Becoming The Overman

This is not only the best movie of the year, but quite possibly the best movie of the past ten years. Director Peter Jackson outdoes himself with his adamptation of the 1933 film King Kong, and makes what is easily a much better movie than any of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy franchise.

A tragedy in its finest state, an action-adventure story in its most primitive, Jackson's King Kong is a true love story, and one told with more imagination and more verisimilitude than any live actor's love could portray.

The film portrays young movie director Carl Denham (Jack Black) in the Great Depression who can't make a good film for the life of him. In a last-ditch effort to earn his name--and with an almost non-existence budget--Denham takes his cast, Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) and her boyfriend (Adrian Brody) to the mystical Skull Island to film his movie. After hearing large noises coming from the center of the island, Denham takes the crew to investigate, eventually being ambushed by island natives who take Ann to be sacrificed to "Kong," the gigantic ape we all know and love, only looking better than we've ever seen him.

However, instead of killing her, Kong saves Ann's life and takes her into the jungle where she evetually realizes he wants to protect her, while Kong falls in love with her. Slowly we see that Ann loves him as well.

Eventually, Denham captures the giant monster and takes him to New York City chained and shackled on a stage as the "8th Wonder of the World!" Of course, Kong breaks loose and begins searching for Ann throughout the city, tearing much of it apart in the process.

Suddenly, Kong sees Ann in the streets and stops his rampage. This is possibly one of the most important parts in the film, when we see straight through Kong's eyes how much emotional pain he is in...how much he loves her. Ann willingly goes with him to the top of the Empire State Building, where they stay until morning.