King Kong [Blu-ray]

Peter Jackson has followed up his wonderful "Lord of the Rings" trilogy with an astounding remake of of King Kong that will leave you spellbound. Jack Black stars as Carl Denham, a movie producer who is going to make a movie aboard a ship. However, he secretly wants to find the uncharted Skull Island. Unfortunately for Carl, his leading lady has disappeared, leaving his movie venture up in the air. Naomi Watts stars as Ann Darrow, a struggling vaudeville actress who has just lost her most recent job due to the closing of the club where she was working. By chance, Carl and Ann meet, and Carl offers the job of his leading lady role to her. Ann accepts, and soon the members of the movie crew, including script writer Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody) are on the S.S Venture bound for Singapore; or at least that was the plan. Filming starts on Carl's movie, but while on board , the ship's captain receives a message that there is a warrant for Carl's arrest. He is to change his course and head for Rangoon. However, the ship encounters a dense fog bank and it slams into the rocky coast of an island. Skull Island. Carl, Ann, Jack, and the others set off to explore the island. Soon, they run across some blood-thirsty natives who succeed in killing several members of the party. The ship's captain comes to the resuce in the nick of time, and everyone heads back to the S.S. Venture to prepare to set sail once high tide frees them from the rocks. But, the natives manage to board the ship undetected and kidnap Ann. Ann is bound and tied to a wooden rack and offered as a sacrifice to an amazing and mythical creature; a huge gorilla called King Kong. Kong scoops up Ann in his huge hand and bounds away. The others aboard the S.S. Venture soon realize that Ann is missing and head back to the island to rescue her. But, Ann soon realizes that Kong doesn't intend to harm her. In fact, she begins to like him as well. But the determined crewmembers are intent on getting Ann back no matter what the cost. Fierce fighting breaks out on the island as Kong fights against crewmembers and creatures alike, including three T-Rexs who try to kill Ann. The fight sequence between Kong and the dinosaurs is one of the best sequences of the entire film. Jack, having had his movie camera smashed to bits during one of the chases, comes up with another idea. He wants to capture Kong and bring him back to the mainland and make a fortune on admission fees. With the help of the remaining members of the Venture's crew, they manage to sedate the mighty Kong and bring him back to New York City. Soon, Jack is standing before a packed auditorium with the curtain drawn. The curtain goes up, and there is Kong, shackled with heavy iron chains. Kong is still sedated, so at first he doesn't do too much. But when he realizes that the girl brought onstage is not Ann, he goes beserk, rips off his chains, and goes on a rampage through the streets of New York. Meanwhile, at a nearby club, Ann hears the commotion in the streets. She sees one of Jack's promotional flyers blow by her window, and she immediately knows what's happening. She walks out into the night to find Kong. Once together, Ann and Kong somehow end up on an ice skating pond, with Kong laughing and playing on the ice. However, this carefree moment is short-lived, as the New York National Guard finds them and begins shooting artillery at Kong. Scooping Ann up in his hand, Kong heads for higher ground, namely, the top of the Empire State Building. Kong, seeming to know what his ultimate fate will be, scales the building until he reaches the top, all the while carefully carrying Ann in his hand like a newborn. Once on top and having suffered numerous hits from the guns of airplanes buzzing around them, Kong and Ann share a final, tender moment. This is a tremendous film, and it deserves much more than five stars. The special effects are simply out of this world. The scenes on top of the Empire State Building are the best in the movie, with Kong swatting planes out of the sky like mosquitos. But beyond the special effects, the story is very good, and touching as well. The relationship between Kong and Ann is very moving, and you can see how much Kong cares for her by the way he protects her from danger throughout the movie. The final scene on top of the Empire State Building is probably the most moving scene in the film. Kong, resigned to his fate, makes sure right up until the very end, that Ann is safe. I give this movie my highest recommendation. The special effects will blow you away, but what will keep you watching is the touching and genuine relationship between a beautiful woman and a large but caring gorilla. Enjoy.

Personally think this is one of the best movies of king Kong. Good storyline good actors and actoriist bit long but well worth watching

If this movie wasn't filmed in 4K UHD? Kudo's to doing a fantastic job upscaling it. I have purchased recently new released at theaters the past few of years 4K UHD HDR movies and none of them match the picture quality this 2005 adaptation of the original 1933 King Kong. No grain or noticeable grain even up close in the darker shades in the movie and the color is fantastic. I do really wish the film industry would pick up their game though and film more in 4K UHD and do it at 60 FPS instead of the standard 24 FPS they are still using today. That way motion blur won't be seen especially on big screen TV's which everyone is going to these days due to being more affordable. All Blu-ray editions as well as 4K and future 8K movies should be filmed and printed with at least 60 FPS. Although, due to this is a 2005 release, what motion blur you do see during fast pace action scenes is not as noticeable as you are absorbed in the action due to how good the quality is printing this gem in 4K UHD HDR. This is the best version of King Kong made and is legend in the film industry. Keeping it in the year 1933 like the original and the story line is better detailed. Long movie but it had to be to do it right. Of course, watch only the extended cut. It's the best way to see a movie. Unlike the 1976 version, which was always like a B rated movie to me, set in 1976 instead of 1933 didn't feel right either. Definitely a 4K UHD HDR gem in your movie library.

I’ve always loved the idea of this movie, if it wasn't for what I’d consider a pacing problem towards the end of the third quarter of the movie, it would be up there with LOTR. The picture is not as 4K-ish as other 4K native scans, maybe thats because from my research it is only an upscaled presentation and it looks fine for the most part, just not as glossy as native 4K scans. The cgi is obviously a bit outdated, though the title character looks realistic and doesn’t look out of place too much. The same can’t be said about the dinosaur stampede. Audio is awesome. Comes with DTSX no Atmos, but I only have DD/DTS- in 5.1. The special feature will literally pummel you to death. Theres a dedicated disc filled with hours of special features, I believe they are all ported over from Blu-Ray Disc, so nothing new there.

Ótimo filme, imagem incrível. Entrega rápida da Amazon

Non it ma bellissimo

good picture + sound I liked it so I got it again on 4k

Me parece una locura que te cobren 37€ por qe la carcasa qe trae y el interior es super simple y lo peor de todo es que no trae castellano , trae el latino.... asi qe tube qe devolver el producto

Exelente imagen, doblada al español y subtitulada en español