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Short Review on "King Kong" remake
Jan. 4th, 2006 11:02 pmSpecial Effects: For the most part, good. There were some moments that felt a little fake to me.
Acting: Over-the-top. There were some good performances, but the whole thing was just way overdone.
Plot: Same as the 1933 one, but seemed thinner for some reason.
Random Notes:
-->Movie was 3 hours long, butt was killed.
-->UNNECCESSARY GIANT BUG SCENE. I hate NORMAL-sized bugs, so I don't particularly care to see giant ones trying to eat people. Especially when it goes on way too long and isn't particularly related to the plot.
-->Carl Denham (Jack Black's character) -- utter bastard. Utter fricking bastard. Was the original this bad? I don't remember.
-->Predictable -- I was able to guess pretty accurately who was and wasn't going to die.
-->A number of logical disconnects -- overly accurate fire with a machine gun, King Kong being able to slide around on ice (this is a 25-foot-tall gorilla, which weighs who knows HOW much), humans sort of being able to outrun a number of Skull Island beasties, etc.
-->Point in movie's favor -- Carl's assistant Preston was kind of cute, and unless he was one of the unfortunates crushed by King Kong at the end (I couldn't quite see if it was him), he managed to survive the movie. *goes to look guy up* Colin Hanks. Don't know him, but he's a cutie with glasses. :)
Tired now. Bed.
Acting: Over-the-top. There were some good performances, but the whole thing was just way overdone.
Plot: Same as the 1933 one, but seemed thinner for some reason.
Random Notes:
-->Movie was 3 hours long, butt was killed.
-->UNNECCESSARY GIANT BUG SCENE. I hate NORMAL-sized bugs, so I don't particularly care to see giant ones trying to eat people. Especially when it goes on way too long and isn't particularly related to the plot.
-->Carl Denham (Jack Black's character) -- utter bastard. Utter fricking bastard. Was the original this bad? I don't remember.
-->Predictable -- I was able to guess pretty accurately who was and wasn't going to die.
-->A number of logical disconnects -- overly accurate fire with a machine gun, King Kong being able to slide around on ice (this is a 25-foot-tall gorilla, which weighs who knows HOW much), humans sort of being able to outrun a number of Skull Island beasties, etc.
-->Point in movie's favor -- Carl's assistant Preston was kind of cute, and unless he was one of the unfortunates crushed by King Kong at the end (I couldn't quite see if it was him), he managed to survive the movie. *goes to look guy up* Colin Hanks. Don't know him, but he's a cutie with glasses. :)
Tired now. Bed.
