The long wait is over, and the verdict is in: Peter Jackson’s much-anticipated follow up to his epic “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, “King Kong,” can be summed up in one word … awesome!Jackson has not only managed, to stay faithful to the 1933 monster/love story created by maverick filmmaker Merian C. Cooper (with a few changes), but also topped himself in terms of masterful storytelling, mixed with awesome special effects action sequences and believable human characters.This new “Kong” also erased memories of Dino DeLauurentiis’ ponderous 1976 remake, which introduced future two-time Academy Award winner Jessica Lange to movie audiences, and a man-in-a-monkey suit (AA Winner, Rick Baker).The new three-hour-and-seven-minute epic begins (and ends) in New York City, 1933, where wild-card …
Posted Thursday, December 15th, 2005 at 5:02 am