Kong Is King

Kingkong_bigfinal1When Peter Jackson went public with his desire to make a new three-hour version of “King Kong,” Hollywood believed that the success of Lord of the Rings had finally got to his head.

Those who have seen the movie however, are convinced that Jackson is truly the best producer of our generation.

Despite the film’s initial plot development being on the slow side, Peter Jackson’s version of “King Kong” is a masterpiece. Phenomenal special effects, a stellar cast and a heart-warming story set it apart from every other King Kong movie ever produced. Anyone that was a fan of the old movies owes it to themselves to this version of the movie. This is King Kong the way it should have always been.

Set in the same time as the original, King Kong is drenched in classic Americana. It’s almost as if Peter Jackson combined every Norman Rockwell painting ever created with his own interpretation of the classic, creating a movie that looks absolutely beautiful.

Equally as beautiful is young starving artist Ann Darrow, played by Naomi Watts (The Ring, Tank Girl), whose gorgeous blue eyes are worth the price of admission alone.

Desperate to make it in acting, Darrow entrusts her career in Carl Denham, played by Jack Black (Shark Tale, School of Rock), a struggling movie director, whom against the wishes of the movie company he works for and the movies writer, played by Adrien Brody (The Village, The Pianist), decides to film a movie that will make or break his career on an uncharted island.

Thinking the island is uninhabited, Darrow and his crew begin filming and find out that not only is the island home to a renegade and extremely freaky tribe, but it also harbors huge prehistoric beasts, the most dangerous being a 25-foot tall ape, in which the natives have named “Kong.”

After being captured and offered as a sacrifice to the ape, Darrow and Kong form a bond that brings out a side of him that no one else sees. Thanks to some great special effects and fighting scenes, Kong shows Darrow just how gentle, caring, loving and protective he can be.

Unfortunately for Kong, he refuses to show that side to anyone else and that ultimately leads to his demise.

Due to the amount of heart-warming moments throughout the film, many will try and classify “King Kong” as a movie that women will prefer much more than men.

Don’t be fooled, there are just as many great action scenes and funny moments in this movie as there are moments of candor and awe inducing splendor that will keep all different types of audiences in their seats for the entirety of this film.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14262 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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