King Kong - Peter Jackson Does it again!!!

Stop what you're doing right now and go see this movie!

I saw this movie last night and I was competely blown away by how amazing this movie was. From beginning to end this movie was a great thrill ride and Peter Jackson is not only making a case for numerous Oscar nominations but he is also cementing his place in Motion Picture history as one of the Greatest filmakers of all time. The Story, the animation, the selection of the cast, to Kong all are finely crafted together into a movie that will be remembered for quite a long time. This is an all-around fun thrilling move to go see.

I should also note that I'm not a fan of the latest trend of Hollywood churning out the crap Movie/TV show 'remake' films. I normally would not have seen this film because Hollywood and creativity normally aren't mentioned in the same sentence together (in this day and age). However, Peter Jackson is one of the very few actors/directors I will pay money to go see without knowing what the film is about.

I've been a fan of Jackson's since the 80's when I saw his first film 'Bad Taste' on Video and was completely amazed by the impact that such a low budget film had. This impact still plays true today as one of Jackson's filmmaking talents is that he has been able to get the most film out of the money he's been budgeted for a project. I have seen every single film he's made and, to this day, he hasn't made a 'stinker'. He's that good of a filmmaker.

Now I want you to check out what all the critics are saying about King Kong:

http://www.kingkongmovie.com/quotes.html

For the first time ever, I agree with every single critic comment about the movie. Expecially the last one. This is indeed one of the best movies of all time. You've probably seen some reviews from critics that were complaining about how long the movie is (it clocks in at three hours). What ever you do don't listen to them and place their comments in the 'whiny bitches' category and go see this movie.

With King Kong Jackson was given complete creative control over this film which I beleive hasn't been given to a filmmaker since Stanely Kubrick was given such freedom to make whatever film he wanted. However, credit must also go to the real stars of this film is not only the beautiful Naomi Watts but Andy Serkis not only playing the Cook on the Venture but King Kong as well (http://imdb.com/name/nm0785227/).



Serkis basically reprised his Lord of the Rings role as a computer graphic model (He was a computer graphic modified Gollum in the three 'Lord of the Rings' Movies) but this time he basically did everything as Kong. Serkis's acting along with the work of Peter Jackson's animation shop, put the most realistic computer animation on the big screen for the first time that I can remember. Normally during movies you can tell when computer animation replaces real actors (the Matrix: Revolutions comes to mind) but not once did the illusion of the world of 'King Kong' get ruined by bad animation editing.

I could go on and on about how great this movie is but I'll just say that you should go see this film in the theater (and pay full price!) while you have the chance.