Sunday, December 18, 2005

King Kong

Haven u heard about it? Hurry up to ur nearest cinema and watch it... Alone or not alone doesnt matter... Just dun miss it!!!

It is that good. Its a MUST-SEE-MOVIE-OF-THE-YEAR!!!!!

Finally finally, after LORD OF THE RINGS, its been so long since a great movie turn up. Forget about Harry Potter... Potter? Wat Potter? *Shrugs*

Of coz, u can say i am biased towards Peter Jackson... Well, of coz... But the thing is, watever u say, LOTR is known to be the best movie made in history, so likewise, my expectations for King Kong will go way up, even though i told myself i might be disappointed before i watch it...

And surprise surprise, it actually met my expectations... And to a certain level, exceeded it... I always thot LOTR was gd partly due to e fact tt they already had the best novel in the world to work wif... However, i think King Kong seriously sealed the fate... Peter is gd... In terms of story telling, flow of story, action, creativity, it all comes together as a whole package in King Kong, and proven that he can do any movies, besides B grade splatter films in the past...

Jus a sidenote, look at the amt of weight Peter lost, and he looked so different... LOL...

He didnt jus copy the old King Kong... He remade his own... And made it in a way that nobody will regcognize the story except the part where u know King Kong's going to die... So even if u know the old story, u cant anticipate wats going to happen next...

Unlike our local movie Homerun, which Jack Neo simply copied everything from the original, even camera angles, but just changed the indian settings to a chinese kampong... Till today, i still duno wats e hype about all tt, even though i own the VCD... LOL...

King Kong is a movie with the whole package, there is gd lookin leads, romance, platonic love, spooks, creeps, fantasy, actions, humanity, creatures, bugs, dinosaurs, and of coz, a giant Gorilla..

The fight sequences are excellent... They are long... Not those strong hero fight abit then win liao... It was real, it was a long struggle which was something ive never seen...

The story built up was excellent, and you feel so much for them... And of coz, they pulled the scenes long enuff for our tears to fall off our faces... Casting was good too...

To me, the best part is the dialogues script... The dialogues are so gd, the punchlines are there, very emotional... And the way the artistes articulate the words, they nailed it!!!

Its a 3 hrs film and i love 3 hrs film... Coz its jus enuff to entail the whole flow of the story... So i never noe how come ppl can complain about 3 hrs movies being too long... Usually movies that are 1 hrs plus are jus crappy entertaining or funny movies that u jus kill time wif...

But after i finished watching the movie, i was worried for Peter Jackson... Well, as much as how great the movie is, i knew some ppl are going to hate it like LOTRs... Till today i still cannot understand how ppl can demean LOTR when its so bloody gd...

The 1st fantasy movie ever in history that won an Oscar!!!

Most of all, how can they demean Tolkien's close to 20 yrs of hard work...

Anyways, i bet some ppl are going to say the 1st hr of the movie is boring... These are the grp that falls asleep while watching LOTR... Coz they simply dun get plots and stories... They jus wan to see action gore action gore...

So i am kinda surprised and overwhelmed at how gd the reviews are for the movie... Its all 4.5 to 5 out of 5 stars... And the only missing pt reasons were always tt the movie is too long, tt it shd be shorten and some scenes shd be taken out...

Anyways, jus go and watch it...

While i see adult males crying at the movie, i shudder to hear when ppl tell me, wats there to cry? Lol...

(Andy Serkis, the one who acted for mocap Gollum and voiceover is in the movie... And he actually let out a Gollum shriek when he was struggling in one scene, i actually laughed at tt pt, i wonder is it on purpose... Andy is the one doing the King Kong mocap!!! LOL, well, his stunning performances as Gollum certainly earned his mark...)

This is wat i call visual effects!!!

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