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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
DeVito and Strickland (Kong: King of Skull Island) deliver a fast-paced rewrite of Cooper's landmark 1932 adventure novel. Filmmaker Carl Denham is desperate for a starlet for his new project, but it's hard to locate a dame willing to board a ship bound for a secret destination with a cargo full of gas bombs. But find Ann Darrow he does, and the ship sails for the West Indies. The journey and arrival chapters are pretty boilerplate (Ann and first mate Jack Driscoll start falling for each other; the West Indian natives of Skull Island are stereotypically savage). But DeVito and Strickland do a bang-up job after the natives kidnap Ann from the ship and Denham and Driscoll must enter the island jungle and fight off deadly dinosaurs in search of Kong and the damsel in distress. The familiar scenes after Denham captures Kong and bring him back to Manhattan are thankfully succinct, and overall the authors do a fine job of respecting Cooper's pre-WWII idioms while picking up the pace for a contemporary audience. The result is a book that seems genuine and uncontrived, even as it's timed to coincide with another cinematic remake (Peter Jackson's movie hits theaters in December) of the King Kong story. (Oct.)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4 Up -King Kong (St. Martin's Press, 2005) is a giant gorilla who needs no introduction. Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland have used the 1932 novelization of Merian C. Cooper's classic movie to create an authentic Depression-era story. The adventure begins with filmmaker Carl Denham desperately seeking an actress for his new project. He meets plucky, but broke, Ann Darrow who signs on for a mysterious journey to an uncharted island. Even ship's Captain Englehorn and First Mate Jack Driscoll are in the dark about their final destination when they ship out with a hold full of gas bombs and a huge steel cage. Things heat up when Denham finally steers everyone into the middle of a ceremony where a young woman is about to be sacrificed to an unseen creature behind a high stockade fence. Interrupting the proceedings, the interlopers retreat when the witch doctor spots Ann's blonde hair. That night the natives kidnap Ann, and First Mate Driscoll leads a party to find the woman he's grown to love. The search of the skull-shaped island brings the crew face-to-face with King Kong who now has Ann in his grip. Though the giant beast is willing to fight for his fair-haired prize, he is also gentle with her. Rescuing Ann isn't enough for Denham who brings King Kong back to New York. There the story closes with the gorilla's demise on the Empire State Building. The largely male cast delivers solid performances with narrator and leads all well chosen. Well-placed sound effects add just the right touch. With the 2005 release of the latest King Kong movie, this recording will be a popular addition for school and public library collections.-Barbara Wysocki, Cora J. Belden Library, Rocky Hill, CT
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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DeVito and Strickland (Kong: King of Skull Island) deliver a fast-paced rewrite of Cooper's landmark 1932 adventure novel. Filmmaker Carl Denham is desperate for a starlet for his new project, but it's hard to locate a dame willing to board a ship bound for a secret destination with a cargo full of gas bombs. But find Ann Darrow he does, and the ship sails for the West Indies. The journey and arrival chapters are pretty boilerplate (Ann and first mate Jack Driscoll start falling for each other; the West Indian natives of Skull Island are stereotypically savage). But DeVito and Strickland do a bang-up job after the natives kidnap Ann from the ship and Denham and Driscoll must enter the island jungle and fight off deadly dinosaurs in search of Kong and the damsel in distress. The familiar scenes after Denham captures Kong and bring him back to Manhattan are thankfully succinct, and overall the authors do a fine job of respecting Cooper's pre-WWII idioms while picking up the pace for a contemporary audience. The result is a book that seems genuine and uncontrived, even as it's timed to coincide with another cinematic remake (Peter Jackson's movie hits theaters in December) of the King Kong story. (Oct.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From School Library Journal
Grade 4 Up -King Kong (St. Martin's Press, 2005) is a giant gorilla who needs no introduction. Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland have used the 1932 novelization of Merian C. Cooper's classic movie to create an authentic Depression-era story. The adventure begins with filmmaker Carl Denham desperately seeking an actress for his new project. He meets plucky, but broke, Ann Darrow who signs on for a mysterious journey to an uncharted island. Even ship's Captain Englehorn and First Mate Jack Driscoll are in the dark about their final destination when they ship out with a hold full of gas bombs and a huge steel cage. Things heat up when Denham finally steers everyone into the middle of a ceremony where a young woman is about to be sacrificed to an unseen creature behind a high stockade fence. Interrupting the proceedings, the interlopers retreat when the witch doctor spots Ann's blonde hair. That night the natives kidnap Ann, and First Mate Driscoll leads a party to find the woman he's grown to love. The search of the skull-shaped island brings the crew face-to-face with King Kong who now has Ann in his grip. Though the giant beast is willing to fight for his fair-haired prize, he is also gentle with her. Rescuing Ann isn't enough for Denham who brings King Kong back to New York. There the story closes with the gorilla's demise on the Empire State Building. The largely male cast delivers solid performances with narrator and leads all well chosen. Well-placed sound effects add just the right touch. With the 2005 release of the latest King Kong movie, this recording will be a popular addition for school and public library collections.-Barbara Wysocki, Cora J. Belden Library, Rocky Hill, CT
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
See all Editorial Reviews
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