Monthly Archives: August 2005

King Kong – Post Production

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King Kong is not just another remake of one of Hollywood’s most classic monster movies or so Mr. Jackson claims. While the original was made over 70 years ago back in 1933 it still captivates viewers again and again or even for the first time. And it makes you wonder, whatever happened to Fay Wray, that delicate, satin-draped frame as it clung to her thigh… ahem. Ok, no singing.

King Kong (2005)Peter Jackson and his crew had their last day of Pick Ups in Post Production and we are in for a properly pumped Kong this December 14th. Check out the new King Kong teaser trailer on apple.com and tell me the dinos don’t look cheesy! I can live with cheesy dinos. Kong is gonna smack them anyhow!

If you want to find out all about the King of Kongs go visit Kong is King dot net. They have the latest scoop on all things Kong.

Saw (2004)

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Saw (2004) I saw “Saw” and there were two saws in it but one broke. Forgive the cheesy pun and let’s just stick to the things I saw for now. Not having read anything about it nor having seen any trailers I thought I am in for another splatter movie. How wrong I was. “Saw” is a classical suspense thriller/horror movie. I won’t go into detail here since it would spoil the fun for you.
There are always a few things you can complain about, like breaking into your hideout through the front gate and you not noticing your front gate has been forced open or two drills nearing a man’s head from each side while you stupidly fumble for the key to free the man instead of cutting the power. Cary Elwes as Dr. Gordon is not delivering his best performance either but it could be worse so I saw it through. Sorry, I couldn’t resist!
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Danny the Dog (2005)

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Danny the Dog (US title: Unleashed)Danny the Dog (US title: Unleashed) has good fighting scenes in it as you’d expect from a Jet Li movie and it also features some compelling acting from Mr. Li. The only major gripe I have with it is the concept of human experiment which it features as it’s premise (“Get them young and the possibilities are infinite”).

Put a collar around an infant and raise him to behave like a dog? Realistically speaking the movie has no merit on this level and bluntly asks us to accept the fact that Danny is a grown up “dog” with the mind of a traumatized child. The collar comes off and the “unleashed” dog becomes a martial arts killer machine.

What’s more is that Bob Hoskins as Bart just doesn’t strike me as the utter despicable human monster he is supposed to resemble.
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