King Kong, anyone?

[led210]

I think the movie King Kong - the first one - should be included in this category. Sure, it has a few horror elements, but isn't it, at heart, a romance/action-adventure film?

[DVDlover]

I think the movie King Kong - the first one - should be included in this category. Sure, it has a few horror elements, but isn't it, at heart, a romance/action-adventure film?

"It was beauty that killed the beast...."

Okay, so it's a weird addition to the action adventure genre, but yes, I agree. It's a pretty nifty (if rather crude-looking) actioner by all accounts.

[sreeja]

King Kong stays pretty true to the original. Naomi Watts plays Fay Wray's Ann Darrow perfectly. Right down to her emotional connection with Kong, which is helped by the fact that Kong is pretty darn lovable when he is not ripping apart dinosaurs.

Adrien Brody plays a great Jack Driscoll as well. Brody is truly a gifted actor and plays a good hero.

Even Jack Black did a good job as the rebellious director Carl Denham. Usually I am annoyed by Black's performances, even though they are mostly in comedies. Surprisingly, Black kept his character serious and the movie is better for it. I though for sure he would be the one to ruin this movie for me but, again, I stand corrected. The comedy seemed to be reserved for Kong, himself, and did a wonderful job.

[crassus]

I think the movie King Kong - the first one - should be included in this category. Sure, it has a few horror elements, but isn't it, at heart, a romance/action-adventure film?

Okay, now are we talking about the old black and white movie? I always understood that one to be a horror movie---a Japanese creation, wasn't he? The last one that came out, he definately wasn't a bad guy. In that one, Kong was the good guy killed by a society that failed to understand or accept him.