King Kong

[el presidente Highsteppa]

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I was actually surprised at how good it was, and how quickly the 3 hours and 7 minutes moved along. Some genuinely terrifying moments on Skull Island and the film as a whole is a great, epic film. I have some minor beefs, like Jack Black being kind of unstable in the film (sometimes he evokes a look that reminds me too much of School of Rock, others, he's escaped into the character). The ending is so well done and amazingly faithful to the original, it's one of those really really rare film that manages to eclipse the original because it's so damn good.

[alienaut]

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The movie seems to be interesting thought classic never dies!!!

[day_for_night]

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fantastic movie. bring a snack and take a piss before you go in, though...its looooong.

[nightfly]

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So. fucking. long.
Seriously, first half seems to drag on so much, should have been cut down. Last hour moves along nicely though.
Overall good, but too long.

[vibe]

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im checking it tonite, lets wait.

[jorre]

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I was actually surprised at how good it was, and how quickly the 3 hours and 7 minutes moved along.

man, 3 hours and 7 minutes don't just move along, it takes hours!
Oh well, at least it's not one of those 85 minute movies...

[alexmigi]

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3 hours is long, but those were the shortest 3 hours of my life... do i want them back? maybe

[sooper]

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I wish I loved this movie as much as everyone else - I really wanted to going in...

The LOTR movies were just incredible! So epic and refreshing.

King Kong on the other hand was lame. The setup to the arrival on the island dragged on and on and on... and the acting was so poor and cheap. Jack Black, in my opinion, sucked leaky nipples.

There were just too many over the top moments. A few of these moments would have made the movie memorable - but having a giant special fx saturated scene every five minutes was too much - it was as if I built a tolerance to them throughout the movie and they were no longer a big deal every time they happened.

Some of the special effects were mind-blowing... other scenes looked like leftover footage from LOTR or Jurrasic Park.

Seems to me like Peter Jackson got too carried away trying to turn King Kong into the most epic story every told, which was not necessary and, for me, severly detracted from the movie.

[Balearic Boy Greg]

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I feel like the 3 hours went rather quickly, thourh definately go to the washroom beforehand!

The movie itself felt like it had alot more of a fleshed out story than the original. More detail into what happened on Skull Island, and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time! Yes, it was long, but every minute was a genuine movie experience. Jack Black was the only one who I agree was sketchy at times in the acting department. The boat captain reminded me of Harrison Ford as Indy! Anyway, I feel it deserves it great reviews since I initially wasn't going to see it.

I was one of the converted, though obviously if you aregoing in and comparing it to LOTR then you are already decided in your mind because that is the greatest Epic trilogy we will ever see. That is unfair comparison, and Kong is only one movie versus a trilogy.

Greg
(First Post!!!)

[sooper]

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I was one of the converted, though obviously if you aregoing in and comparing it to LOTR then you are already decided in your mind because that is the greatest Epic trilogy we will ever see. That is unfair comparison, and Kong is only one movie versus a trilogy.

Greg
(First Post!!!)

Hey Greg - good points raised

However, I'm not comparing King Kong to LOTR in that KK did not live up to LOTR. What I'm saying is that they had too much in common... I wished that they weren't so similar in their "epicness" - I'm not saying that King Kong should have been more like LOTR, but rather the opposite.

cheers!

[Balearic Boy Greg]

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I gotcha man. I actually didn't mean you, but some others mentioned it being too long. That he was trying to make it too Epic. But if you watch the original Kong, lets be honest.....it is light on plot (other than the fundamantal Beast meets Beauty and the heart of the Beast is tamed as he finds meaning in his lonely existence and can die happy theme), so now Jackson has fleshed it out. I just found it interestiing that people thought Jackson was purposely drawing things out for his own ego (to make his single movie an epic).

It is also worth mentioning here that Kong was originally about 2 hours. Then, after Universal execs saw this first version, they were so impressed with the effects and storyline, that they actually okayed another hour to be added from cut footage.

To me the most important part of the film is Skull Island because it is the reference for everything. I was glad to see it fleshed out, and I love how we get a more realiztic glimpse than ever of what prehistoric life was like. ie.> heard animals like Brontasauraus just struggling to survive and falling in the pursuit, and all the predator and then a bigger predator life cycle. I mention this because I feel since people are bringing up Jurrasic Park, Kong makes this aspect of Jurassic Park look pretty juvenille and succeeds in transporting us back (minus the people and giant ape of course).

Anyway, I want to make clear one more thing. People who are saying it is too much like Jurasssic Park...do you realize that the original Kong had a Prehistoric element on Skull Island. It is a given that the effect were not here to do T-Rex battles with Kong, yet had the technology been there, they would have put more in. So considering this (and the fact that Kong came out waaaay b4 Jurassic Park), we can hardly claim that showing dinosaurs on Skull Island along with Kong is something that detracts from the movie or in some way makes Kong too 'Jurassic Parkish'.

Just a thought I had,
Regards,
Greg

[chuckc]

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this is the best special effect i have ever seen in any movie ever period. What a kick ass film. A must see at the big screen.

[anonin]

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I gotcha man. I actually didn't mean you, but some others mentioned it being too long. That he was trying to make it too Epic. But if you watch the original Kong, lets be honest.....it is light on plot (other than the fundamantal Beast meets Beauty and the heart of the Beast is tamed as he finds meaning in his lonely existence and can die happy theme), so now Jackson has fleshed it out. I just found it interestiing that people thought Jackson was purposely drawing things out for his own ego (to make his single movie an epic).

It is also worth mentioning here that Kong was originally about 2 hours. Then, after Universal execs saw this first version, they were so impressed with the effects and storyline, that they actually okayed another hour to be added from cut footage.

To me the most important part of the film is Skull Island because it is the reference for everything. I was glad to see it fleshed out, and I love how we get a more realiztic glimpse than ever of what prehistoric life was like. ie.> heard animals like Brontasauraus just struggling to survive and falling in the pursuit, and all the predator and then a bigger predator life cycle. I mention this because I feel since people are bringing up Jurrasic Park, Kong makes this aspect of Jurassic Park look pretty juvenille and succeeds in transporting us back (minus the people and giant ape of course).

Anyway, I want to make clear one more thing. People who are saying it is too much like Jurasssic Park...do you realize that the original Kong had a Prehistoric element on Skull Island. It is a given that the effect were not here to do T-Rex battles with Kong, yet had the technology been there, they would have put more in. So considering this (and the fact that Kong came out waaaay b4 Jurassic Park), we can hardly claim that showing dinosaurs on Skull Island along with Kong is something that detracts from the movie or in some way makes Kong too 'Jurassic Parkish'.

Just a thought I had,
Regards,
Greg

[jorre]

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I went to see kong 2 days ago... it was way too long... nice effects yeah... but when I want effect I'll play Max Payne 2... those effects are better if you ask me

who hasn't seen computer effects on screen by now anyway...

[Kamal]

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