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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 16 Dec 2005

This is a production that proves that even a great film can have a remake that is better…

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By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 16 Dec 2005

Peter Jackson delivers the re-invention of the modern monster movie that Godzilla failed to achieve…

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By Gabe Leibowitz (202) for Film and Felt (184) on 16 Dec 2005

It was beauty that killed the beast, remarks Carl Denham at the conclusion of Peter Jackson's bloated King Kong, but he might as well have…

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By Scott A. Mantz (197) for Scott Mantz' Movie Reviews (101) on 16 Dec 2005

When it comes to the ultimate cinematic experience, King Kong is about as good as it gets…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 16 Dec 2005

Made with consummate imagination and skill, but still largely superfluous…

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By Jonathan R. Perry (254) for Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (351) on 15 Dec 2005

Exhausting, in the visceral, adrenal way a good adventure should be…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 15 Dec 2005

CGI spectacle that smacks of self-importance and showbiz hustle P.T. Barnum style…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for tonymedley.com (461) on 15 Dec 2005

Although far too long at three hours (the original was only 100 minutes), with far too many special effects-driven fight scenes involving horrible…

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By Mike Mcgranaghan (1,821) for Aisle Seat (1,783) on 15 Dec 2005

King Kong is an adrenaline-pumping joyride that you won't soon forget…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Movie Mom (753) on 15 Dec 2005

Packed with enough edge-of-your-seat/did-I-just-see-that/goose-bumpy popcorn pleasure for a year's worth of blockbusters…

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By Andrew Wright (312) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 15 Dec 2005

Should remind burned-out viewers why they started loving movies in the first place…

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By Sean O'connell (919) for Charlotte Weekly (185) on 15 Dec 2005

A bloated, deeply flawed misfire shot by a technical wizard given carte blanche based on his past success…

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By Linda Cook (1,442) for Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (1,206) on 15 Dec 2005

Gargantuan. Colossal. Stupendous. King Kong is every bit as big as its hype. Bigger, in fact…

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By Ron Wilkinson (582) for Monsters and Critics (513) on 15 Dec 2005

Indiana Jones goes to Jurassic Park in the reigning king of computer graphic monkey business, King Kong--2005…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 14 Dec 2005

Somehow Jackson's overflowing passion for his favorite film has translated into the most rigorously entertaining and rousing adventure of the…

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By Sean Mcbride (367) for Sean the Movie Guy (367) on 14 Dec 2005

A first-rate action flick and a compelling drama that will leave you with tears welling up in your eyes…

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By David Elliott (754) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 14 Dec 2005

Jackson, the visionary, has a tin ear. The dialogue, even if you cut it some slack for camp, is awful…

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By Duane Dudek (861) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 14 Dec 2005

Jackson was again driven by a vision that no one else could see until he put it on the screen, and the result is as close as effects-driven…

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By Mike Sage (166) for Peterborough This Week (166) on 14 Dec 2005

I'm sorry Mr. Spielberg; you've just relinquished your title. Peter Jackson is now the reigning god of awesome movies…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 14 Dec 2005

It is too bad that Jackson and his co-screenwriters, Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh, felt the need to turn a simple adventure story into a…

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