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Originally Posted by Dean
Somebody mentioned this last night, but Ithink it is the best action adventure I have seen in years. There are about 45 minutes to an hour in the middle where it is non-stop... Intense.
What's wrong with a little Monkey business on ice? OK, it was a bit sappy, but a good excuse for some more cool CGI physics demonstrations... I think of it as a little pause in the action to let you catch your breath. Kinda like the seen on the island with the sunset.
Exceptionally well done IMHO. Well worth full price on a big screen, and the 3 hours!
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Nothing has yet to match the scene in the orignal Matrix movie where they shoot up the lobby of that building through to the daring rescue/escape by crashing helicopter. The first time I saw that I was litterally speechless.
I felt the action sequences in KK were great, but a little gratuitous... the brontasauri Cody mentioned are a prime example. Sure it was exciting, but after seeing say 5 "OMG he almost got stepped on!" moments, the next 20 aren't intense, and only expose the flaws in the CGI to live action mixing. Graphics are good these days, but if the plot doesn't keep my disbeliefe suspended it's easy to see the flaws in the CGI. About half way through the stampeed I was telling myself "ok, this is the part of the movie where they run from dinosaurs, I got it... next please."
On the other hand, I was extremely impressed with the animation of Kong. *Very* well done... they took everything that the Hulk did wrong (which was everything) and make it right. I'd say the song and dance routine in front of Kong scene was actually better than the Golumn argues with himself scene from LOTR2, which IMO was the reigning champion for CGI character acting. I was also very impressed by the 1930's NYC scenes... both in the live action set design early on and the Empire State Building finally. The CGI work there was impeccible.
But once again, I can't get over the creepy feeling that the Kong/Anne relationship gave me. Maybe I have a sick mind, but I can't help but describe their interaction as anything but sexual tension. Kong didn't seem to want a pet-master relationship, and Anne wasn't all PETA "save the apes" for Kong... as far as I could tell, if it were physically possible they would gotten it on. *shudder*