Re: "I'm afraid it's going to amount to a 'colorized version' (in the Turneresque sense) of the original and nothing mor

I hope you're right. And I agree that Peter Jackson is a very capable director. But sometimes more is less, and the new Kong is rumored to be running about 3 hours. We'll see if he manages to capture the poetry of the original, which shines though all of its quaintness and creakiness.

And you points with regard to Psycho are well taken. It's true that modern cinematic technology has much more to offer a King Kong than a Psycho. Yet I don't see that Psycho had to be a black and white film, even though it was intended to be. North by Northwest didn't suffer too much from being in color.

But one of the absolute WORST, and most eagerly anticipated, remakes ever made (it was SOOO bad, it qualifies as one of the worst MOVIES ever made, let alone remakes) was another classic monster thriller ...

GODZILLA. All the cinematic wizardry and sound effects couldn't stop this overstuffed turkey from falling off the bone. Now, I'll grant you that Godzilla had the feeling of a movie that was scripted in an afternoon "brainstorming session" by a couple of Hollywood marketing hot shots who could smell box office. And Jackson's handling of the Ring Trilogy might give one cause for some hope. But something seems to happen when these fragile relics of old taken out of their display cases and passed around, disected, and "improved" upon.

I wonder if there's something in the time, the ethos of the era, in which movies like Kong were made that just won't translate into our modern vernacular.

But, like so many of us, I am eagerly awaiting the release of this film. Again, I hope you're right about it, and that Jackson can succeed where almost everyone else seems to fail.

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Topic - Kong-King------ - patrickU 09:27:19 10/27/05 (10)

Re: Kong-King-- dubious doings - halfnote 20:16:01 10/31/05 (2)

"I'm afraid it's going to amount to a 'colorized version' (in the Turneresque sense) of the original and nothing more." - Audiophilander 21:02:01 11/01/05 (1)

Re: "I'm afraid it's going to amount to a 'colorized version' (in the Turneresque sense) of the original and nothing mor - halfnote 21:42:10 11/01/05 (0)

$207,000,000 actually and probably growing... - ToshiroofKreplachastan 07:46:45 10/28/05 (1)

Re: $207,000,000 actually and probably growing... - patrickU 08:07:07 10/28/05 (0)

That's a lot of money to pay a hack to squeeze out a sub-aesthetic turd. -nt- - Donald 20:15:40 10/27/05 (4)

Not so fast; Peter Jackson is a brilliant filmmaker - grinagog 20:59:23 10/27/05 (3)

You have a point. - Dalton 23:59:52 10/27/05 (2)

The previews show raging dinosaurs in the new "Kong". All the bases are covered! * - mr grits 18:01:10 10/29/05 (0)

You may recall that the original 'Godzilla'* was dumbed down for audiences here.. - PCL 13:40:03 10/29/05 (0)

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Re: "I'm afraid it's going to amount to a 'colorized version' (in the Turneresque sense) of the original and nothing mor - halfnote 21:42:10 11/01/05 (0)

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