Given the fact that he had just finished the acclaimed, popular and financially very successful Lord of The Rings trilogy. Anything that Peter Jackson would have made afterwards, would have guaranteed a higher than usual degree of attention. It is safe to say that he probably had gotten in Hollywood extremely rare carte blanche. He chose to use it in probably what was the weirdest way imaginable, name to remake his childhood favourite and pop culture classic movie, namely King Kong. It is not that bad of a movie to remake, most people know the story, some nostalgia would have played a role but it had become technically outdated and campy enough to remake it whiteout being labelled a necrophilia. He could have used the opportunity to do something experimental or costly or something that would have been a sure hit and use the acclaim to become the new George Lucas. I suppose that he did what he wanted to do the most.
King Kong turned out to be a not bad, popcorn movie. The story was kept largely the same, it was rather nostalgic, campy and enjoyable to watch. It did make advantage of its own nostalgia value. It was far too long for its own good. CGI might have been a bit over the top, the original King Kong was popular originally for a big part because of its technical achievements, it did justify it, he might have wanted to tone it down a bit. Overall it was an acceptable popcorn movie, save for the standard complain that it didn’t have much going on in the way of substance and it was too long for its own good.
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