Heck of a movie there. Heck of a lot of movie there. It's a fun, intense, action adventure with some good old fashioned Peter Jackson horror elements that does tend to be a little over indulgent during certain scenes. I wasn't paying attention when it first came out, but I'm assuming Jackson parlayed the success of LOTR into being allowed to do an excessive King Kong adaptation, after which the studios decided never to indulge him again.
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