Not going to lie, I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed this movie. I think the relationship they built between Kong and Ann made it a much more of a "tug at the heart strings" even though I would have liked to see more Ann/Jack romance. It seems like the original movie focused on that relationship more than this one. The relationship between Kong and Ann made it incredibly hard to watch Kong die at the end whereas at the end of the first movie I could care less that Kong was killed because he was a beast. The 2005 version makes Kong a more gentle beast and more emotional.
It goes without saying that the special effects were much better in this movie and thus it made it more interesting. Of course, 77 years have gone by and special effects are much improved but, for me, the special effects made it easier for the movie to keep my attention. You could see the emotions on Kong's face and you knew that he cared for and wanted to protect Ann from danger and in the 1933 film Kong would just have this stupid expression on his face for most of the protection scenes.
Jack Black was an interesting character to cast for the role of Carl Denham. He does more roles that are silly and comical so for him to take on the role of a somewhat serious character, who just happens to have the closing line in the movie, was a slight mistake. The last time that was suppose to be the clincher and make the audience think at the end was delivered amateurishly and didn't have the effect it was suppose to. His character bothered me more in this version than in the older one because he was more stuck up and self righteous. He knew what he was getting the crew into and that's why he lied to them all and said they were going to Singapore. He knowingly endangered the lives of everyone on the ship and everyone in New York when he went on this crazy adventure in the hopes of becoming rich and famous.
In closing, I would just like to mention one thing I caught in the movie that was a reference to the old King Kong. When Denham asks where his lead actress went and someone replies that she was taken by RKO Pictures to which Carl retorts "Oh....Cooper..." I just thought that was a nice reference to the original King Kong.
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I definitly agree I would have liked to see more romance between Ann and Jack but I also loved the way they developed the relationship between Ann and Kong. I also agree that Jack Black's character was a jerk and I liked the character portrayed in the old version much better. And I never noticed that reference! It is nice. Aren't you observant :)
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with everything you said. I think Ann and Jack's relationship should have been more developed and brought out more. And it was really hard to watch when Kong died, I was crying in class :( The special effects were amazing, you're definitely right! You talked about a lot of the same topics that I mentioned in my blog :)
ReplyDeleteI 100% agree about the romance between Jack and Ann being downplayed to put more impact on the scenes between King Kong and Ann.
ReplyDeleteI liked how they brought more emotion out of Kong. I nearly cried when he was falling off of the empire state building. We became so attached to him, but I agree; I needed more with Jack and Ann's relationship. I felt that part was really empty.
ReplyDeleteyour not the only one who was surprised, i thought king kong would be boring when it first came out, but it was really good. i also agree that the director was a very unlikable character for being so selfish.
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