Better than ‘The Lord of the Rings’? Everyone has different opinions, but no one can deny that this science fiction adventure film is one of the most epic in history.
Peter Jackson established himself as one of the most acclaimed directors of this century with The Lord of the rings and with good reason. Its adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s novel went around the world since its first installment and earned a place among the top of the best of 2001, even surpassing another popular fantasy film: harry potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Both unleashed a series of films, respectively, that generated a high impact on audiences, but The New Zealander’s career only grew.
With The Fellowship of the Ring His name received great popularity not only in his country of origin, but also in Hollywood and the Latin American public. The trilogy made him a recognized filmmaker in the industry, but his career already seemed promising from previous installments. Like George Lucas, who started with titles like American Graffiti before stardom, Jackson presented the horror and comedy film Braindeadwhich already marked the path towards where he would direct his productions.
The Lord of the rings showed an epic odyssey of adventure, fantasy and even terror, so it was to be expected that he would continue his filmography with a feature film equally gigantic in terms of scale. Two years after release The return of the Kingthe native of New Zealand presented to the audiences a new portrait of king kongwhich is considered by some to be one of his best works.
With 187 minutes of duration, Jackson takes up the story of this legendary movie monster who has been providing fighting shows on the big screen for decades. to narrate the journey of director Carl Denham and his production team, who find a giant ape on Skull Island and set out to capture it to take it to New York City.
The film starred Jack Black, Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody and Andy Serkis’ performance as King Kong. The project raised more than 556 million dollars (millions of dollars) at the box office, recovering to a certain extent the impressive budget that was used to film it, which rose from 150 million dollars to 207 million dollars. If you want to see this adventure of the mythical character, you can find it available on the Amazon Prime Video streaming platform.
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