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King Kong [2005 film] (2005)

by Peter Jackson (Director/Screenwriter), Philippa Boyens (Screenwriter), Fran Walsh (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Jamie Bell (Actor), Jack Black (Actor), Adrien Brody (Actor), Colin Hanks (Actor), James Newton Howard (Composer)5 more, Thomas Kretschmann (Actor), Andrew Lesnie (Cinematography), Evan Parke (Actor), Andy Serkis (Actor), Naomi Watts (Actor)

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Young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow is from the world of 1930s vaudeville, who is down on her luck. She meets Carl Denham, an over-ambitious filmmaker, who brings her on an exploratory expedition to Skull Island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape named Kong. Together, beauty and beast finally meet their fate in New York, where the filmmaker has taken and displayed the ape in the quest of finding his fame by using commercial exploitation which ultimately leads to catastrophe, including the man who falls in love with Ann and plays an unlikely hero by trying to save her from Kong and her destiny.… (more)
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(Spoilers ) Bloated, self-indulgent storytelling, clueless editing, genuinely stupid action sequences that defy both logic and gravity. Overall as bad as anything I've seen in a major motion picture. The end, where he keeps putting her down and she keeps crawling back up, is especially obnoxious. Only saving grace is a CGI Kong that's truly and realistically terrifying. ( )
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Jackson, PeterDirector/Screenwriterprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Boyens, PhilippaScreenwritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Walsh, FranScreenwritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Bell, JamieActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Black, JackActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brody, AdrienActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hanks, ColinActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Howard, James NewtonComposersecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kretschmann, ThomasActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lesnie, AndrewCinematographysecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Parke, EvanActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Serkis, AndyActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Watts, NaomiActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow is from the world of 1930s vaudeville, who is down on her luck. She meets Carl Denham, an over-ambitious filmmaker, who brings her on an exploratory expedition to Skull Island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape named Kong. Together, beauty and beast finally meet their fate in New York, where the filmmaker has taken and displayed the ape in the quest of finding his fame by using commercial exploitation which ultimately leads to catastrophe, including the man who falls in love with Ann and plays an unlikely hero by trying to save her from Kong and her destiny.

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