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What's up with "King Kong"? (MR)

mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
edited December 2005 in Strut Central
I know one of you batches went to go see this. Hot or not? Worth my three hours of time (and babysitting $$$)?
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  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    yeah,i JUST NOW looked up showtimes for this, and then i was like DAMN!! 3 HOURS?!?!?!

    hmmmmmm.


    plus its got jack black and that dude with the GINORMOUS schnoz, which also makes me kinda EH.....

    but, it also has dinosaurs, which is sweet i guess.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts


    but, it also has dinosaurs, which is sweet i guess.

    V. Rex, represent.
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
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  • edubedub 715 Posts
    I gave my review in that other holiday movie thread

    I think this movie is overhyped... Peter Jackson gone wild.

    The dinosaur scenes are in general way too unrealistic... especially the stampede scenes. There are also some giant insect scenes that are over the top... some cheezy scenes with kong "ice skating" and so on.

    I really think this movie suffers from lack of editing - I think Peter Jackson was left unchecked...

    this would have made a good 2 hour movie. I wasn't totally disappointed with it.

    I suck at movie reviews.
  • El_MezcalitoEl_Mezcalito 312 Posts
    It sounds way too different than the original. Its one thing to redo a movie and enhance/reinterpret certain parts, its another thing to add DINOSAURS and giant insects. The original jawn was somewhat plausible - there could be a really big gorilla, it could be captured and brought over, and do some crazy shenanigans. But dinosaurs and giant insects sounds kind of retarded to me.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    It sounds way too different than the original. Its one thing to redo a movie and enhance/reinterpret certain parts, its another thing to add DINOSAURS and giant insects. The original jawn was somewhat plausible - there could be a really big gorilla, it could be captured and brought over, and do some crazy shenanigans. But dinosaurs and giant insects sounds kind of retarded to me.

    ummmm...dude...there are dinosaurs in the OG...
  • AaronAaron 977 Posts
    This movie sounds like it has the makings of a "Heaven's Gate" for our generation.

    When I ordered lunch at Burger King the other day, I asked if that "Kong Burger" was as big as in the commercial. It isn't.

    Kong's on Viagra.
  • El_MezcalitoEl_Mezcalito 312 Posts
    It sounds way too different than the original. Its one thing to redo a movie and enhance/reinterpret certain parts, its another thing to add DINOSAURS and giant insects. The original jawn was somewhat plausible - there could be a really big gorilla, it could be captured and brought over, and do some crazy shenanigans. But dinosaurs and giant insects sounds kind of retarded to me.

    ummmm...dude...there are dinosaurs in the OG...

    ??? serious? Its been a few years, but thats definitely not how I remembered it
  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    The movie does stick to many parts of the original. That being said the movie is OK, not great.

    Someone in the other movie thread said they didn't like the build up at the beginning, but I thought it created tension until they threw in a little love scene that was uncessary in my book.

    All the stuff on the island was entertaining. When they got back to NYC it went downhill however. To many scenes of the girl staring up at Kong and getting teary eyed.

    Would recommend it as a matinee, and not pay full price, or just wait until it comes out on DVD.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts


  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    It sounds way too different than the original. Its one thing to redo a movie and enhance/reinterpret certain parts, its another thing to add DINOSAURS and giant insects. The original jawn was somewhat plausible - there could be a really big gorilla, it could be captured and brought over, and do some crazy shenanigans. But dinosaurs and giant insects sounds kind of retarded to me.

    ummmm...dude...there are dinosaurs in the OG...

    ??? serious? Its been a few years, but thats definitely not how I remembered it

    Which OG are you talking about? They weren't in the 70's version but were def. a part of the 1930s original.
  • El_MezcalitoEl_Mezcalito 312 Posts
    I stand corrected. next time don't take so long finding and posting evidence though
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    I stand corrected. next time don't take so long finding and posting evidence though

    Sorry, I was making Real World Moves* and took my time.

















