King Kong is my favorite monster movie of all time and also my favorite remake ever. The 1933 King Kong is amazing, but Peter Jackson managed to an terrific reimagining of the giant ape and offered a ton of great action and effects.
King Kong is about Carl Denham (played by Jack Black) who is a greedy film maker that needs to finish a movie he is currently making and has to find a leading lady. He meets Ann Darrow, who he feels is the best option, and she hops on the ship with Carl's crew to set out to Skull Island, much to most of the crew's knowledge. They eventually get there, Ann gets captured by cannablistic natives, and they tie her on a sacrifice pole that takes her to a huge and monstrous gorilla. The gorilla captures her and runs off in the jungle. Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody) gathers the crew up for a search party, and Carl sees this as the perfect opportunity to get the best footage possible for his movie. They then journey through the jungle of Skull Island to rescue Ann from the beast and potentially capturing the beast and bringing him to civilization.
King Kong is 3 hours of awesomeness. It ran in a great and fast pace, it offered a ton of astounding action, had great acting from a great cast, and the design of Kong is by far my favorite and this all shows that Peter Jackson really took his time making this possible. He grew up with the original and wanted to recreate it the best way possible and he nailed it. The three hour run time honestly didn't bother me. Yes, there were some things that could of been trimmed or edited, but the stuff that has Kong on screen and the epic finale makes this movie worthwhile. And fun fact, this movie used to be my favorite film of all time back in the day, then my opinion of it decreased a little overtime. But after rewatching it, I can definitely say this film rules.
Overall, King Kong is a masterpiece from start to finish, and it is the best remake I've ever seen.
