King Kong

The Bottom Line: A decent action movie. The squishy parts will bore action fans, and the plentiful beasts may scare off more timid watchers.

Review: It's hard to pin down what to say about Peter Jackson's King Kong, partly because, as some of the other reviewers have said, it is really more than one movie.

I will begin with a short review; if you want to read more than just a brief...

The Bottom Line: "King Kong" is what going to the movies is all about-no it's not perfect, but what movie is?

Review: I remember going to see The Neverending Story in the theater at the age of eight, and I was so swept away by everything about it that I instantly fell in love with the movies. For many years, I thought I wanted to be a filmmaker, my goal being so I...

Review: Save yourself some trouble and avoid this movie this Xmas time. There are plenty of other better films out there. For people who read professional critics on newspapers etc, please don't be fooled. The 3 hr spectacle should have been a 1.5 hr movie...

The Bottom Line: Great ultra-realistic CGI, Naomi Watts?s and the computer-enhanced Kong?s thoughtful performances make this more than just another multiplex monster movie. Just needs much tighter editing in the action scenes.

Review: Created expressly for today s audiences by New Zealander Peter Jackson, the newest version of King Kong gives us a most realistic and humanoid giant ape, a smart and spunky heroine, a meatier storyline that s (happily) set in the same period as the...

The Bottom Line: Good bang for buck; just don't start banging your own head in when the script has you picking fleas from your hair.

Review: While chock-full-o' contradictions, plot holes, unexplained events, improbable interactions and other foolishness, Kong delivers a fairly substantial blow in terms of action. Sure, the plot takes forever to get underway and most of the characters...

The Bottom Line: King Kong was an enjoyable movie to see. Acting, direction, special effects and story were all good. My only complaint would be not enough editing.

Review: Ever notice how romance films follow a certain formula? The girl always has two guys who love her, one is a bit of a geek, and seems well meaning, but you know there's just no chemistry. The other is a strong handsome gorilla. If you just know in...

Review: This is the best movie of the year hands down. The special effects are the best I ever seen. The love story, the emotions, fights, chase, and ending was all done to almost perfection. Followed the 1933 classic really well. I think it's way better...

Review: If you don't fall asleep by the time the first real action scene finally arrives near the one hour mark of the movie, the non-stop action that follows is well worth the price of admission. Although, some of the very graphic attacks by Kong, the...

The Bottom Line: Recommended for action/adventure/gore fans. NOT good for younger kids

Review: The appearance of the natives inhabiting Skull Island is enough to upset kids under ten and cause them to wake up screaming in the middle of the night. Then there are the violent, explicit, and gory deaths from spears, clubbings in the head,...

The Bottom Line: WOW! This film's creepy scenes are about the creepiest ever filmed. Definitely a horror film.

Review: This movie is proof that director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) is no one-trick pony. This newest - and possibly best - version of King Kong had even the most jaded movie viewers squirming in their seats and jumping at startling...