20 Years Ago, A Legendary Director Revived King Kong For The 21st Century

20 Years Ago, A Legendary Director Revived King Kong For The 21st Century

Universal/Wing Nut Films/Kobal/ShutterstockI was a budding cinephile when Peter Jackson’s King Kong came out in 2005. And like many, I was excited. It was unavoidable, much like the marketing and subsequent public frenzy of anticipation. Jackson was fresh off of the wildly successful The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and now he was about to make what was clearly a passion project.This was also obviously before the endless reboots, prequels, and seq…