King Kong (4K Ultra-HD) (+ Blu-ray) [2005]

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La narrazione coinvolgente, la regia eccezionale e l'effetto visivo sorprendente rendono questo film un capolavoro senza tempo. Additional praise is given in the form of Andy Serkis as he does a great job doing double duty as a crewman and as Kong. Oh yes, this is the 1970’s King Kong, along with all the stereotypes, from sultry blondes, to cleavage staring, ruthless, hard drinking men, oh and let’s not forget the black ‘natives’ in all the appropriate feathery beaded gear.

One of my favourite aspects of this film is the dedication Jackson and Weta put into creating the mythical world of Skull Island. Painfully overlong, horribly structured, badly cast, and containing some of the worst CGI I've ever seen, I couldn't wait for Kong to finally fall off the top of that stupid building and crush Naomi Watts along with him, just so the whole dumb thing would be over with. When the curtain goes up, it reveals (to the gasps of the audience) a Kong who seems depressed and lethargic. Jackson’s gorgeously stylized photography, especially during the New York and on-boat scenes, lends itself particularly well to HDR’s extended contrast range, and the disc takes full advantage of it by combining gorgeously deep black levels with some phenomenally bold peak whites and bright colors.Introductions By Peter Jackson – Now over a decade old, Jackson gives us an introduction for the features. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

With this part and the addition of a playwright Darrow admires (Adrien Brody), the course is set but Denham has other plans when an uncharted island comes to his attention and an amazing discovery is made. It’s by far the best the film has ever looked and given that there are two cuts on the disc, it really looks amazing. The towering new 4K restoration of the 1976 event movie reimagining of the classic monster story, King Kong. I’d say this new 4K restoration is a much better representation of how effects like those should look in a home video setting, rather than the somewhat-sharpened look that Shout Factory’s Blu-ray release sometimes gave off. Denham has a map of the mysterious Skull Island, and he pays the steamer captain, Englehorn (Thomas Kretschmann), to sail to the island before going to Singapore.Even though some consider Jack Black as a miscast, it is very clear he gives everything to this film by toning down and expressing more with less. Whilst this is only for a few minutes, it’s a scene that will unsettle insectophobes (or even turn you into one). The audience panics and runs and Kong, who sees and remembers Driscoll, chases him from the theater and gets out into the wintry streets of New York. The Dino De Laurentiis-produced blockbuster starring Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange arrives in 4K Ultra HD from StudioCanal with a pleasing presentation that offers a suspicious new color grade. He perks up a little when they bring out the woman pretending to be Ann Darrow, but he becomes agitated when he realizes she is not the real Ann.

The best moment is Kong's rampage in New York where the city looks splendid immersed in so much darkness and shadows, but some of the detailing of objects in the distance now completely covered in deep, black shadows. Working at the the De Luxe Theater, Darrow hears the police sirens and people screaming as the ape creates havoc on the streets. Much as I love 4K Blu-rays, only a few titles to date have looked outright spectacular enough to actually give me a rush over the sheer beauty of the pictures I’m watching. After even more interminable Jurassic Park-lite scenes involving Kong fighting (and fighting, and fighting) with dinosaurs, and Gollum (Andy Serkis) being attacked by giant bugs, Kong and Ann fall in love. From the run down Depression Era New York to the hellish Skull Island, the scenes are beautiful, detailed and captivating.While King Kong’s 4K HDR picture quality is for the most part insanely good, going far beyond anything I’d expected, there are one or two little niggles. A Night in Vaudeville (SD, 12 min): Similar to the above, but focused on the stage performances of the period and finding the right performers for the movie, showing lots of BTS footage.

But the best demo-worthy moment is Kong's battle with a trio of T-Rexes because several random noises spread into the space above the listening area, particularly the moment when Kong and Ann are caught in a web of vines. As the ship prepares to sail -- a departure Carl has hurried along because his backers have already pulled the plug on his funding -- Driscoll (Adrien Brody) stops by to drop off the script. Naomi Watts and Andy Serkis deserve Oscars for their work here; her heart breaks staring longingly into green screen, he runs about naked on all fours covered with motion sensors. Minutes With is a podcast that has a variety of different shows that cover all aspects of movies, music, video games, television and live events. The new DTS:X soundtrack is better with several good moments taking advantage of the object-based format.It also doesn’t become a product of the modern time but it also paves the way again visually for he and his special effects crew. You really appreciate the work that goes into the new Planet of the Apes films with the technology we have now. The fight carries the four of them to the brink of a vine-festooned gorge, where Kong (never letting go of Darrow) forces first one and then the other dinosaur over the edge. But no, Kong goes on too long; particularly in this Extended Edition, which sees a disgruntled triceratops and a giant piranha push us well past the three-hour threshold.