King Kong

2005
12A
3h 7m

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7.2/10

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A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

458K

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Won 3 Oscars
- 46 wins & 104 nominations total

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Trivia
It took 18 months to craft the CGI version of the Empire State Building. The real thing was built in 14 months.

Goofs
The way Kong shakes and throws Ann around while carrying her would almost certainly snap her neck or spine.

Quotes
[last lines]
Carl Denham: It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.

Crazy credits
The end credits are set against an art deco backdrop rather than the traditional black screen. The backdrop is an exact replica, in Technicolor, of the same backdrop that was used for the opening credits in the 1933 version of "King Kong".

Alternate versions
On November 14, 2006, an extended edition DVD was released with 13 minutes of additional scenes edited back into the film. Denham's party is attacked both by a Ceratops immediately upon entering the jungle to rescue Ann and by a giant fish while on rafts on a river, after which they kill a giant bird while firing blindly into the jungle (the longest addition by far). Baxter's rescue of the party is extended and finishes with Jimmy's farewell to Hayes. Kong's pursuit of the party on Skull Island and his pursuit of Driscoll in NYC are slightly extended, and there are two brief additional encounters between Kong and the military in NYC. A complete breakdown is at http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=3550.

Connections
Edited into It's All Gone King Kong (2005)

Soundtracks
I'm Sitting on Top of the World
Written by Ray Henderson, Joe Young, Sam Lewis (as Sam M. Lewis)
Performed by Al Jolson
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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Featured review

8/10

More Kong Than King

OK, I haven't seen the 1933 version of King Kong, but this quite impressed me. The beginning is a little slow but and a bit ironic the way things fit together, but many films do this. When they eventually get to Skull Island I was a little bit confused with Kong and the natives, I thought to myself how is a little child suppose to understand this. I must admit I was very impressed on the visual graphics but not with the story line, it was a little stretched out and quite frustrating since the fight scenes were missing a little "kick" to make them more dramatic.

I don't mean to put people off but pointing out the bad points, all in all I was quite fulfilled when the credits came up and the performance of Jack Black, I am a big fan of his, but I had to re-think if I liked him through the plot since I didn't think he would play a character like that, I must admit he is the person who kept me watching though.

I gave this film a 8/10 since I enjoy it, its one of those films where is borderline with peoples liking, but personally I recommend it.