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	King Kong (2005 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		King Kong is the three-time 2006 Academy Award-winning remake of the original 1933 King Kong film about a fictional giant ape called Kong.
		Kong's New York stage appearance looks very much like a re-enactment of the sacrifice scene of the 1933 film, including the posts the 'beauty' is tied to and the nearly identical performance and costumes of the dancers.
		King Kong was released on DVD on March 28, 2006 in the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Kong_(2005_film) (4953 words)

	King Kong (2005): Reviews
		King Kong is an homage not just to the original but to the history of movies themselves.
		King Kong may be a great movie event in a "Jaws/Titanic" sense of blockbuster impact and cultural talking point, but it is not a great movie.
		King Kong, a labor of love that's visually stunning and moving in its best moments, is also bloated, shallow, clunky, full of illogical scenes and at least an hour too long.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/kingkong (1500 words)

	King Kong (2005): Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Jamie Bell - PopMatters Film Review
		In fact, the 2005 film's relationship to the original is consistently intriguing, in part because it remains so fraught (while there's something to be said for the giant Kong hands that clutched Jessica Lange in the 1976 version, that film is not so much in dialogue here).
		It's greed, meanness, and fear that destroy Kong's "nature" and "wildness," his emblematic manhood, indeed, his "darkness." As many viewers have pointed out, the 1933 film is pervaded by disturbing racism, in its depictions of the Skull Island natives, extended to the fearful specter Kong provides in relation to the perfect white woman.
		At the same time, her evolving affection for Kong (her first efforts to appease him, dancing and juggling as she did on stage, are bizarrely charming) is markedly different from the worship acted out by the natives who kidnap and sacrifice her to him (with ropes and rattles and pounding drums).
	popmatters.com /film/reviews/k/king-kong-2005.shtml (1435 words)

	King Kong (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		King Kong, may or may not be considered a fantasy, but it certainly is fantastic.
		I loved this film not only because it is a massive epic of an adventure film, but also because Jackson has returned at least partially to his roots with the monster movie to end all monster movies.
		King Kong isn't a challenging film like I expect most great film's to be, but it is a film that succeeds in an old-Hollywood, ego and craft over dollars and cents, sort of way.
	www.thefilmchair.com /reviews/kingkong05.html (1019 words)

	KING KONG (2005) - WIDESCREEN DVD
		During the final third of King Kong, once the beast famously has Ann in his clutches while scaling the side of a mighty edifice in the Big Apple, it's fair to be distracted by the rapture on her face--and to wonder if she knows that there's only one eventuality possible to her quiescence.
		King Kong is an antique picture book come to vivid more-life-than-life, and moments where the digital line between ape and Ann seems unconvincing play a lot more to me like homage to the Jackson-revered original.
		Jackson never feels superior to the original (a film he's called his favourite)--rather, his references tend to be evocations of the subjects and aesthetics of films shot in the thirties.
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/kingkong2005.htm (1051 words)

	King Kong (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Consider the time line of the film is the early 1930s and at the end of the Great Depression, Ann was desperate for some sort of work, hopefully in her chosen profession turning down the unsavory propositions offered for her looks rather than her acting.
		Kong bursts on the scene and the beast is immediately smitten by the beauty.
		In one particularly touching scene Kong postures for Ann and instead of out right fear she realizes that he is just showing off for her and she has a protector from dinosaurs and other huge creatures.
	www.hometheaterinfo.com /king_kong_(2005).htm (1313 words)

	King Kong (1933)
		Co-producers and directors Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack (both real-life adventurers and film documentarians) conceived of the low-budget story of a beautiful, plucky blonde woman (Fay Wray) and a frightening, gigantic, 50 foot ape-monster as a metaphoric re-telling of the archetypal Beauty and the Beast fable.
		The film was shot during the spring and summer of 1932 in the confines of the studio.
		During the voyage, Ann prepares to practice and rehearse a scene for the film director on the deck, "to see which side of my face looks best and all that." Driscoll really believes her life is in jeopardy and is feeling protective of her safety: "This is no place for a girl," he tells her.
	www.filmsite.org /kingk.html (1635 words)

	King Kong (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Cooper's King Kong (released in 1933) was a groundbreaking film, pulling out all the stops and showing how much could be done with what - by today's standards - is crude stop-motion, split-screen trickery.
		Ann is kidnapped by the locals and sacrificed to Kong, apparently the last survivor of a once-mighty race of 25-foot-tall gorillas.
		Still, the new King Kong is the genre movie of 2005, a year plagued by so-so movies and ho-hum box office receipts.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Dec05/kingkong2005.htm (701 words)

	The FreshSite: Film: Reviews: King Kong (2005)
		I'm not normally a sucker for CGI elements being the stars of motion pictures, but from a stop-action piece of clay (1933) through a monkey Halloween suit (1976), King Kong was perhaps the single one of the great classics that could benefit the most from a remake.
		It pinpoints all the essential themes about the King Kong saga: greed versus concern, love versus hate, and the very subtle understanding of what evil really is. More than any of its predecessors, Peter Jackson's King Kong underlines that this ape certainly isn't a representative for it.
		And the final scenes of Kong and Ann are beautifully moving - albeit a tad stupid of course.
	arnadal.no /film/Movies/king_kong_(2005).htm (325 words)

