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The extended version of Peter Jackson's King Kong adds 13 minutes to the running time--fortunately those 13 minutes include two dynamic action scenes and no material has been added to the movie's belaboured set-up, which tries to give depth to these quintessentially b-movie characters with a clumsy patchwork of melodrama and in-jokes. But once movie-maker Carl Denham (Jack Black, School of Rock) and his crew finally arrive at Skull Island, the movie kicks into gear with spectacular action, technical wizardry, and genuine feeling. Though Kong seems crafted to dazzle the eye on the giant screen, the overlong structure improves when you can take an intermission at will. At home, each scene can be approached on its own terms, be it the insanely choreographed battle between Kong and three T. Rexes or the subtle and multi-layered interplay between Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive) and Kong (played, through motion-capture technology, by Andy Serkis, who previously played the similarly animated Gollum in Jackson's Lord of the Rings). The addition of a rampaging ceratops and an underwater race with what the movie's crew dubbed a "piranhadon" not only add more eye candy, but provide some valuable moments of character development. But in the end, that's frosting on the cake; when the movie's weaknesses and strengths are weighed, the emotional power of the fantastical relationship between a woman and a giant ape is a real cinematic achievement. --Bret Fetzer
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Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black, Colin Hanks, Kyle ChandlerDirector: Peter Jackson
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I'm sure that by now most of you know the story or have seen the film so I'll concentrate this purely on the quality of the Blu-Ray experience. King Kong is a magnificent movie made so much better by this stunning high-def release. The picture quality is breathtaking at times, especially some of the long distance shots across the rich jungle and the city scenes.It's just gorgeous to watch from end to end. The audio is also amazing, every bit as glorious as you want it to be.
The special features are pretty cool, particularly the way they are embedded into the main feature and are accessed by context-sensitive icons that can be switched on or off at will. I didn't notice much new in there, just a new way of watching them really, but it's great to see them again and really brill to see them so cleverly presented.
Oh, and you get both versions of the movie, the original theatre version and the special edition. Both look and sound utterly remarkable.
The special features are pretty cool, particularly the way they are embedded into the main feature and are accessed by context-sensitive icons that can be switched on or off at will. I didn't notice much new in there, just a new way of watching them really, but it's great to see them again and really brill to see them so cleverly presented.
Oh, and you get both versions of the movie, the original theatre version and the special edition. Both look and sound utterly remarkable.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
This is my first Blu Ray disc, played with the LG LE475300 (47" Full HD 1080p, LED TV 100Hz) with an LG Blu Ray Network player, via HDMI and using an optical lead via the TV to an older Toshiba DVD 5.1 player and surround system. The level of detail is awesome for the film - it truly is stunning and I believe does high definition justice. There are some scenes where the film crew and captain are out looking for Ann, they are on makeshift tree branches as boats, as they glide on the river the detail is brilliant. Also, scenes where the crew are walking through the jungle and the daylight is coming through, there is realism to the detail, it looks fantastic!! Vivid bright colours, good definition of darks especially on King Kong, so Id give this 5 stars. Although I cant really comment on the sound as I've hooked the film up to a theatre system and its not coming directly through the blu ray player, it still sounds good. Go out and get it!!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Most of you who will want to of seen this film will have already seen it. I recently watched it on my full HD 50" Plasma with DTS HD MASTER AUDIO sound and all i can say is WOW. It's now the film i reach for when i want to show off my home system. The richness and scale of the movie is made much clearer in HD. It features the extended and theatrical version of the film, i can't understand why certain bits were cut. The film itself does lag in places and some of the acting is a bit questionable but the scale of the film is shocking. I loved watching the blu ray so much that i went and bought the history of kong book also to find out more about the creatures that live on skull island, which in HD look fantastic. The chasms scene with the insects and crustaceans look stunning and the sound is awesome, as well as the new scene where they get attacked by the large fish is beautifully shot and shows up vividly on the transfer. Weta as usual have done their homework and everything hasn't aged a day, the CGI is flawless and in HD it just looks beautiful, to Kongs fur, to the flies buzzing around the V-Rex and the backdrops on Skull Island are breathtaking.
I went to the cinema to see this film and remembered it being quite good, but laggy and long, but the blu ray release even though it is extended it doesn't feel as long as the extra scenes are mainly action scenes which is strange as to why they were left out in the first place.
The blu ray of this release is quite simply amazing and it has to be said that during the Skull Island scenes you can't help but be gobsmacked.
An essential blu ray release.
I went to the cinema to see this film and remembered it being quite good, but laggy and long, but the blu ray release even though it is extended it doesn't feel as long as the extra scenes are mainly action scenes which is strange as to why they were left out in the first place.
The blu ray of this release is quite simply amazing and it has to be said that during the Skull Island scenes you can't help but be gobsmacked.
An essential blu ray release.
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I truely recommend to everyone.
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