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glen65 · #16 12-19-2005, 12:34 PM

Here's the latest version.
http://www.wmms.com/cc-common/tmtkong.html

jcmjrt · #17 12-19-2005, 08:44 PM

I just got back from seeing King Kong. I think that the movie is a little long but I wouldn't cut any one scene in particular. I would cut a little of it all along the way. I think that this is the case of a very successfull director who was given his complete way and that results in a movie that isn't cut to the best length. But this is an excellent movie which is a lot of fun...until the end when you are rooting for Kong who dies.

mentalmonkey · #18 12-19-2005, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jcmjrt

I just got back from seeing King Kong. I think that the movie is a little long but I wouldn't cut any one scene in particular. I would cut a little of it all along the way. I think that this is the case of a very successfull director who was given his complete way and that results in a movie that isn't cut to the best length. But this is an excellent movie which is a lot of fun...until the end when you are rooting for Kong who dies.

Damd! Why did you have to spoil the ending for me!

Seriously, I'm looking forward to the movie. I have a lot of respect for Peter Jackson. Now if Speilberg had made the movie, I'd wait till it went to tape and I was bored.

old_tv_nut · #19 12-19-2005, 08:58 PM

I haven't seen it - would like to, but not 3 hours without an intermission. I'm declining to see the latest Harry Potter for the same reason.

jcmjrt · #20 12-20-2005, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

I haven't seen it - would like to, but not 3 hours without an intermission. I'm declining to see the latest Harry Potter for the same reason.

I saw Harry Potter a couple of weeks ago too. Really a good flick and very little that could be cut. The thing with Harry Potter is that the books have become very long and the interesting side stories can't be told in the movie...and even with sticking to the main plot, it's 3 hours long. I think it's a little too long to sit for a movie too but in this case it was worth it to me. I'd love for each book to be shot as multiple movies. It would have been easy to shoot another hour+ of footage and turn it into two flicks. More flicks like this and Hollywood wouldn't be wondering why people aren't going to the theatre like they used to. Instead Hollywood is shooting Rocky 6 and Mission Impossible 3!!

ProAc_Fan · #21 12-20-2005, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric H

It's one of his favorite films and he wanted to keep it in the same era.

From what I've heard Mr.Jackson really wanted to keep those bi-planes in the movie and couldn't think of any logical way to bring the movie into modern times and keep those planes.

Mike

shelby1420 · #22 12-20-2005, 02:17 PM

I saw it with my wife and both of us enjoyed it, Rach has not seen the original( as have I) and we both thought it was pretty good, no brainer and lots of fun!!

RussinOhio · #23 12-21-2005, 07:19 PM

I think I'll wait for KK to come to cable. The last "big event" remake I went to see (War Of The Worlds) was a disappointment for me....I wanted Spielberg to work his magic and he did'nt quite do it. So, I'm not to thrilled for a Kong remake.

I think maybe one reason a Kong remake set in 2005 would'nt work is because a totally unknown unexplored island with a giant ape running around (not to mention dinosaurs), would not escape detection as easily as it might...I say MIGHT...in the 1930's. The Discovery channel has had a freaking camera crew EVERYWHERE except the moon & planets.

I will say the 1976 Kong remake was just Gawdawlful! A real stinker. It is kinda weird & haunting though, watching KK climb the World Trade Center in that film.

Russ

#24 12-21-2005, 07:48 PM

Is it just me or has it been a looooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnggggg time since Spielberg has worked any magic?

Sandy G · #25 12-21-2005, 08:27 PM

He kinda lost me when he quit making movies & started making Events. EVERYTHING in a Spielberg movie is just too "perfect"..you never forget you're watching a movie.-Sandy G.

glen65 · #26 12-21-2005, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by RussinOhio

IThe last "big event" remake I went to see (War Of The Worlds) was a disappointment for me
Russ

It was on this end too.
example:
The whole idea that the alien war machines were burried
underground in storage rather than comming to earth like in the
original was a tough one to swallow.

RussinOhio · #27 12-21-2005, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by THOR

Is it just me or has it been a looooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnggggg time since Spielberg has worked any magic?

Spielbergs magic...as I call it...is the fact that he is a truly gifted filmmaker but in almost EVERY single picture he makes he fumbles! Movie freak that I am it frustrates me. WOTW could have been a sci-fi masterpiece in his hands but it was a rushed production. His first mistake in WOTW was having David Koepp write the screenplay (Same screen writer from Jurrasic Park)

The guys that make movies like "Godzilla","Independance Day", "Pearl Harbour"...are hacks...Spielberg is no "hack" but he's becoming one and its a shame to see a guy with raw filmmaking talent like his and not apply it. Apply it to make a cool as hell sci-fi adventure/thriller to blow us all away!

Dammit Steve! Remember "Duel"? You made a semi-truck scare the hell out of us....go back to your roots!

Russ

Bogframe · #28 12-22-2005, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by RussinOhio

Spielbergs magic...as I call it...is the fact that he is a truly gifted filmmaker but in almost EVERY single picture he makes he fumbles! Movie freak that I am it frustrates me. ...
Dammit Steve! Remember "Duel"? You made a semi-truck scare the hell out of us....go back to your roots!

Russ

I think Speilberg is suffering from Bakshi syndrome. The vast majority of Ralph Bakshi's movies were great, but always had some lapse in continuity that drove me batsh*t. eg:the hero of Wizards calling the baddie by another name, a bad dub in Hey Good Looking where a cop is talking about a gang. Sloppy.

Sandy G · #29 12-22-2005, 07:55 AM

Yeah, "Duel" worked for me because it was raw & gritty, unlike a lot of his megabuck later pictures. And who HASN'T had the dogchit scared outta 'em by a big truck at one time or another ? What's to keep that guy in that Peterbilt behind you from going berzerk ? Maybe his wife just left him. Maybe he found out he's got cancer. Maybe he just decided he's gonna get you for pulling in front of him, cutting him off...-Sandy G.

old_tv_nut · #30 12-22-2005, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by glen65

It was on this end too.
example:
The whole idea that the alien war machines were burried
underground in storage rather than comming to earth like in the
original was a tough one to swallow.

I wondered when someone would mention this - however, I haven't read the book - is there anything like this in the book, or is it more like the older radio and movie versions? I agree that burying the machines long ago is a really dumb thing - if the Martians could send war machines eons ago, why didn't they just move in on Earth then?