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King Kong is an awesome movie. It’s action-packed, romance-packed, has a logical plot, and the acting performances are completely believable. Don’t worry about the movie being three hours long—you won’t even notice it once the lights go down.
Peter Jackson directs this remake of the classic King Kong and takes the story to an entirely new level. The movie starts out with Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) starring in a vaudeville troupe in the Great Depression. Her troupe’s theater gets shut down and she’s out hunting for work when marginal movie producer Carl Denham (Jack Black) finds her on the streets. The lead actress in his movie has walked out and Darrow can fit her wardrobe so she gets the part. Unknown to any of the crew, the movie studio has cut off the money for Denham’s new movie—but he’s going to film it anyway, before word gets out that he’s fired. Oh yeah, and they are sailing out tonight, and they’re not headed to Singapore like he promised. Denham is instead taking them to Skull Island.
The movie’s writer, Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody), is on the boat to turn over some pages of script and Denham tricks him into staying on board while the ship sails. Jack and Ann start to fall in love on the trip before disaster strikes the ship. A storm crashes them onto the rocky shores of Skull Island where they are attacked by the natives. Having missed out on a chance to sacrifice a blonde-haired woman, they natives sneak aboard ship and kidnap Ann.
The thing that makes this remake so special is the acting. There are scenes between Naomi Watts and Kong that last over ten minutes without a word, and you know exactly what is going on. The two of them are in love, in a way that is deeper than practically any other movie love story I can remember.
Kong is older in this version and has seen his share of battles. His body is scarred both front and back. He has a bit of a gut on him, and silver hair on his back. You can look at his face and see the almost human emotion on it. He’s strong enough to fight (and kill) three T-Rexes at one time, while not allowing the girl to be harmed. He takes on bi-planes above New York and never bats an eye. This is a hero you can root for.
King Kong is a great movie. All the praise and accolades for it are dead on. You need to see this movie.
