King Kong (2005)

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I did shed a few tears at the end though.....!![/QUOTE]




my eyes started leaking at the point where Kong patted his chest and Ann said yes it is beautiful!! feel like a fool crying then my hubby tapped my arm and I looked over at my 14 year old daughter who had tears streaming down her face, she walked out of the cinema VERY red eyed and embarrassed, great film, worth watching and will buy it as DVD release!
allie
 
i cry all the time at sad endings and i didn't have a lump in
my throat either, but that was because i sitting two rows
from the front of the screen and was in fear of falling from
the top of the empire state building...i couldn't look :D
 
That's not surprising as Andy Serkis spent a lot of time researching the behaviour of real gorillas examining all their subtle nuances.
If it convinces people like yourself, then going that extra mile of having an actor in the role of Kong, as opposed to simply animating the CGI character as is the normal convention, looks to have paid off.

By the way, do people here think that this performance should mean that Andy Serkis is nominated for an Oscar this time??

He didn't get the nomination for Gollum in 'Lord of the Rings', but maybe his performance as Kong can earn him an Oscar nomination this time around.
 
:D :D I have a vision of you sitting there gripping the arms of your chair for dear life .
I found those sequences quite thrilling, actually. It made me want to fly.

Going back to the story itself.... I don't understand the significance of the 'beauty killed the beast' thing. What does it mean? Is it supposed to be a metaphor for the desire to have something yuo shouldn't??
 
You know, I don't quite get it either. All I can think of is that although Kong has the greatest physical strength on Earth, he is vulnerable in totally different ways. And for some unfathomable reason, Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky come to mind! You may be the most powerful person on earth, but are as vulnerable as the next bloke of being a bloke. Hmm... not a perfect analogy I'll grant you.

Oh, and while I think of it (Kong Spoiler)...

...giving Jack Black that final line of "Beauty killed the beast" felt very wrong, and did end the film on a real fake note. Why would his character say that? Adrien Brody may be...
 
Universal experience? Right across the world? I'm not so sure about that. Don't you just mean the parts of the world where Hollywood reaches? I mean, there are still places where that particular arm does not stretch aren't there? Or is that idea just a modern-day fantasy of a 'lost world'? (sorry, couldn't resist that..)

I am almost embarrassed to say that I haven't seen Titanic. The surrounding hysteria over the film created an aversion that has lasted until now. But next trip to Asda and...who knows.

I think Kong translates as a universal story of prejudice, greed, loneliness, unrequited love. There are so many fundamental themes, you could even call it Shakespearean.


PS *edit* YES the actor who played Kong should definitely get recognition. I had no idea about the amount of work that went into that role.
 
Saw the film and enjoyed it a lot. However, I wonder if anyone else had the same vague feeling I did that they were... well... taking all a bit too seriously?! The dinosaur pile-up and the fight in the vines were both hilarious (I presume intentionally), so why not lighten up a bit all round? I don't mean winks to camera, but just a bit of normal human reaction and dialogue would do.

In the end, I guess I kind of think Kong is an inherantly silly story. Mr Jackson kind of pulled it off and fair play to him, but it seemed an odd film to take that seriously to me...
 
Did he? I haven't seen the original but am told that Jackson's film is very close to it.
I was thinking today that the capture of Kong could be an allegory for slavery? But that still doesn't make any sense of Jack's quote, to me anyway.

*edit* I just googled that and see that it's a standard interpretation ( :o )
 
Just been to see it. Wasnt looking forward to it as the bits i had seen on the tv imo didnt look up to much.

Thought that it was really good and far better than i expected.
 
I'm mixed on that one. For children, anthropomorphism is sometimes a good way of allowing difficult emotions and situations to be confronted safely. It kind of works that way for adults too I think sometimes.,...! Although on the one hand I instinctively feel that Kong is way more sophisticated that that kind of simplistic fairy-tale stuff, maybe there is an element of that to it as well. But then it enters the realms of Kong as 'the black man' and Ann as the 'white woman' and the conclusion is not so palatable.

On the other hand, my interpretation conveniently forgets that the only thing that makes Kong not eat Ann, as he presumably did all the other offerings, is the fact that she is white and blonde....isn't it? Or is it just because she can juggle?
I think you're right! But I think it is such a great and original story. That's why it is hard not to search for different levels of meaning.
It's funny that we should have this discussion because I have not actually seen the original film, just the famous clips that always get shown. Yet I felt very familiar with the story. I'd really like to see the original now.
 
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