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Peter Jackson's accountant is going to love it more than anyone, but I think the reaction from the audience was a good sign for its box office possibilities.
I really enjoyed it, but I don't think it was a "superb" movie in the way the original film was. It was incredibly too long at 3 hours and the beginning dragged on to the point where one wanted to yell "the island is over there...geez, the friggin boat is slower than the S.S. Minow!"
The cast, with the exception of Naomi Watts, is totally secondary to the film. Jack Black plays a grown-up for once and he isn't horrible.
Adrian Brody could have been replaced by anyone. What's the big deal with this guy?
The key to the film is the relationship between a beat-up Kong and the very similar, Naomi Watts. Jackson's film does work on that level. I didn't see anyone cry in the theater, which was the word about some critics who saw it weeks ago. What a bunch of wimps. I think they should cry more for the actors who are losing jobs to CGI.
On a visual level, Kong is stunning. The poor guy looks like he got lost walking through Brooklyn carrying a map and his wallet in his back pocket. Jackson made Kong look tired and beat up, yet he exhibits enormous brutality and strength when called upon. He is a far more sympathetic character than many human characters in the last twenty years of Hollywood films.
The conclusion above NYC atop the Empire State Building is going to be the most abused home theater demo in history. It is far more blood-pumping than any Star Wars or LOTRs sequence.
Jackson needs to trim the bloat.
Yeah, even more than the Eagles:Hell Freezes Over
"I think this place is restricted Wang, so don't tell em you're Jewish"
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Topic - King Kong...Beauty and a Beast - ToshiroofKreplachastan 05:50:31 12/14/05 (26)
- Re: King Kong...Beauty and a Beast - TomD 20:29:00 12/15/05 (0)
- A Pointless and Colossal Bore! nt. - WinthorpeIII 15:21:06 12/14/05 (10)
- Piling up the adjectives! nt - clarkjohnsen 11:58:30 12/15/05 (0)
- You mean your post? Although I wouldn't describe your comment as "colossal" by any stretch of the imagination! - Audiophilander 22:11:53 12/14/05 (8)
- you are wrong and easily amused - WinthorpeIII 08:25:18 12/15/05 (6)
- For what it's worth, The New Yorker's reviewer slams it in this issue. nt - tinear 12:53:06 12/15/05 (1)
- David Denby is also in the minority of 1st string critics over at Rotten Tomatoes, but... - Audiophilander 15:11:48 12/15/05 (0)
- "Thanks for the uncalled for insults." - I was being polite, if you want insults I can oblige though. - Audiophilander 11:44:39 12/15/05 (3)
- naomi watts was a pleasure to watch. - WinthorpeIII 11:52:26 12/15/05 (2)
- The review is pretty long too... nt - clarkjohnsen 14:50:35 12/15/05 (0)
- The review isn't totally in error, but the reviewer IMIO is wrong. - Audiophilander 14:46:46 12/15/05 (0)
- Thanks for the rec. Dragging Mrs. Warrior - Road Warrior 06:00:36 12/15/05 (0)
- My biggest problem with CGI, besides the visual unbelievability, is... - clarkjohnsen 08:46:22 12/14/05 (12)
- Actors phoning in is old school - jbmcb 09:57:06 12/14/05 (8)
- Well put. Most actors I know would say the same; Clark should know better. (nt) - Audiophilander 10:29:15 12/14/05 (5)
- Most actors I know are theatre actors and they spit on you! - clarkjohnsen 11:07:54 12/14/05 (4)
- The actors you'd know probably work for a Barnum & Bailey's side show, but I guess that would qualify as theater. - Audiophilander 22:18:57 12/14/05 (3)
- [Auphy misses the joke again.] nt - clarkjohnsen 09:39:10 12/15/05 (2)
- That's because some folks know how to tell jokes, ...and other's don't. - Audiophilander 11:47:31 12/15/05 (1)
- In deference to those who have been to the theatre and know that... - clarkjohnsen 11:57:32 12/15/05 (0)
- "Any decent actor should be good enough to hold a convincing conversation with a lamp post." LOL! - clarkjohnsen 10:28:32 12/14/05 (1)
- Prod sound - jbmcb 10:54:37 12/14/05 (0)
- Were they ever? - jamesgarvin 09:48:57 12/14/05 (2)
- In the old days the fakery was on a tolerably human scale. Not only that... - clarkjohnsen 09:57:18 12/14/05 (1)
- "...misty island has now been replaced..." - Need a hanky? (nt) - Audiophilander 10:32:47 12/14/05 (0)
- Re: King Kong...Beauty and a Beast - mishmashmusic 06:29:24 12/14/05 (0)
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