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Offline Darth_Anton

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Re: Official Movie Thread
« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2005, 07:39 PM »
Saw King Kong this morning. It was just short of a masterpiece IMO. Minor story problems aside that most people won't notice or care about, everything fell togeather brilliantly. I'm excited to see what other people think, and I'm betting most are going to be blown away. I highly recommend watching the original ('33) before seeing the new one, just so you can appreciate some of the great nods to it.

Also saw Match Point Saturday night and thought it was very good.
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2005, 10:40 AM »
What was the final cut on the run time Anthony?  2.5 or 3 hours?
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #17 on: December 12, 2005, 12:05 PM »
Quote from: Jim on December 12, 2005, 10:40 AM
What was the final cut on the run time Anthony?  2.5 or 3 hours?

3 hours. And you don't even hear Kong until 70 minutes in. For a long movie, it moves very well. And I read some of the earlier CGI comments and I think for the most part people will be impressed. The Close-ups are simply flawless, but some of the action shots are hit and miss. Most of the imagery though is simply stunning.
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Re: Official Movie Thread
« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2005, 02:13 PM »
Quote from: Darth_Anton on December 11, 2005, 07:39 PM
Saw King Kong this morning. 

You already saw it? I thought it comes out on wednesday.
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2005, 03:28 PM »
That lucky bastard has "industry friends", so he gets to see everything early.  Hell, Anthony saw Narnia over a month ago, IIRC.

And he never even invites me to go with him...  >:(
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2005, 09:24 PM »
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #21 on: December 12, 2005, 11:39 PM »
Looks cool, I've been excited to check this film out, but it's a very depressing movie for me so I'm kinda hating that "down" feeling I know I'm going to have while watching it.

My one prof at school wrote a book about hollywood "villains" and stuff.  He wrote about Kong and how there were metaphores pertaining to blacks being oppressed in the US at the time and things.  Interesting notions and thoughts I felt, but I've not read the book really, just know about it from his discussions with me on it.  Seemed interesting though to me.
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #22 on: December 13, 2005, 01:40 AM »
Looking forward the new version.

Believe it or not, I've never seen the original '33 version ... although I saw parts (maybe all?) of the '76 version a long time ago. I'm debating whether to watch the original first, or go in completely "clean"....
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #23 on: December 14, 2005, 04:33 PM »
Tickets to the 7:45pm showing tonight, so I'm getting a little excited!  What's kind of sad is that my wife heard a major spoiler on a talk show the other day, which has essentially ruined the movie for her now.  I'm rather surprised she didn't know the ending of King Kong already, as I thought everyone knew what happened to him.  Glad that TV show spoiled it for her before I inadvertently did!  :P

I also dig the 3 hour running time.  I know some folks don't like longer running times, but I'm of the opinion that the more entertainment you get for your money, the better.  That's of course assuming that the extra time isn't wasted on needless fluff, which I don't think is Peter Jackson's style, so we should be in good shap on this one...

So, has anyone else seen it yet besides Anthony?  If so, what'd you think?
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #24 on: December 14, 2005, 05:06 PM »
My roommate went to go see it at 2:45, I really wanted to go, but I have a ******* final at 5:45 tonight.  >:(

I was watching the '76 remake on TV today, It is awful. Amusingly so. I still can't wait to see the new one, hopefully I can go this weekend.
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #25 on: December 14, 2005, 05:33 PM »
I'll probably see this at the theatre at some point, but not overly excited about it... guess from the previews the city shots in NY look way too animated to me along with how he jumps around.  Could be wrong though... and I absolutely can't stand to even look at Jack Black, so I might pass on this film and wait until it's on DVD.  We'll see though.

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Re: King Kong
« Reply #26 on: December 14, 2005, 05:39 PM »
I watched the '33 version on TCM last night, and caught the new version this morning.  Overall I was pleased.  Even though it is a re-imagining of the 1933 film, there were some great nods to the original film.

Overall I was pleased, but PJ really made the Carl Denham character an ass-hole.  Which he really wasn't in the original film.  Minor gripe since I liked his character in the '33 version, as well as the old Son of Kong movie.
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #27 on: December 14, 2005, 11:22 PM »
This flick is only playing on one screen in one theater here, so it'll be some time before I see it.
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #28 on: December 15, 2005, 12:58 AM »
I'm not going to see it, ever.  I am trying to wean myself from [EDIT], and I think that watching King Kong would give me bad thoughts.

Edit:  Holy crap, I had no idea that was a real site.  Sorry, didn't mean to link to hirsute porn.
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #29 on: December 15, 2005, 02:20 AM »
Just got back.

Holy **** was it awesome.
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