Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Eigth Wonder of the World
King Kong is a ambitious, gloriously filmed film that works best when concentrating on the relationship between Ann Darrow and the great Ape. Director Peter Jackson once again shows his mastery of the special effects extravanganza, but Kong seems to try to pull too much in an effort to be the biggest film ever. While certain action sequences are incredible - the t-rex fight is amazing, and the bug swamp sequence is quite creepy and will come back to you on subsequent nights, in the dark, unbidden - others seem tacked on and excessive, particularly the dinosaur stampede, which ends in a massive pile-up the likes of which have not been seen on film since the finale of The Blues Brothers, and is just as comical. Still, it's a pulp adventure that rivals Sky Captian in its earnestness, and that's to be commended. And that scene in Central Park is true movie magic.
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