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Sunday, January 01, 2006

King Kong - King Sized Entertainment

Peter Jackson, three time academy award winner, has once again proved why he is one of the most acclaimed directors of our times. The first time I heard of King Kong my first thought was why would someone like Jackson make a movie on this clichéd and unoriginal subject. Frankly, I didn't think much of it. But the day I saw a full sized close up of King Kong's face - those wild eyes, flaring nostrils, furrowed brows were ferocity personified and I knew I just had to see the beast in action.

The story has some strong characters - An unemployed small time stage actress Anna, a desperate, overly ambitious motion picture director Carl, a love stricken script writer Jack and above all the Beast himself. A majestic figure, the king of the jungle where he lives, the most ferocious creature, unchallenged in bravery and strength is magically transformed into a tame, harmless figure in the presence of a vulnerable Anna. These two aspects of King Kong's personality are beautifully captured in the scene where he is fighting with two giant godzilla type lizards while at the same time protecting Anna in his hands. The silent relationship forged between the two is sublimely crafted. And of course, in inimitable Jackson style the movie has some spectacular action scenes involving ingenious creatures like deadly cockroaches, potent lizards and slithering monsters with hundreds of tentacles.

In spite of a jaded story line the film is carried off by some brilliant performances and breathtaking direction.

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Aditya,
I would certainly agree that the topic is cliched and unoriginal. However dont you think that with the present technology, that is capable of bringing to life almost any figment of your imagination, Jackson would have done better to show us something more original and breath taking than King Kong! I had not seen the earlier versions of the movie, but as a cinema goer who loves to have a good time when he goes to the theater, I rather appreciate a movie like Munich than sit through three hours of King Kong.

By the way when did you plan to become a writer .... Seems the medicine that helped you get out of the senti periods is fast losing its magical touch ;-) Keep writing .... its refreshing to read your blogs and do keep scrapping on orkut ....

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey adi
i thought the movie was really ok and except some performances there was not much to write home about and it showed in ur writing that u were not really into the film.anyways nice writing..keep it up and plz update ur space
....viraj

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