene wearing an apron. Typical of any ship's cook. BUT, even when he ventures into the depths of Skull Island, he's STILL wearing his apron!! And even till his death, he has his apron on.
And oh boy, don't get me started with the action scenes! They were so intense that they leave you gripping at the edge of your seats. Don't even blink. Its so fast and furious you'll only manage to catch your breath at the end. Look out for a scene where this guy is running amongst the veloceraptors and the other dinasaurs. In the midst of the running, the dude just jumped over the fallen veloceraptor and gave the dinosaur an overhead kick!!!!!~ What the?!?!!? Even seen anything like that before???
Though, one thing I have to mention is that the love chemistry between Adrian Brody and Naomi Watts is a tad weak. I felt that even King Kong had more chemistry with her. Especially the scene where Naomi Watts looks into Kong's eyes in the final moments together...before he plunge to his doom. That monkey's big brown eyes nearly made me shed a tear.
Alot of people are implying that Noami's role in the whole movie was just to act pretty and scream on cue. However, I beg to differ. True enough her screams and shouts can put the Scream movies to shame, but she played it like a true veteran. Its something about this actress that makes her so endearing.
Also, not to mention kudos to Andy Serkis aka Gollum that brought life to King Kong.
Perfect damsel in distress. Perfect monkey.
Simply brilliant.

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