King Kong

[Bad Company]

Is anyone going to see this?
Peter Jackson has spent a long time filming it, and has invested huge money in it.
The movie was filmed right here in Wellington, New Zealand! *cheap pop*

[Boondock Saint]

Yeah, looks good. Reviews have been quite positive so far which has given me hope. I was afraid this could look cool but suck overall, doesn't look to be the case.

[RP]

The special effects look over the top and cartoonish, but the cast looks really nice and i love Jack Black. So i'll definetly waste money on it.

[Destor]

Every since Frighteners I have been a fan of Peter Jackson's work. He is very solid, and very dependable to make a good movie. I'm sure this wont be outstanding, but it should be enjoyable nonetheless. Though I will probably see Narnia first. :$

[RP]

I'm so worn out on Fantasy adventure movies.

[Destor]

Yeah, but I cant say it sucks if I havent seen it.

[UmbrellaCorporation]

Gonna pass this one up. Played the game, which I find terrible. Would much rather watch the old King Kong.

[YOUR Hero]

When is it due out? -was it yesterday?

[Boondock Saint]

Next Wednesday actually, the 14th.

[PapaGeorgio]

I just found out it was 3 fucking hours long. Now I have no problem sitting through some movies that are lengthy, but to me this movie does not need to be 3 fucking hours long. I mean I felt the original dragged on a little and that was about an hour 40 minutes long. I was looking forward to seeing it to, but 3 fucking hours long come on. I hate to use that as an excuse but I honestly don't know if I could sit through King Kong for 3 hours. I know I'll end up seeing it anyways.

[Cool King]

King Kong look like King Krap to me.

The original is better.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Nah, have no desire to see it. I'll just go see the Producers :)

[Disturbed316]

LOL no way is the original better. Have you seen the gorilla!?

[Bad Company]

I hear it's pretty good

[Jason Cage]

It was pretty sweet. Those 3 + hours flew. It didn't exactly hit that spot for me, but it's definetly worth checking out.

[The Miz]

I saw it, I dunno why. Peter Jackson sucks. Way too long and shitty

[wwe2222]

I saw it last night...

3+ hours which is long, but heres what i think...

Spoilers (I dont think i have any really, but just in case)

Positives:
-3 hours goes by really quick
-Once they hit skull island, the action really picks up (i thought this had some great action sequences)
-The effects of Kong, and other creatures
-Naomi Watts was very good in this I think
-The actors who played the captain, bruce baxter, and the other sailors all did a nice job I thought.

Negatives:
-Jack Black is horribly miscast in this role
-movie starts off a bit slow
-3 hours is a long time for most people to sit through a movie

Adrien Brody was niether good nor bad in this film. He didnt add anything but didnt take anything away, but his character probably could have been written better.

Overall I thought it was very well done. As classic as the original is, I thought this out performed it, mostly due to Watts' performance which wasnt just a screaming damsel in distress like in the old Kong. She gave her character a little more depth.

3.5/4 stars

[Lara Emily]

LOL no way is the original better. Have you seen the gorilla!?


So visual effects are what make a movie good or better?

[Lara Emily]

Saw it but I also saw it after working a 7 hour shift so I was a rather tired. I think it's a fantastic movie but some of the sequences in the film dragged a bit too long (Kong playing with Ann for 5 minutes [it also was also one of the weaker CGI segments], Kong Ice skating for 5 minutes, some of the bug sequence). None of these scenes should have been removed merely trimmed. (Thoug hteh bug sequence was just kinda blah and seemed pointless but that could be because I hate insects) Shaving off even just 10 to 20 minutes would have been beneficial but all in all the runtime didn't really detract from the overall epic quality of the film.

The CGI on Kong is amazing, but the dinosaurs look only half-decent and sometimes the usage of CGI was just so blatant that it drew you out of the picture but I tend to overanalysze so it could just be me.

Jack Black was perfectly cast imo. The entire cast was perfect

I'll rewatch it when I'm more alert and will probably enjoy it much more. I'll give it an 8 out of 10 and that'll probably increase to 8.5 or so when I watch it fresh.


