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Director: Peter Jackson

Release Date: 15 December 2005

Tagline: The eighth wonder of the world.

Main Cast:

Naomi Watts … Ann Darrow

Jack Black … Carl Denham

Adrien Brody … Jack Driscoll

A pointless remake of a faultless classic and utterly tedious as well. Jackson claims to love the original so much that he had to make this film. To think that you could improve on the original is pretty arrogant, I think. Hell, I love Star Wars, but I’d never remake it.

It’s at least an hour too long, and the scenes of peril on the island are so totally contrived that they quickly become boring. And considering that there are a lot of them, it takes some getting through.

King Kong is nothing more than a huge ego trip for Jackson and he should have left well enough alone.

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