King Kong
Oh my, oh my.
Unlike Doom, there are some movies that I have a lot of expectations about. King Kong is a classic, there's no denying that. Its strength lies behind a great story, that cannot be spoiled no matter how poor the movie would look. But this something Peter Jackson has done for King Kong is just something magnificent. When the first King Kong came out, it awed people by its progressive technologies and shocking animation - it showed a world before unknown to people and that's what kept people tied to the great story.
PJ's King Kong truly gave this same experience, not only did the movie look unbelievably good, but it was mesmerizing. There was more action in three hours than Steven Seagal's career put together, there were more emotions than all the crappy Christmas movies Hollywood produces every year and there were more CGI than in George Lucas' wet dreams. Just when you thought that the heroes got out of trouble, there was something else waiting just around the corner.
It just feels like everything in the movie just clicked together, the cast was very good - seeing excellent performances from Adrien Brody and Naomi Watts, not forgetting Jack Black who was actually acting really well and he didn't even need to do that thing with his eyes, but his transformation of an aspiring movie producer to a raving lunatic was done admirably well.
Then there's Kong, the towering colossus. From the start, the soundscape and the image of Kong were breathtaking. They portrayed a powerful, yet graceful image of the great ape. And to make sure people understood how much he kicked ass, he took on THREE (3) T-Rexes, while carrying the blonde heroine in his hand, or leg. It was really, really cool.
The movie had the basic three parts, a beginning (introduction to characters and setting), a middle (jungle wars 3000) and the end, which begun after Kong kicked some Jurassic ass just before he was captured. I was mainly crying the last hour of the movie, since somehow PJ managed to create a bond between myself and Kong and because I knew what would happen, it just made it worse.
The credits revealed that Andy Serkis (Gollum from the Lord of the Rings trilogy) was Kong, and maybe Serkis is just that good or he knows what PJ means when he says something, but the final acting of Kong on Empire State Building was excellent, thus increasing the sadness of his ultimate fate.
It also looked like Peter Jackson was trying out some concepts for maybe another Tolkien film, the dinosaurs were excellent practice for Smaug and the portrayal of strength is something that's needed. In my opinion King Kong has proven that Peter Jackson can take a good story, keep it and make it look good - which is exactly what the Hobbit will need. (Except that in this one, Glamdring NEEDS to glow like Sting did in LOTR). Of course it's not only PJ that's doing all the work - he has good writers with him, Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh and the crews from WETA workshop and Wingnut.
I can't wait.
Oh yeah, leaving to Finland tomorrow to spend the Christmas with my bride and our families, might be a small lag in writing here, but I should I'll have some juice in cursing Christmas.
Unlike Doom, there are some movies that I have a lot of expectations about. King Kong is a classic, there's no denying that. Its strength lies behind a great story, that cannot be spoiled no matter how poor the movie would look. But this something Peter Jackson has done for King Kong is just something magnificent. When the first King Kong came out, it awed people by its progressive technologies and shocking animation - it showed a world before unknown to people and that's what kept people tied to the great story.
PJ's King Kong truly gave this same experience, not only did the movie look unbelievably good, but it was mesmerizing. There was more action in three hours than Steven Seagal's career put together, there were more emotions than all the crappy Christmas movies Hollywood produces every year and there were more CGI than in George Lucas' wet dreams. Just when you thought that the heroes got out of trouble, there was something else waiting just around the corner.
It just feels like everything in the movie just clicked together, the cast was very good - seeing excellent performances from Adrien Brody and Naomi Watts, not forgetting Jack Black who was actually acting really well and he didn't even need to do that thing with his eyes, but his transformation of an aspiring movie producer to a raving lunatic was done admirably well.
Then there's Kong, the towering colossus. From the start, the soundscape and the image of Kong were breathtaking. They portrayed a powerful, yet graceful image of the great ape. And to make sure people understood how much he kicked ass, he took on THREE (3) T-Rexes, while carrying the blonde heroine in his hand, or leg. It was really, really cool.
The movie had the basic three parts, a beginning (introduction to characters and setting), a middle (jungle wars 3000) and the end, which begun after Kong kicked some Jurassic ass just before he was captured. I was mainly crying the last hour of the movie, since somehow PJ managed to create a bond between myself and Kong and because I knew what would happen, it just made it worse.
The credits revealed that Andy Serkis (Gollum from the Lord of the Rings trilogy) was Kong, and maybe Serkis is just that good or he knows what PJ means when he says something, but the final acting of Kong on Empire State Building was excellent, thus increasing the sadness of his ultimate fate.
It also looked like Peter Jackson was trying out some concepts for maybe another Tolkien film, the dinosaurs were excellent practice for Smaug and the portrayal of strength is something that's needed. In my opinion King Kong has proven that Peter Jackson can take a good story, keep it and make it look good - which is exactly what the Hobbit will need. (Except that in this one, Glamdring NEEDS to glow like Sting did in LOTR). Of course it's not only PJ that's doing all the work - he has good writers with him, Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh and the crews from WETA workshop and Wingnut.
I can't wait.
Oh yeah, leaving to Finland tomorrow to spend the Christmas with my bride and our families, might be a small lag in writing here, but I should I'll have some juice in cursing Christmas.
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