King Kong [HD DVD]
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Movie Reviews of King Kong [HD DVD]
Movie Review: King Kong HD-DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
Possibly the highest video quality HD-DVD that I've seen. A definite addition to any HD-DVD collection.Movie Review: Despite Being Too Long Still Delivers Emotionally
Summary: 4 Stars
By now we should all know the story of King Kong. It all hinges on whether or not you can believe that such a savage "creature" can actually fall in love with a beautiful woman and that she can love him, too. By the end of this 3 hour plus film you will be brought to tears if you have a heart. Peter Jackson pushes emotional buttons in much the way he did in the Lord of the Rings films so when you watch expect to gripped in a way only he can. It is a distinctly Peter Jackson film. The natives on Skull Island just remind me so much of the orcs in LOTR, too.
Naomi Watts does a good job of showing her love for Kong in a way similar to the story of Beauty and the Beast. In fact the way this version of King Kong is put together does have some elements of Beauty and the Beast with Kong being tamed by a beautiful woman and a score of men hunting the beast because they fear him. Although the way this ends is decidely less uplifting but no less emotionally gripping than that fairy tale.
You will want to see Jack Black dead by the end of the movie. He plays the movie producer that risks the lives of his crew to make a fortune. When that bombs with the death of several crew members and finally the destruction of the camera he hatches a scheme to capture Kong again for the sake of greed.
On the negative side there seems to be too many sequences where the movie almost becomes Jurassic Park squeezed into the middle of the movie. We have Brontosaur type dinosaurs, small T-Rex type dinosaurs, and the classic huge T-Rex. The scene where Kong fights several T-Rexes in this version is quite awesome.
On the technical side this HD-DVD offers wonderful picture quality and crisp Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 audio. I have no complaints there. It is a solid 4 stars out of 5.
Movie Review: HD-DVD too good?
Summary: 4 Stars
I won't go into the story, other reviewers have done that to death. But what I will do is echo what others have said about the image, sound and clarity of the HD-DVD version. If you have just purchased a HD-DVD player and HDTV, this is the movie to get. The jungle scenes alone are breathtaking in their clarity, color and sharpness. You can nearly count the raindrops as they are falling from the sky! Where HD-DVD becomes too good is in some of the special effects shots, especially during the stampede. In the conventional DVD, the scene is flat and everything blends well. In the HD-DVD version, the sharpness brings the actors forward from the background, almost 3D-like, and you can distinctly tell they are working with green screen. While this seems to be a complaint, it is really kuddos for HD-DVD, but the reason for the 4 stars. As more directors, editors and SFX houses go to full digital film making, they will also have to invent better ways to create these types of effects.
I have also compaired Blu-Ray v HD-DVD and have found that HD-DVD, when created from a true digital master (such as Kong), is far and away the better of the two formats.
Movie Review: Best King Kong yet
Summary: 4 Stars
I loved the first King Kong movie in black & white. But this movie was for me more enjoyable because of the special effects. The dinosaur fights were excellent. I loved the developement with King Kong as having a personality and the interaction between him and the girl. She even uses her vaudville act on Kong and he pretends to not be ammused but she wins him over eventually. Black is OK as the promoter of the adventure to find the mysterious island. He is a bit of a ham and overacts at times but that is his nature. He acts with the intensity of a Tom Cruise but just doesn't have quite Tom's magnetism. I would have given the movie 5 stars but they could have cut short the human eating giant insect scene in the chasm. The scene lasted over ten minutes (or seemed like it) and makes the movie out of reach of most children to enjoy. The old King Kong was accessable to all age groups something lost in this new one. However I still loved this movie.Movie Review: The Bigger they are. . . . The harder they . . . well, you know!
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is good.... The people on the island were more interesting than anything. King Kong did look cool and a little sense of sadness with his face expression and everything. I bought the HD DVD because they said this movie was amazing on it! Well, I must say that this HD DVD rocks! The clarity and clearness of the picture. Uhm, wow! The color of the pictures so alive! Uhm, wow! Even lol Jack Black look pretty good on HD. Uhm, another wow is the Actors. If you love the movie KING KONG, but the HD, you won't be disappointed. Can we be honest for a moment? I dont even care for the movie, but HD is AWESOME when it comes to the Big Black Kong of this movie! BUY IT! Atleast just for the HD! I give HIGH props for the picture of the Definition of this movie!