	King Kong (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Goofs: Continuity: King Kong is shot in the chest on top of the Empire State Building, but the wound disappears in the next shot.
		After watching his remake of King Kong, I would have to say that their trust was well placed.
		King Kong is an odyssey of a movie, and the most genuine and compelling output seen since...
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0360717 (903 words)

	/FILM - Movie Review: King Kong
		This time, Ann is stolen by the other fl beasts, the natives on the island with pierced ears and noses and tattoos and scary wrinkled faces, solely because she is blonde and pure and white, everything that they are not.
		We assume, then, that Kong will be appeased with his new toy, and he is. Granted, in this version, she does entertain him with some Vaudeville repartee, but overall she's just the beautiful white trophy for the fl beast to attain.
		So think about the film's connotations and the riots in France and Australia and you'll realize that racism is still alive and well today.
	www.slashfilm.com /article.php/20051213124158997 (1129 words)

	King Kong (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		But neither of these films could prepare me for the cinematic experience that is Peter Jackson's King Kong.
		Kong as giant ape is a wonder of modern computer generated images.
		If there was a weakness to both the earlier King Kong films, it was that the filmmakers didn't seem to research quite how a gorilla moved.
	www.greenmanreview.com /film/film_kingkong_2005.html (717 words)

	Amazon.com: King Kong (2-Disc Widescreen Special Edition): DVD: Black,Watts,Brody (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The choreography and execution of the action set pieces--including one involving Kong and a trio of Tyrannosaurus Rexes, as well as another that could be charitably described as a bug-phobic's nightmare--is nothing short of landmark filmmaking, and a certain Mr.
		Kong himself is one of cinema's greatest creations, it is as though Jackson has brought him back to life after 70 years spent roaming in the two-dimensional world.
		King Kong, I would have to say, is one of the best films of the year.
	www.amazon.com /King-Kong-2-Disc-Widescreen-Special/dp/B000E97Y6K (2632 words)

	Amazon.ca: King Kong (2005) (Widescreen): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Despite the visual challenges of King Kong, the movie's most difficult hurdle is the budding romance between Ann and her simian soulmate.
		However the reason this film is one hour longer than needed to tell the story is all the mindless fluff filler that made it drag on and on and on.
		The graphics in King Kong were superb but I found that they were often wasted or obscured due to camera management which put me more in mind of a shaky Blair Witch film than any action/fantasy movie.
	www.amazon.ca /King-Kong-Widescreen/dp/B000EGFT3S (2213 words)

	King Kong (2005) - Movie Rental Review
		Kong shifts from scary (chest-pounding and roaring) to sympathetic; he is attacked brutally by men in tanks and planes, shooting guns.
		In Peter Jackson's KING KONG, the relationship between Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) and the giant ape is everything.
		As many viewers have pointed out, the 1933 film is pervaded by disturbing racism, in its depictions of the Skull Island natives, extended to the fearful specter Kong provides in relation to the perfect white woman.
	www.commonsensemedia.org /movie-reviews/King-Kong-2005.html (1039 words)

	King Kong (2005)
		The natives kidnap the film crew’s actress intending to sacrifice her to an enormous gorilla they call “Kong”.
		Kong turns out to be a bit of a softy and, ahem, takes a liking to our blonde heroine before he is captured by the film crew and taken to New York where he is displayed in a vulgar stage show.
		A mixture between Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park at times, this King Kong is a rousing adventure: the teens in the audience we saw it with shrieked on cue, the smaller children fled the cinema on cue and my wife cried towards the end.
	www.scifimoviepage.com /kingkong_2005.html (665 words)

	Blogcritics.org: Film Review: King Kong(2005) : Jurassic Park IV?
		Kong protects Ann Darrow from a single T-rex in the original--in Jackson's version it is three T-rexes.
		There are grounds for saying that the new "Kong" isn't a perfect film, but to go see "King Kong" and complain about dinosaurs is as silly as complainin about the giant ape.
		Defending Jackson's King Kong by saying it was faithful to the original or the popular 70s version entirely misses the point which is, remake or not, a good film should stand on its own and connect with today's audience.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2005/12/17/025418.php (1887 words)

	King Kong
		Despite all the overkill and side trips, the film still succeeds at telling the story of a woman and the gorilla who loves her.
		Kong has heart, and he's willing to show it in a movie made with wit, excitement and moments of visionary beauty.
		Peter Jackson's King Kong is all things cinema, in the hands of a clever but overindulged filmmaker.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/king_kong (1160 words)

	king kong 2005 - film review for zone-sf.com
		Some of us who are old enough to recall watching the original King Kong before there was a sequel, remember seeing it for the first time on the Sunday afternoon movie on television back when the breadth of the entire film world was still depicted in fl and white on our screens.
		After seeing the film, it is clear that the maverick director is not only adept at creating compelling horror, and edge of your seat gripping suspense, but capable of crafting rich cultural storytelling, clever foreshadowing and cutting edge special effects utilising lightning quick editing to keep up the pace.
		Under Jackson's command, Kong morphs from ferocious beast to a gentlemanly giant, with a sense of humour and a fetish for pale skinned vixens.
	www.zone-sf.com /screenscene/kingkong05.html (891 words)

