King Kong [HD DVD]
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Movie Reviews of King Kong [HD DVD]
Movie Review: Excellent Showcase for HD-DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
This is, by far, the best picture quality I have ever seen in HD. I have a half-dozen HD-DVDs and this one is clearly the best looking. Now I know why Microsoft packed this title in with the Xbox360 add-on drive. If you want to see what your HDTV can really do, check out this movie on HD-DVD. All I could say throughout watching this was "wow!". Every shot is ultra-sharp, no compression artifacts at all. Great colors, especially on the sky shots. Basically some of the most amazing footage I've ever seen.
I've never seen the movie before (not even the original) and I totally loved it. The whole production is top-notch. I didn't find it to be long at all. Jackson took as long as was necessary to tell the story properly. In fact, more movies should be 3 hours long. Despite what other people are saying about the CG effects, it is really only even barely noticeable on the stampede scene. Most people don't even realize how much special effects are used in the movie. Do you think King Kong is a man in a suit? Do you think Peter Jackson traveled back in time to film on location in new york city? Pretty much the whole movie is using some 3d graphics and green screen work. And it looks absolutely fabulous in HD.
Bottomline, this is an excellent showcase for HD-DVD. It is worth picking up just to see how good an HD-DVD can be on your HDTV. Highly recommended.
Movie Review: Excellent Movie, Excellent HD DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
My comments are in two categories, namely "King Kong" - the movie and secondly the HDDVD experience.
The storyline is excellent, I liked the added underlying story about Denham's reliance on his movie for final success or failure. The development of Kong's arrival at least an hour and a half into the movie was excellent, the tribal scenes were well done, the wrecking of the ship, and much much more. I saw this movie as a kid in the 70's, and now we have a very much updated version for our kids. So for the movie, I give it 5 stars *****
Now, onto the HDDVD, content. I thoroughly enjoyed the richness of the non-HD version, then when I saw it in HD, I was in awe, the graphics are even richer, my kids point out they can see flashes of light in places that were not there in the regular DVD, that Kong looks so much better, the landscape and overall beauty of this film shows its true colors in HD. So for the HDDVD I have no choice but to give it 5 stars as well *****
To the nay-sayers out there, please do check your setup, my HDDVD player is an XBOX based player, the XBOX then connects via. a composite RGB cable to an Onkyo A/V receiver(TX-SR674), the receiver then connects via. and HDMI cable to a Sony WEGA Rear Projection 1080i television. If you have not set things up correctly, you may not get the experience you are looking for.
Movie Review: Jackson goes Ape
Summary: 5 Stars
This remake of the 1933 classic film surpasses in many ways. First, the excellent direction by Peter Jackson and the script and also the stars Naomi Watts & Jack Black. Jackson has re-imagined the film with its references to "Heart of Darkness" while paying homage to the earlier film by bringing the setting back to the Depression. Also Watts has never been more sympathetic than in this film and Jack Black is a comic delight as the con man/director Denham. As for Adrian Brody, he was okay but did not stand out as much as Watts or Black. I have this in HD-DVD and it is definitely reference quality so until Universal makes the switch to Blu-ray in their selections, you can get this film at a premium price in HD (as low as $10). The jungle scenes plus the finale in NYC are phenomenal in HD!! Recommended for all Kong enthusiasts and lovers of fantasy!! By the way, this disc has gone as low as $3 or $4 in HD DVD compared to the $20 or more that you'd have to pay to get it in Blu-ray---and there is barely any difference between the 2 Hi-Def formats--so consider!! To update things a bit, this HD DVD can be had at the ridiculously low price of .73 cents!! My only regret is that they could've had the extended version of this remake on HD DVD whereas the Blu-ray does have both--guess I'll rent the Blu-ray to check out the extended scenes.Movie Review: OUSTANDING - but long as heck
Summary: 5 Stars
This is really two movies in one if you ask me, there is the original King Kong in New York but then there was the addition of were he came from in the beginning.
This movie was probably the longest I've watched in many years but well worth the time invested. They managed to keep you on the edge in many parts while relaxing a little in others. My family actually stayed awake through the whole thing, this is a first in a long time as well. For a new version of a classic it really did the original justice and then some. It could have been easily split into 2 parts but was well worth leaving it as one as well.
Even though it's long I'm sure I'll be glad to watch this a few more times, though I'll have to make sure that I only do so on days that I know I will have the 3+ hour to sit around and do nothing. I think this a good bi-yearly video.
VIDEO QUALITY was just remarkably outstanding throughout the entire film! I don't think there was one scene that was not simply outstanding as far as quality goes.
Movie Review: KONG IS KING
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow the reviews so far doesnt seem to do this movie justice, it was a box office hit. Either way I didnt want to point out whether or not I like the movies storyline, there are plenty of dvd reviews for that.
But I do want to leave my recommendations for this as an HD DVD. This is by far one of the best looking HD DVDs available so far. This goes way beyond the picture quality of the DVD version. The images are brilliant and jump off the screen at you.
It is amazing that a movie over 3 hours long with a picture resolution of twice that of a regular dvd now fits on a single disk.
If you have an HD DVD player and want to be impressed with its picture quality this one is a must have for your collection.