I've seen a lot of movies this year, and I have to admit that I don't remember most of them. In fact, other than Elizabethtown, there aren't many at all that really strike me as memorable.

Then I saw Peter Jackson's King Kong. If this thing doesn't score Oscars, I'll be super pissed. It's one of the most beautiful and sad movies I've seen in a very long time. I won't give away any spoilers (though I assume everyone knows how it ends), but they pulled off what I suspected would either kill or make the movie: They made an animated ape "act" and convey emotion. That's fairly amazing.

Go see it. It's the best movie this year.