Kong Is King!

[MagnestyJoe]

I saw King Kong last night at the midnight show.

Do not wait! Go! See the Eighth Wonder Of The World!

And be prepared for an incredible 3 hour experience that rivals any movie ever made. A slow build up that explains why everyone is there and doing what they are doing. An incredible adventure on Skull Island. The final heart wrenching tale of love and sacrifice in New York. The audience quietly sobbing at the end of the movie.

Did I say 3 hours? I never felt like I had been sitting there for that long. The slow build up is in the begining and before you begin to get antsy, the first drop of the roller coaster ride starts and dosen't stop until the end credits start to role.

Kong (Andy Serkis) is totally believeable, so much that you never quite think to ask yourself is this real or CGI. The natives on the island will scare the bejeebers out of you, and Kong is the only sane one there.

Ann (Naomi Watts) will make a believer out of you. Her acting is not acting, it is just being Ann Darrow.

Carl Denham (Jack Black) is truly one of the most vile creatures in film history, all that is missing is a Snidley Whiplash moustache to cue you in. By the time you realize his true nature, though, he has established a new visage for vileness that will haunt you. His final look stays with you long after the end of the movie.

Jack Driscoll (Adiren Brody) is the unwilling sap that gets sucked into the adventure and then finds not only his true love, but also his true abilities as he discovers himself willing to sacrifice for the love of his life.

The remainder of the cast is outstanding and the CGI characters will rip your heart out, literally!!!

Go ahead, cough up the money and take a time trip to the 30's and experience the awe that the original movie goers who saw King Kong felt. In that day there had never been anything like Kong on the screen. The effects were cutting edge.

Today, when you've seen all the effects before, the wonder of the movie can be lost, but finally this movie is a MOVIE, in other words, the special effects are not noticeable and the movie has something that has been missing in recent years, namely a small thing called a dramatic plot.

The story is the driving force here, not the ability to make you go "WOW that's some CGI!" That is as it should be. Movie makers can now do anything they can imagine, but too many of them only can imagine the pictures and lose the story in the technical and special effects. King Kong dosen't.

So go and stop reading this! You will not regret it.

hugs,

joe