The King Kong of King Kong Movies

Emlyn
Emlyn Posts: 4,535
edited November 2005 in Music & Movies
Peter Jackson's spent $207 million on his remake of King Kong, with a showing time of 3 hours.

Yahoo!

Looks like I won't be buying a 128 ounce soda at this movie. :eek:

Coming soon to a theater near you...December 14th.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited October 2005
    I cant wait! I bet this is going to be one hell of a great movie!

    And Ive never minded a 3 hour movie, especially if its good enough.
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  • Schris22
    Schris22 Posts: 983
    edited October 2005
    can't wait to see it!

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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited October 2005
    can't wait. the 1933 version is one of the best movies ever made.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited October 2005
    I'll be there, pants at knees.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited October 2005
    I saw the trailer but I don't know... I just couldn't get worked up about this one. I will wait for the word of mouth on it.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited October 2005
    It might not be the best film ever, but I'm sure that if Peter Jackson is involved, it will at least be entertaining and worth the $8-10 per ticket to see it on the big screen. If not it won't be the first or last movie I've wasted a few dollars on. I won't be going into the theater expecting the best movie ever to be put on film, just an entertaining one done by an excellent director with an eye for the small details that has helped him and his films win several Oscars.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited October 2005
    holy $hit.

    http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/king_kong/large.html
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited October 2005
    Looks good. I have always been a fan of Kong.

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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited October 2005
    aaharvel wrote:
    holy $hit.
    You got that right brutha...

    Man, that looks like a King Kong/Jurassic Park mix that's gonna rake in the dough big time.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited October 2005
    I'm having a hard time figuring out why in the hell Peter Jackson wanted/allowed Jack Black to be in this film. There had to be someone else with a bit more talent available.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2005
    I will be in attendance. Kong....... is the man. Not to be confused with that piece of crap released about 1979. The 1933 version was absolutely awesome.

    Growing up in Brooklyn in the 50's, one could watch The Million Dollar Movie on WOR-TV channel 9. They showed the same movie 3 times a day all week long. It allowed you to become intimately familiar with your favorites, and that was a favorite. There were scenes from that movie that I saw later in life, that were never shown when I was a kid. Specifically the part when he breaks through the fortress gate and tears up the village. The part where he stomps one of the villagers into the ground, and picks up another and bites him.

    My favorite line from that movie is easily when the villagers kidnap Anne Darrow from the ship, and the Asian deckhand finds the beads that she ripped off the villagers neck before they went overboard. The line was "Clazy black man take Miss Anne!"

    I can't wait.

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited October 2005
    Its going to be very hard to beat the original. I expect Kong will have lots of very cool fx, and booming bass and so on. I expect I might enjoy it, but who is left that can act the roles like the originals, I dont know!!!

    I hear ya GG, I caught Fonda and the cast in 12 Angry Men the other day, one of the greatest examples of collaboration/leadership I have ever seen.

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2005
    Without trying to derail this thread, YES! Just try and sell a movie today that is filmed in black and white, with almost the entire movie (except for the last two minutes) filmed in one room. Add in that there was not a female, or special effect to be seen. A totally riveting movie, the type where you RUSH to the bathroom during the commercials. I enjoy 12 Angry Men immensely.

    If you enjoyed that movie, and haven't seen The Grapes of Wrath, or the original Of Mice and Men, give those a try also Reel. You won't be disappointed.

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited October 2005
    GG, yep great films and I would mention 12 O'clock High although different genre of film still about leadership in its various forms.

    So bring on KONG!!!

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2005
    Good original 1933 Kong trivia question for East Coasters and New York City guys in particular. Where did the airplanes that gunned him off the Empire State Building take-off from?

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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited October 2005
    ummmmm... an airport?

    <runs and hides>
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2005
    You're getting warm.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited October 2005
    An Air Field in Jersey
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2005
    One state away from being correct Frank.
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited October 2005
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited October 2005
    George Grand wrote:
    Without trying to derail this thread, YES! Just try and sell a movie today that is filmed in black and white, with almost the entire movie (except for the last two minutes) filmed in one room. Add in that there was not a female, or special effect to be seen. A totally riveting movie, the type where you RUSH to the bathroom during the commercials. I enjoy 12 Angry Men immensely.

    If you enjoyed that movie, and haven't seen The Grapes of Wrath, or the original Of Mice and Men, give those a try also Reel. You won't be disappointed.

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2005
    Right on Shackman!

    Okay, the airplanes that felled Kong (1933) were launched from Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn. It is still there, almost at the intersection of the Belt Parkway and Flatbush Ave. Last time I saw the NYPD was flying helicopters out of there. In the early 70's when it was largely abandoned, my friend Joe and I would go tearing **** down the closed runway in his Lotus.

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  • Whadyasay
    Whadyasay Posts: 300
    edited November 2005
    I like the fact that they set it back in the earlier 1900's. And although I think Naomi Watts is a bit old for the role, she is a joy to watch on screen.
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