I fear what maybe come with a DVD release, hopefully Jackson doesn't decide that an extended edition is needed.

[wwe2222]

I saw it, I dunno why. Peter Jackson sucks. Way too long and shitty

Do you have any reason for thinking he sucks?

The man just directed 4 of the biggest blockbuster movies and did a fine fine job.

[Disturbed316]

So visual effects are what make a movie good or better?

It helps.

[wwe2222]

So visual effects are what make a movie good or better?

Certainly not...these two movies are so hard to compare...one was done in 1933 and this one 72 years later....They really are two very different movies....

The way they deal with the affection between Kong and Anne is different, etc and changes the story or the meaning of the story a bit. Esp the last line, 'it was beauty that killed the beast'

What can definitely be said is that they are both better than the 1970's remake of Kong.

[The Miz]

Do you have any reason for thinking he sucks?

The man just directed 4 of the biggest blockbuster movies and did a fine fine job.

So because they're huge and make alot of money he's automatically an amazing director?

[wwe2222]

apparently you missed the part where I said i thought he did a good job on them...

LOTR and King Kong were both enormous productions that succeeded both in their presentation and their story telling...

Star Wars Prequels for instance failed at story telling but came across on screen visually stunning...

I think Kong and LOTR were able to succeed in both these areas.

And at least I posted a reason instead of just saying, "yeah, peter jackson rules, woo hoo'

Most blockbuster movies can have a big budget but are poorly written and directed...not so with these 4 movies.

[Morgan]

Wasn't too enthusiastic going in but it was definitely worth the three hours.

Though it was almost ruined by some bloke in the audience who got into a verbal with a couple sitting in front of him. They probably just told him to shut up, all you could hear was Kong rampaging through New York interspersed with "fuckin". He left with 30 minutes to go and I think just waited for them to come out so he could have another go "Oi geezer!" just walking after them. They ducked into a bar and that was the last I saw.

Stupid tosser.

Anyway back to the movie. The leeches...that was fucked up.

[Marcyo]

Gonna pass this one up. Played the game, which I find terrible. Would much rather watch the old King Kong.

Lol yeah, the game was really poor. And the movie doesn't look any better, but you can't judge a book by it's cover or it's video game edition...

[wwe2222]

Gonna pass this one up. Played the game, which I find terrible. Would much rather watch the old King Kong.

how can you reasonably judge how a movie will be based on the video game??

[MVP]

It could have been cut down to at most 2 nad a half hours. The walking scenes on the island could have been cut down, and the whole battle against the giant bugs could have been eliminated.

Other than that it was an alright movie.

[Zen v.W.o.]

Well it was the best you could do with a Kong movie. So it was entertaining enough, but Jurassic Park had better looking dinos. Not to mention, even though this was a fantasy film, it did seem rather unvelievable what with the dinos running and all and not one of the main characters getting trampled on in such a frantic scene.

T-Rex still rules. 3 on 1 should have been an easy squash.


How the fuck did they even drag Kong onto the boat anyways?

So yeah, what can you really do with such a story as this? Jackson did his best and was worth it, but still, not a fantastic film, just entertaining.

[dalegendkilla]

I don't think Jack Black was mis cast at all, he played the character very well.

[Gonzo]

It was too long, I think that took away from the the movie.

[Avenger]

Just saw it,

fantastic

[The Icon of Elisim]

Just saw it, it was okay. I was impressed with the special effects but those can't carry a movie for me. I thought the action scenes were top notch but other than that it wasn't too good. Acting was a huge disapointment given the cast, and the dialogue and overall story was bleh for alot of the movie.

[CharismaInjection]

Great film.

[CharismaInjection]

I think Jack Black added some much needed humor to the film.

[CharismaInjection]

But the real star was King Kong.

[Extreme Angle]

saw it for the second time yesterday....
first time was great, hated the bug bit thou... I couldn't stop itching.

