King Kong (Full Screen Edition)

Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, et al.

Product Description

Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) brings his sweeping cinematic vision to King Kong. Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody star in this spectacular film... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: January 2006
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
• Director: Peter Jackson
• Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Color; Dolby; Subtitled; NTSC; Full Screen; AC-3
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

And the CGI beast looked upon the face of beauty.

Carl Denham (Jack Black) is soon to be divested of his backing due to making too many cute movies and having no love interest. Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) is out of work due to poor acting during the time of the great depression. The two cross paths just in time to catch the tramp steamer that will carry them to Singapore (yeah, right). We are introduced to the other characters in the steamer who do not have a clue about what their future holds. We hear tales of an uncharted island that has a wall built so long ago that no one knows who built it or why. Well done by today’s standard. They stuck pretty close to the original plotline and even kept some of the key dialogues in this version. Some of the characters may have changed vocations, yet the story still flows smoothly. In some ways, it is an improvement over the original. 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. Even the action scenes had so much action that you wanted to scream, “Get on with it,” and “Let’s get going.” Kong himself did not look that proportionate; when he leaped, he looked like the Hulk in a fur suit. And poor Ann looked blurry when she was swung around. Some parts of her body took time to catch up with the others. They missed an opportunity in the credits to place the faces of the actors with their names. Fifty years from now, all anyone will remember is the version with Naomi Watts, whatever she looked like with whoever those other people were.