    *watching football
  • El_MezcalitoEl_Mezcalito 312 Posts
    I stand corrected. next time don't take so long finding and posting evidence though

    Sorry, I was making Real World Moves* and took my time.




    *watching football

    was being sarcastic homie. don't know too many people who have that image on hand
  • El_MezcalitoEl_Mezcalito 312 Posts
    dinosaurs and insects still sounds retarded to me though. OG or not.
  • ariel_calmerariel_calmer 3,762 Posts
    dinosaurs and insects still sounds retarded to me though. OG or not.

    Dudes just go see it. Worth the $8.50.

    Jackson makes it work. Yeah he uses some leftover "rings" wall & ogre models, but it doesn't hurt.

    Trust me, you will be into king kong battling 3 t-rexes while falling over a cliff into vines and saving namomi watts. It's more than just eye candy. Something for the kids, something for the big boys & girls.
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    It sounds way too different than the original. Its one thing to redo a movie and enhance/reinterpret certain parts, its another thing to add DINOSAURS and giant insects. The original jawn was somewhat plausible - there could be a really big gorilla, it could be captured and brought over, and do some crazy shenanigans. But dinosaurs and giant insects sounds kind of retarded to me.

    ummmm...dude...there are dinosaurs in the OG...

    Giant insects too, edited out from the original shoot.
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    I haven't seen this new one, but I highly recommend the newly restored DVD of the OG, complete with a great doc about Miriam C Cooper, who scripted and directed the original Kong. The OG Kong was practically a autobiography of Cooper(who went to exotic locales like Skull Island), who was a real life adventurer, al la Indiana Jones, and filmmaker. The stuff he did in the real world was as unbelievable as the story of Kong seems.
  • AaronAaron 977 Posts
    I haven't seen this new one, but I highly recommend the newly restored DVD of the OG, complete with a great doc about Miriam C Cooper, who scripted and directed the original Kong. The OG Kong was practically a autobiography of Cooper(who went to exotic locales like Skull Island), who was a real life adventurer, al la Indiana Jones, and filmmaker. The stuff he did in the real world was as unbelievable as the story of Kong seems.

    Coming soon to a theater near you courtesy of Martin Scorcese.
  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    dinosaurs and insects still sounds retarded to me though. OG or not.



    You should avoid the whole movie then shouldn't you? After all it's about a big giant gorilla living on an island. It would seem that giant insects and dinosaurs and the like would be part and parcel of such a movie.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    dinosaurs and insects still sounds retarded to me though. OG or not.

    You should avoid the whole movie then shouldn't you? After all it's about a big giant gorilla living on an island. It would seem that giant insects and dinosaurs and the like would be part and parcel of such a movie.
  • flunkflunk 230 Posts
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts




    genius.
  • flunkflunk 230 Posts




    genius.
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts




    genius.



    Harryhausen was indeed a genius, but don't leave out the guy who ran the show on Kong, Willis O'Brien. The man who conceptualized and built the Kong models. Special Effects pioneer.
  • 99Problems99Problems 1,541 Posts

    I left my hater hat at home and enjoyed this movie a lot.

    Best integration of special effects I've seen maybe ever.


  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    What's up w/ the storyline? Is it all about visuals?
  • 99Problems99Problems 1,541 Posts
    What's up w/ the storyline? Is it all about visuals?

    Doesn't everyone know the story already?
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    What's up w/ the storyline? Is it all about visuals?

    Doesn't everyone know the story already?

    YES, but did he add/subtract shit?
  • 99Problems99Problems 1,541 Posts
    What's up w/ the storyline? Is it all about visuals?



    Doesn't everyone know the story already?



    YES, but did he add/subtract shit?



    There were some subtle changes in the story I guess. The Jack Black character is more of a greaseball in this one. The Naomi Watts character is much more into Kong, etc. Jackson basically brought it up to date. There's a funny scene where Kong is grabbing random blonde women off the street then tossing them aside once he realized that they're not his dear Ann.
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