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Sony and Cher . . . Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra . . . Bobby and Whitney . . . of all the abusive, bi-species relationships throughout time, none has been as endearing and intriguing as Ann Darrow and King Kong.
King Kong is a remake of the 1933 classic. This version is also set in 1933 and begins when a film crew sets off to the mysterious Skull Island as a setting for their movie. Once there, they learn that the island is inhabited by amazing pre-historic animals and an enormous gorilla known as Kong. Unfortunately, a tribe of aborigines also inhabits the island and they believe they must make a human sacrifice to Kong to pacify the angry beast. The tribe kidnaps the beautiful actress, Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts), and offers her as the sacrifice. This sends the film crew on an amazing adventure to rescue Ann and capture Kong. Ann is rescued while Kong falls prey to the crew’s trap and is then whisked-off to New York to be put on display for profit. Ultimately, the bond between Ann and Kong, along with the need to be free, throws them both headlong into a life and death battle of man against beast.
King Kong is basically a thrill ride . . . with just enough weird Lifetime Channel beauty/beast moments thrown in to make you reconsider your relationship with your pets. It’s much, much too long and the dialogue is horrific; and, as a nearly exact replica of the original story, there’s very little audience anticipation. However, the special effects and the cinematography are truly spectacular. If aliens were to land and ask for our best version of King Kong, this would probably be the one to give them. But, with some decent dialogue, a few story twists, a LOT of editing, and the replacement of Jack Black with actual actor, this movie could have been extraordinary.
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On the Movie Night Traffic Light on a scale of GREEN meaning “Go – it’s a must see”, YELLOW meaning “Caution – it’s okay” and RED meaning “No - stop don’t do it."
We rate King Kong YELLOW. Caution – Kong fans will love it, but movie fans won’t. |
