King Kong [HD DVD]
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Movie Reviews of King Kong [HD DVD]
Movie Review: Visually stunning HD DVD with a so-so plot.
Summary: 4 Stars
This HD DVD is arguably the king of HD DVD demo material right now. The colors are sharp and vibrant, and the film is crystal clear. The audio is just as good. The only reason I took a star off is because the actual movie script is decent at best. Adrian Brody does a pretty good job, but overall the movie's plot is average. Luckily, I bought this movie for the stunning visual experience, so I'm not disappointed.Movie Review: WOW WOW KONG IN HD-DVD....BL....OW ME AWAY
Summary: 4 Stars
FIRST TIME I WATCH KING KONG IN HD-DVD....THREE WORD I CAN DISCRIBE..WOW......PICTURE QUALITY IS OUTSTANDING,,SOUND UMMM NOT THAT BAD A BIT LOW....FOR ALL U HD-DVD BUYERS IS A BUY,BUY,BUY THIS MOVIE.Movie Review: CGI Kong meets demure Ann
Summary: 3 Stars
Carl Denham (Jack Black) is soon to be divested of hiss backing due to making too many cute movies and 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 that do not have a clue to 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 dialog in this version. Some of the characters may have changed vocations, yet the story still floes smoothly. In come 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 proportioned; when he leaped he looked like the Hulk in a fur suit. And poor Ann looked really blurry when she was being 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 the names. Fifty years from now all any one will remember is the version with Naomi Watts, whatever she looked like with whoever those other people were.
KING KONG (1933/DVD/SPECIAL EDITION/2 DISC/OSLEEVE/P&S-1.33/ENG-FR-SP SUB)
Movie Review: Excellent movie and reference quality HD treatment, but...
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie was the main reason I bought into the whole HD DVD thing. As one of my favorites of 2005, I highly anticipated its release to HD, especially since I figured it would get one heck of a treatment. I was right about part of it; the A/V quality is among the best I've seen, despite the lack of a Dolby TrueHD soundtrack. It's definitely the title I'd use to show off what HD DVD can do; however, the lack of extras is a little disappointing, mainly because Amazon has it priced so darn high. 27 bucks is way too much for the title, when other new releases have sub-$20 price tags.
Bottom line: the HD DVD comes highly recommended, but only if you can get it for a more reasonable price.
Movie Review: Impressive picture but lacking action...
Summary: 3 Stars
Watching this movie in high definition was a treat. The picture is amazingly clear and the sound is impressive. For movie viewing it will be hard to watch anything with less of a picture now.
My problem comes with the movie. King Kong is far from an enjoyable movie to me. When I watch an action movie I want action. This movie was so diluted with anemic acting and a rather boring story line. I waited over an hour to see some action and even after that it was limited. This movie is over three hours long and is a good sleepy time tale but when it comes to action I will view something else.