	Kong is STILL King in 2005!!!
		It's safe to say that Peter Jackson's 2005 King Kong is Universally well cast, and each role is brought to glorious life by the actors Jackson's chosen.
		While he never becomes quite the "sweet boy" that Mighty Joe Young was, we are given some touching moments surrounding Ann and Kong that change our entire focus on the brute we see in the beginning.
		King Kong (2005) reviewed by J.C. Maçek III who is solely responsible for his own views, and for the fact that no matter how much he might nitpick he sure as hell couldn't swallow the gigantic bugs he might find in Kong's Fur!
	www.worldsgreatestcritic.com /kingkong2005.html (1308 words)

	Combustible Celluloid film review - King Kong (2005), Peter Jackson, Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black, dvd review
		In King Kong (1933), a filmmaker hops on a ship with a camera and a pretty girl hoping to make a movie about a giant ape.
		When Jack attempts to rescue her from the arms of a sleeping Kong, her face reveals joy, embarrassment, dismay and sadness all in one beat.
		The film also draws interesting parallels between Denham and Kong with their looming, darting eyes; they're equals, both master showmen and kings of their own jungles.
	www.combustiblecelluloid.com /2005/kingkongr.shtml (614 words)

	Kong is King.net \| King Kong \| Peter Jackson's Production Diary
		Peter and his crew were in New York City for the big premiere of King Kong, this second to last PPD focuses on the grueling press junkets and the hype up to the release of the film.
		James Howard and his 'King Kong Roadshow' are in and around LA recording the score as it trickles out of his mind and onto paper.
		These 4 men are in charge of mixing Kong's sound together, the special effects, dialog and music all have to weave in and out to form a cohesive mix of sound that is both pleasing to the audience, and effective enough to work alongside with the visuals in the film.
	www.kongisking.net /kong2005/proddiary (5134 words)

	BBC - Movies - review - King Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This interlude, marred as it is by portents of doom and clanging dialogue, is a bit of a trial.
		In a film stuffed with superb performances - Watts, in particular, is wonderful - it's the monkey who deserves the Oscar.
		See what films are opening in the UK next year.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2005/12/08/king_kong_2005_review.shtml (395 words)

	Morphizm.com -- King Kong (2005)
		In fact, the 2005 film's relationship to the original is consistently intriguing aspect, in part because it remains so fraught (while there's something to be said for the giant Kong hands that clutched Jessica Lange in the 1976 version, that film is not so much in dialogue here).
		Jackson's film makes Ann's admiration for Kong a distraction from her eventual, proper coupledom with Jack (who, even with Brody's coverboy abs, can't compete with the potent spectacle of Kong).
		They insist, of course, that he must be subdued, and a few choice scenes underline Kong's ferocity regarding other others (they spot a stash of bones, skeletons of other sacrifice victims who have been "ripped limb from limb").
	www.morphizm.com /recommends/film/kong2005.html (1727 words)

	Amazon.com: King Kong (Widescreen Edition): DVD: Naomi Watts,Jack Black (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		King Kong is now available to download from Amazon Unbox.
		When he learns his latest film is about to be scrapped, he escapes with his film and crew to continue production.
		While Kong would try to impress her with roars and beating his chest, Ann would perform her vaudeville antics (to Kong's..
	www.amazon.com /King-Kong-Widescreen-Naomi-Watts/dp/B00005JO20 (2567 words)

	King Kong (2005) Universal Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Peter Jackson had wanted to make the film as far back as 1996, but had trouble in obtaining the rights.
		Fay Wray was reportedly to appear in the film before she died.
		Naomi Watts wears a hat that is identical to Fay Wray's hat in the original King Kong as a tribute to the actress who passed away
	www.kensforce.com /King_Kong_2005.html (258 words)

	Kong is King.net \| King Kong movie news and rumors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Andy Serkis, who co-stars in Robert Zemeckis' upcoming Beowulf film, told SCI FI Wire that the movie's computer animation is a glimpse of things to come.
		The versatile Andy Serkis, known mostly for playing characters such as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy or King Kong in, well, King Kong, can now add voice actor, writer and director to his growing list of credits.
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	www.kongisking.net (1425 words)

	King Kong (2005) - Channel 4 Film review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Starring in the original King Kong (1933), Fay Wray was the damsel who bewitched the enormous gorilla Kong, brought to life by the special effects wizardry of Willis O'Brien, who had earlier created the dinosaurs for The Lost World (1925).
		A young Ray Harryhausen stumbled out of a screening of Kong, inspired to spend his life crafting stop-motion monsters, most notably the skeleton army of Jason And The Argonauts.
		King Kong is the Citizen Kane of fantasy cinema.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=152890 (265 words)

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