[CharismaInjection]

I don't think I could watch a film that long, twice in one week.

[wwe2222]

I think Jack Black added some much needed humor to the film.

Im not a Jack Black fan to begin with, so I couldnt stand him in the film. I thought someone else could have done a better job, just my opinion. And i hate his facial expressions, I kept waiting for him to break into shtick. But, to each his own...i still enjoyed the movie a whole lot

[CharismaInjection]

Me too. The bug scene was gruesome.

The most gruesome death had to be Lumpy's. (i.e. Chef, Kong, Gollum)

That was gross.

[wwe2222]

that bug scene was tough to sit through...it was just creepy

[Extreme Angle]

are you on about the giant leeches sucking his brain out?
and the second time i wanted to watch Narnia... But i wasn't sitting in there on my own...

[Gonzo]

The bug scene was pretty stupid. I don't know it didn't really have much relevance and bugs are fucking gross.

[mitchables]

I really enjoyed it, overall. Yes, there were some small things that detracted but it was a very solid movie. I liked some of the smaller subtleties in the dialogue, like when they're trying to find a leading lady and Denham suggests "Fay" and Preston mentions she's busy working for RKO - this is obviously a reference to Fay Wray working on the original King Kong movie for RKO pictures around the time this movie was set. :D

Little things like that always enhance movies for me, for some reason.

[Downunder]

I thought it was as boring as bat shit, seriously it was shit. Three hours of utter bollocks. Thank Christ it was free or I'd want double my money back.

:n: :n:

[Boondock Saint]

Just saw it. Liked it a lot. Yeah, few small problems with it here and there, nothing too drastic. :y:

[Zelda]

I was so disapointed. I thought it was good until they found the dinosaurs. After that, the fighting scenes with the dinosaurs and the bugs seemed almost endless. I don't think that Jackson was focusing enough on the characters.

[RP]

I dont think he blew enough shit up.

[YOUR Hero]

I liked it.
What does one expect in a King Kong movie?..
It delivered what it went out to do. I read some people say it's too long. Others say not enough character building. Weird how the same movie can have those differing opinions. The longer scenes really build up the character's struggles and their overall interaction with each other. The characters were built up perfectly for this type of movie. The star afterall is Kong.

[Disturbed316]

Finally got round to seeing this today and completly loved it. The little kid they find has to be tied with creepiest child in a movie, the other would be the young girl in Dawn of the Dead remake.

I loved the scenes between Kong and Ana, and how the two big scenes with them reflected upon each other. I'm talking about when they are sitting up on the cliff edge, looking at the sunset and then get attacked by the bat-things, and the one when they are sitting on the Empire State building, looking at the sunset, then get attacked by the planes.

It was like they had that connection no matter where in the world they were, which I thought it was pretty sweet :o

Had some dick head 8 year olds sitting behind me talking all the way through, which ruined the tender moments of the film completly. The mum didn't do anything. Eventually I turned round and told them to shut the fuck up, only for the mum to start shouting at me and then getting herself kicked out the cinema. Stupid bitch, she should control her kids more.

[Shadow]

Saw it yesterday....wow.

Only thing that got me was the bug scenes. I hate bugs...specially giant ones.

[yianni]

I saw it a few days ago and thought it was quite good. I agree with everyone else who said that 3 hours was far too long and that it could have been cut down to 2-and-a-half or even 2 hours. However overall it was good.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I saw it. It was good I guess but I think they could've saved a lot of money by replacing some of the scenes with more Naomi Watts dramatic stare scenes.

[John la Rock]

great movie and very very well done. Peter Jackson and his crew are the best movie makers today

not better than LOTR but still good

[John la Rock]

Saw it yesterday....wow.

Only thing that got me was the bug scenes. I hate bugs...specially giant ones.

ya me too. that whole scene should have been deleted

[The Mask]

the bug stuff was pretty creepy but the action sequences got dragged out far to long for me. plus it suffered from the LOTR thing where it could've ended about 4 times before it actually did.