John-Locke wrote:My biggest gripe with the film is I think the Empire State scene goes on a little too long and by the time Kong gets taken down the scene has lost a little tension and a sense of immediacy.
TheBaxter wrote:MasterWhedon wrote:As it is now, it feels like King Kong with Jackson pausing every now and then for a drum solo.
that about sums it up perfectly for me. i enjoyed the film, but c'mon... it's a GIANT MONKEY MOVIE!!!!
MasterWhedon wrote:See, the thing I hate about the Kong story is the ending. It feels like there should be a coda afterward instead of the forced hug between Ann and Jack on top of the Empire and then the final bit with Denham below.
Are the characters' journeys really resolved at that moment?
DennisMM wrote:TheBaxter wrote:MasterWhedon wrote:As it is now, it feels like King Kong with Jackson pausing every now and then for a drum solo.
that about sums it up perfectly for me. i enjoyed the film, but c'mon... it's a [size=29]GIANT MONKEY MOVIE!!!!
I remember burl and I saying that more than once in the original movie review thread. It was nice and tight at 100 minutes in '33. It doesn't need a lot of character development.
Brit Pop wrote:I remember in the theatrical trailer for Kong - you see the search party on a raft in the middle of the swamp being pursued by a large underwater dino (probably similar to the 1933 bit.
This bit never made it into the final cut so I'm looking forward to that.
Chairman Kaga wrote:I never cared for Ann or Jack or Englehorn in the original.
DinoDeLaurentiis wrote:The Dino, he remembers a the old Winslow, eh? The funny putz who used a to make a the funny posters... what happen to a that Winslow? The new one, he is alla mean anna angry alla the time...
Doc Holliday wrote:Take your little spoon and go stir some shit elsewhere you miscreant!
Doc Holliday wrote:Kirk - for the last time, I'm not mocking Winslow - he's been making me laugh pretty much non-stop for the past week. And that's laugh with, not at.
Take your little spoon and go stir some shit elsewhere you miscreant!
Cpt Kirks 2pay wrote:Doc Holliday wrote:Kirk - for the last time, I'm not mocking Winslow - he's been making me laugh pretty much non-stop for the past week. And that's laugh with, not at.
Take your little spoon and go stir some shit elsewhere you miscreant!
Just a spoonful of sugar, helps the medicine, go down.
The medicine.
Go down.
The medecine.
Go down.
Cpt Kirks 2pay wrote:Doc Holliday wrote:Take your little spoon and go stir some shit elsewhere you miscreant!
Bend over then.
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