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    1) Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong is spectacular but also clumsy, hilarious, ludicrously self-indulgent, and far too long at nearly 3 hours. 2) The film spends a long time setting up the story in 1930s New York and aboard a ship before finally introducing Kong on Skull Island. 3) On Skull Island, the characters must survive digital dangers like rampaging dinosaurs and giant insects before Kong's impressive introduction.

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    Reviewer's Rating
    King Kong (2005)
    Reviewed by Paul Arendt
    Updated 16 December 2005

    Spectacular, clumsy, hilarious, ludicrously self-indulgent, terrifying and far too long, Peter Jackson's remake
    of the 1933 classic is a monster in every sense. Throwing economy to the winds, Jackson has staged the
    romance between struggling actress Naomi Watts and her giant gorilla as tragedy on a Shakespearian scale.
    It doesn't always work, but when it does, King Kong really is the eighth wonder of the world.

    The original Kong lasts for a trim 100 minutes. In this version, it takes nearly that long before we even get to meet
    the title character. First we spend some time in a thrillingly recreated 30s New York, and then the film gets stuck in
    a boat for simply ages with obsessed movie director Carl Denham (Jack Black) and his crew. This interlude, marred
    as it is by portents of doom and clanging dialogue, is a bit of a trial.

    Things improve when Denham and his explorers arrive on Skull Island, where they must survive all manner of
    digital dangers, from rampaging dinosaurs to an utterly repulsive swarm of giant insects.

    "MARVELLOUSLY EXPRESSIVE"

    Finally, Kong makes his entrance, and he's worth the wait. Jackson's team has created a marvellously expressive,
    menacing and tragic beast. In a film stuffed with superb performances - Watts, in particular, is wonderful - it's the
    monkey who deserves the Oscar.

    If anything, there is too much action in Kong. The relentless chases and smackdowns start to grind after a while.
    Instead, the moments that stay with you are the quiet ones: beauty and her doomed beast, just hanging around and
    enjoying the view.

    End Credits

    Director: Peter Jackson

    Writer: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh


    Philippa Boyens

    Stars: Naomi Watts, Jack Black


    Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis
    Kretschmann, Jamie Bell

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