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Offline Jim

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King Kong
« on: June 28, 2005, 07:36 PM »
Not sure if anyone caught the trailer last night.  Awesome.  Perfect role for Jack Black.  I have always been a huge fan of Kong since a kid.  Even though alot of people bash the 1976 version I  still like it to this day.  I'm really glad Peter Jackson went back and changed Kong to more of the primate most of us are seeing.  I'm expecting a ton out of this movie because of Jackson.  Hopefully he adds a little of his own vision to this film since it looks closer to the original version.
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2005, 08:33 PM »
I just wanted Jack to stop talking.  The pacing really seemed off in the beginning, and the dialogue a little bloated, and then of course Kong showed up and I was like "YES!"
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2005, 08:41 PM »
Monkeys vs. dinosaurs= Sold American.

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Re: King Kong
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2005, 10:10 PM »
Yes I agree King Kong had all the making of a incredible remake and a great vehicle for Jack black ....right up until the CGI started. Why do studios higher half ass companies to do cheap ass work. THe CGI in King Kong is a step back 15 yearts in technology. How anyone could possibly think that would pass as accpetable is well beyond my realm of comprhension.
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2005, 10:38 PM »
I'm guessing the CGI isn't done yet.  The movie isn't out until December, so that's plenty of time to finish it up and make it look better.  :)
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2005, 11:31 PM »
Anyone have a link to the trailer?
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2005, 12:00 AM »
Quote from: inadvertent imitation on June 28, 2005, 10:38 PM
I'm guessing the CGI isn't done yet.  The movie isn't out until December, so that's plenty of time to finish it up and make it look better.  :)

Thats always the case with CGI in trailers.
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2005, 09:56 AM »
I saw the Kong trailer on TV as well, and wasn't too impressed with the images.  But I saw it again with War of the Worlds on a big screen, and the CGI looked great.  The NYC shots were amazing.
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2005, 12:48 PM »
Yeah, I sawthe trailer with WotW too (and thanks to links from II and Famine ;)). Looks cool, I'm just hoping Jackson isn't planning on making it three hours long.
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2005, 09:12 PM »
Everytime I see Jack Black "acting", I think its some sort of minute-long parody on MTV... which is exactly why I'm so depressed after seeing this trailer. It looks like a joke, like it's just a big prank. When the guy is acting serious, he still looks like he's making a parody of a real movie.

Meh. I'll see it, but I'm not so excited now.
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2005, 11:15 PM »
Saw the trailer today.
Agree with most thoughts on Jack Black Acting.
He belongs in comedies, he has doen so many its very hard to take him seriously.
The growl from kong the first time was very very cool and i had high hopes till.......................
The dinosaurs , wtf????
they looked crap!!!
and the giant bugs that guy was swatting away wtf ???
Not holding my breath for this one, will be a rental me thinks


Finally all the PJ fanboys will have something to bitch about because i think this is gonna tank.
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Re: King Kong
« Reply #12 on: July 1, 2005, 12:37 AM »
Jim Carrey was always a nut, probably a bigger one than Jack, but he can pull off a serious role pretty well..

We'll just have to see in December
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Re: Official Movie Thread
« Reply #13 on: November 4, 2005, 03:52 PM »
Looks like King Kong has a new trailer up at Apple now, doesn't look too bad to me.
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Re: Official Movie Thread
« Reply #14 on: November 4, 2005, 10:41 PM »
Whoa! That King Kong trailer rocks!  :o   8)
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