When I watched it for the first time, I was completely shocked by the special effects inside. King Kong fought against the three dinosaurs. I was stunned when I saw it, and screamed countless times with the audience.
The second time I saw it, I had already read the production diary, but I still couldn't find any flaws in the special effects. Because I was prepared for all the twists and turns, I was able to calmly experience the skating rink in Central Park, the sunrise on the Empire State Building, and the gentle and sad eye contact between King Kong and Ann, making my eyes gradually teary. .
I have always had a hard time imagining how to make a funny remake of a monster movie more than 70 years ago, just as many people could not imagine a few years ago, what it would be like to move the world of the Lord of the Rings to the screen.
Peter Jackson is certainly no ordinary person. He has dreams and persistence, and he also has the help of magical computer technology. King Kong vs. Dinosaurs made the Jurassic guys look like silly boys in the kindergarten, and Adventure made Titanic like a plastic model. As for the dinosaurs running and pushing, our director Chen’s running bull formation became Rows of indigestion cow shit.
King Kong’s production diary is to some extent a bigger surprise than the King Kong movie itself.
I know that the dinosaurs are fake, and Skull Island was built by humans, but I didn't expect that even the ocean and the plane were virtual. The Adventure never even left a certain parking lot in New Zealand from start to finish.
Few people will publish the shots on the Internet in real time before the film is shown, or even make it into DVD for distribution. I believe PJ said that he did not do this to promote the movie.
I think that on the one hand, King Kong has been PJ’s dream for many years, just like a little boy getting the coveted assembly toy. Every minute of the process is extremely happy, so PJ hopes to share this happiness with all King Kong fans in the world. share.
On the other hand, PJ is full of confidence in his movies. He knows that publishing these diaries will not reveal any content of the movie, because most of the fans are already familiar with the story of King Kong. And even if you have wild imagination and memorize all the clues in the production diary backwards, I am afraid it is difficult to come up with the final result. Only PJ himself knows what kind of picture and effect will be on the final screen. .
The reason why PJ is a master is not only because he can play computer stunts, but because he never neglects the development of the story and the creation of the characters while doing stunts. We have long since been convinced by the Lord of the Rings.
The first hour of King Kong’s story was relatively easy and humorous. However, whether it was the background of the Great Depression, the experience of the heroine Ann, or the unscrupulous means of director Carl to pursue the film’s dream, the audience felt a touch of sadness, and the tragic ending of the film was in emotion. The above has made a sufficient foreshadowing.
From the beginning of the Adventure approaching Skull Island, a gloomy atmosphere enveloped the entire screen, and the pace of the film suddenly accelerated, followed by a series of exciting visual feasts.
I think the smartest thing about PJ is that he ignored the process of transporting King Kong from Skull Island to New York. Not only was it because there were too many technical questions to answer, but it also made the story lengthy and cumbersome.
It’s a pity that the black mate and Jimmy are flaws in the structure of King Kong’s story. Whether it is their dialogue or those close-up shots, the audience thinks that PJ has a special purpose in shaping these two supporting characters, or that Jimmy comes from King Kong at all. Aboriginal king? Or is King Kong's mixed-blood son?), or will he finally break the Skull Island or capture King Kong with one hand?
When many film critics talk about King Kong, they always talk about its symbolic meaning. The Adventure heading to Skull Island symbolizes the ambivalence of human beings’ fear of the unknown secrets of nature and an attempt to overcome conquest; human hunting and killing of King Kong is a strong conquest of the so-called civilization over the so-called barbarism; and King Kong’s fall from the Empire State Building, Contains the implication that the old era gave way to the new era.
I prefer to think of King Kong as a simple story about love.
The old version emphasizes the love between beauty and beast, which is not convincing. It seems that the gorilla is in estrus, while the beauty is abnormally dependent on the violence that enslaves herself.
Under the lens of PJ, it is not so much the relationship between King Kong and Ann that it is a love between men and women, it is better to say that this is a purer love that transcends species and transcendence.
Ann has gratitude and trust for King Kong's love, as well as friendship, maternal love, and love for pets.
Ann, who lived in the era of the Great Depression, was unemployed and had an unknown future. She was lonely and confused. Although she admired the playwright Jack, the other party was always "not talking", which could not make her feel safe. The encounter on Skull Island made her fear to the extreme, when King Kong appeared, saving her from peril again and again. Ann knew that although King Kong looked fierce, she would never hurt her. Under King Kong's huge body, Ann saw a simple and equally lonely heart.
So at the moment of confrontation with the dinosaurs, An Xiang Jingang stepped closer and handed over his life to the "beast". The sunset on Skull Island is the happiest moment in the entire film. The danger has just passed and the tragedy has not yet unfolded. An nestled in King Kong's palm and fell asleep peacefully.
Although King Kong is the king of beasts, it is also the loneliest one on Skull Island. King Kong has no companions. When any animal encounters it, there is only battle and fear. Ann appeared at this time. She performed a circus for it. She gently amused it. This distinguished Ann from other sacrifices. It also gave King Kong a taste of being accompanied for the first time. Since then King Kong has regarded Ann as My most beloved object.
Pure King Kong is far more loyal than human beings, and he is more committed to carrying out his feelings. In order to keep Ann, in order to be with An, hunting and death can't stop it, and An's tears and dissuasion can't change her mind.
On the cold Broadway streets, the angry King Kong looked for the back of the blonde again and again. Finally Ann appeared, looking at it tenderly in white clothes, and the eyes of King Kong disappeared from violence in an instant, only the thick attachment was left with tears faintly shining.
On the Central Park skating rink, King Kong and Ann have forgotten the danger and reality around them. Between the ice and snow, they smile like carefree children.
But the sudden sound of guns destroyed the short-term peace. King Kong knew that there was no room for it in this world, and it was no longer possible for it to bring An back to Skull Island. It had only one last wish, and that was He An. Let's take a look at the "beautiful" scenery again. So it hugged Ann. Although it knew it was a dead end, it still climbed towards the spire of the Empire State Building... The
tragedy happened faithfully as in the old version. I sat in the cinema with tears in my eyes and waited for the lights to turn on. . I think that before seeing Brokeback Mountain, King Kong and Ann will be the story that touched me the most in 2006.
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