Peter Jackson's follow up to his Lord of the Rings trilogy and just about as ambitious an undertaking as those three films. The chief complaint on this film is it's extreme length, the film comes in at almost three hours. In spite of the length, Jackson makes sure you get your money's worth when you watch his version of King Kong.
If the film falters, it's when showman Carl Denham returns to New York City with plans to put the captured King Kong on display. Here the special effects by Jackson's company Weta start to look a little shaky. Things perk up at the end when Kong climbs the Empire State Building for the big climax.
Frankly, it I have any issue with this Kong film or the previous version with Jessica Lange, it's the love story between the ape and Ann Darrow. It just doesn't ever work for me. I gigantic gorilla capable of ripping people to shreds is not my idea of a healthy relationship.
The film with the exception of Jack Black is very well cast. Naomi Watts is a classic blonde Hollywood beauty, although she is actually from Australia. She does pretty well with the role considering. Adrien Brody is good as a playwright who is accidentally shanghaied and ends up on the SS Venture writing a script for showman Carl Denham.
The film has it flaws and Peter Jackson was apparently under enormous pressure to meet a Christmas release date, so I sense he didn't get to spend as much time on the post production of the film as he would have liked. Still, this is a very entertaining remake of the original film.
The film was written by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. The running time is 188 minutes.
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