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In Reply to: Drudge says Kong is bombing big at its opening posted by DWPC on December 15, 2005 at 15:17:17:
From the Boston Phoenix:Surely the state of special-effects art now can blow off the screen anything made just five years into the Sound Era? Yes and no. The two triumphant genres of the ’30s were musicals and horror films, and as with the stained glass of Chartres, the secret to making them is lost. Or maybe rejected. Compare Chicago with Top Hat, or King Kong with King Kong. Count the cuts during the action scenes or the production numbers. They sure give the retina a workout, but . . . Scary? Moving?...
Now, Cuisinart editing takes over, abetted by James Newton Howard’s soundtrack. Again the impact is not emotional but visceral. Who cares about these people? Maybe the video game allows for more sympathy.
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- "Gorilla filmmaking" -- This is to laugh, or to cry? - clarkjohnsen 09:32:01 12/16/05 (13)
- "Who cares about these people?" - The folks in our audience cared quite a bit. - Audiophilander 10:08:29 12/16/05 (12)
- Re: Have you seee it? nt - patrickU 11:20:28 12/16/05 (8)
- Obviously! Can't you read? - Audiophilander 11:55:06 12/16/05 (7)
- Re: Obviously! Can't you write? - patrickU 12:36:52 12/16/05 (6)
- "De Laurentiis." - That name cannot possibly be misspelled, even using just four letters that form an expletive. - Audiophilander 16:26:12 12/16/05 (5)
- Re: Can you give me the definition of the word " fa-na-tic?----nt - patrickU 02:36:12 12/17/05 (4)
- You & Victor dressed in Napoleonic garb dining in the south of France? Naw, that's too obvious! :o) - Audiophilander 09:50:47 12/17/05 (3)
- Re: You & Victor dressed in Napoleonic garb dining in the south of France? Naw, that's too obvious! :o) - patrickU 11:31:12 12/17/05 (2)
- Okay, Peter Jackson's best three then (my opinion), the LoTR trilogy. - Audiophilander 00:16:03 12/18/05 (1)
- Re: Okay, Peter Jackson's best three then (my opinion), the LoTR trilogy. - patrickU 07:16:03 12/18/05 (0)
- I'm surprised a tube-analog guy is so breathless in the presence of digital video. nt - tinear 10:33:14 12/16/05 (2)
- Digital isn't automatically bad. I do like some solid state gear, so I guess I'm not a purist. - Audiophilander 12:02:16 12/16/05 (1)
- Ok. Now, get your Texas behind down to - tinear 13:52:05 12/16/05 (0)
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