Movie review: King Kong

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+title = "King Kong (2005)"
+date = 2020-12-13
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+[IMDB Summary](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360717/): A greedy film
+producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous
+Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives.
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+If I could summarize it, I'd simply put "weird".
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+Sure, the special effects are a lot better than the original version,
+done in claymation. But the whole of the story is simple... nothing
+new. I mean, there are movies that took the original story and update
+it to the current times, like "The Day the Earth Stood Still"; others,
+are timeless, like "Twelve Angry Men" (which shouldn't make sense at
+this time), but the only update from the original is that they put
+Jack Black saying catchphrases from time to time -- not that his
+acting is bad, the character just seems out of place, like someone
+acting the way they acted in the 20s with the rest of the cast in the
+90s.
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+Again, the special effects are pretty damn good, with Andy Serkis
+leading the titular monkey. But, again, it's hard to put an excuse for
+a remake only for that.
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+In the end, if they just coloured the original version and updated the
+visuals, the result may be actually better.