Posted on 12/17/2005 6:04:50 PM PST by Merciful_Friend
King Kong as politics? I never saw it that way. Strange.
It sounds tongue in cheek. :)
Is this the Hollywierd remake where King Kong goes fudge packing? ..Oops nevermind, wrong movie, that was the cowboy one the fruits just put out.
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Yeah, but there are absolutely ZERO Tyrannasuri and Brontausori left, but which critter do the Hollyweirdo screen writers have their lead characters choose to bring back to the states?????? Sheeeesh!!!
Saw it. Dumb movie. Too long. Don't waste your money.
The acting has recieved kudos from professional reviewers and fans alike.
This movie was "Barney" with the special effects. Rather than devouring Ann Darrow, Kong befriends her, and you can almost hear him singing "I love you, you love me, we're a happy family......"
I was pleasantly surprised by Jack Black. I thought his range was limited to pissed-off potheads, but he did a great job as the conniving film producer.
But I didn't believe either Adrien Brody or Naomi Watts.
The acting stunk.
The movie stunk.
As bad a case of cinematic overkill as you're ever likely to see.
Peter Jackson thinks that just because his special effects wizards can do it, he must do it....and do it and do it and do it...until you wish the special effects people would die at the end instead of Kong...
Guess you and some others here overlook the concept of "escapism". That's all the original Kong was; a remake of "Beauty and the Beast" in the extreme. Stop overanalyzing and enjoy the ride.
Ain't just me man. The movie's already being called a flop, and it's still Saturday!!
While attending a community college in southern California years ago, a young Eddie Van Halen took a music composition course and performed his 'final exam'....a piece he composed for and on keyboard, not guitar....for the class. The prof. ripped it, ranting about how its structure was 'all wrong'. Eddie responded "yeah, but did it sound good?".....and the class gave him a standing ovation. History has since proven his approach to music very, very right.
I submit it's the same with movies. 'Was the movie enteraining to its audience?' should be the ultimate question.
Not by critics, by the box office. When a movie can't even open higher than "Pokemon" that should tell you something.
And no, I didn't like it. But I'll probably see it again when Hollywood does another version, sometime around 2021.
It was a 3 hour movie that opened in the middle of the week. Families are waiting for the weekend.
The critics mostly love it. Ebert and Medved - politically on opposite sides of the fence - both gave it high marks.
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