Kong
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Is it a film that really should be seen on the big screen?
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Fuzzy Bunny
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Aye, that's a great movie. I haven't seen the new King Kong, but I have seen the old one. Did they change it around too much?Piacular said:
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T-Bone
In Cryo Sleep
Yeh was a great film. My favourite part had to be the T-Rex fight. The way he kills the last one is just so...*Sends shivers down my spine*.
Also the sheer genious of Peter Jackson casting Andy Serkis as chef as well as Kong was Brilliance. That man is an endless well of talent and I'm looking forward to ecerything else he's in. Jack Black played his part well too. You really wanted to slap his face and say "Stop being such a tit,you tit!"
CG Effects absoulutely breathtaking and seamless al the way through. It honestly makes you believe Dinosaurs exist more so that with Jurassic Park or even Walking with Dinosaurs...Weta really are Gods.
This is definately one of those films that HAS to be seen on the big Screen although why must all of Peter Jacksons films streth to 3 hours? There was some of the "Bumf" that could have been easily have been cut down but hey, it gave us the scene with the moustache and the poster. Wasn't it Alfred Hitchcock who said the length of a film should be proportianate to the endurance of the human bladder!?
Climax = Fantastic
I give Kong 9/10
Also the sheer genious of Peter Jackson casting Andy Serkis as chef as well as Kong was Brilliance. That man is an endless well of talent and I'm looking forward to ecerything else he's in. Jack Black played his part well too. You really wanted to slap his face and say "Stop being such a tit,you tit!"
CG Effects absoulutely breathtaking and seamless al the way through. It honestly makes you believe Dinosaurs exist more so that with Jurassic Park or even Walking with Dinosaurs...Weta really are Gods.
This is definately one of those films that HAS to be seen on the big Screen although why must all of Peter Jacksons films streth to 3 hours? There was some of the "Bumf" that could have been easily have been cut down but hey, it gave us the scene with the moustache and the poster. Wasn't it Alfred Hitchcock who said the length of a film should be proportianate to the endurance of the human bladder!?
Climax = Fantastic
I give Kong 9/10
pHatBambi
In Cryo Sleep
Awesome film!
Yeah got me blubbing at the end. Kong knew what was coming, we knew what was coming, he just did his damn best. Go KONG! *Sniff*
Loved it to bits. Some very Peter Jackson moments. Thought I was watching the fellowship a couple of times and a very gollumesque scene in there too...
You have to watch this at the cinema or you will miss it at it's best.
Stupid damn ape why'd you have to die? Curse you Jack Black! Curse You!
p.s. Liked the intermission.
Yeah got me blubbing at the end. Kong knew what was coming, we knew what was coming, he just did his damn best. Go KONG! *Sniff*
Loved it to bits. Some very Peter Jackson moments. Thought I was watching the fellowship a couple of times and a very gollumesque scene in there too...
You have to watch this at the cinema or you will miss it at it's best.
Stupid damn ape why'd you have to die? Curse you Jack Black! Curse You!
p.s. Liked the intermission.
to be honest i didnt find it as good as everyones making it out to be. main reason being everyone knew exactly whats gonno happen and that for me was just boring.
ye fair enough, the special effects were excellent and it was all very well directed, but at the end of the day it was more like watching one of those dinosaur documentaries to me than anything else, with a bit of a twist. and some things about the story just didnt make sense (in any king kong movie), one thing is how on earth do you carry a 30 foot guerilla in a broken down ship across the ocean to new york and then get him in a theatre and chain him up? call me pedantic but these things annoy me in films
some scenes were very sad and those were the only things that kept me interested, otherwise towards the end i was just waiting for it to end
ye fair enough, the special effects were excellent and it was all very well directed, but at the end of the day it was more like watching one of those dinosaur documentaries to me than anything else, with a bit of a twist. and some things about the story just didnt make sense (in any king kong movie), one thing is how on earth do you carry a 30 foot guerilla in a broken down ship across the ocean to new york and then get him in a theatre and chain him up? call me pedantic but these things annoy me in films
some scenes were very sad and those were the only things that kept me interested, otherwise towards the end i was just waiting for it to end
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Phryxus
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Even though watching Kong is supposed to be an epic commitment (according to critics - who must obviously get a bit fidgety in any film over 2 hours and 15 minutes) I was absolutely engaged in the film all the way through.
Whilst in pretty much all the LotR films i was constantly shifting from buttock to buttock whilst waiting for the next uber battle scene, in Kong I was concentrating so much on the characters and detail that I forgot all about which side I would have to lean on next.
I also have to mention that it stays pretty faithful to the 1933 incarnation, it even has a few references hidden in this version that you might miss if you haven't seen the original yet. Another major fact is that it does for films now what the original did over half a century ago - pushes the boundary. Another thing I have to say, is that it does indeed urinate all over the strange 1976 remake from a great height.
Not sure about Jack Black's casting as Carl Denham, but then again Denham as a character is a bit 2D in his motive and purpose, simply to advance the plot and provide a reasonable premise for venturing to Skull Island, so I can't really imagine how different it would be with another actor. Only cheesy effects were the random 'Shell-Shock'(tm) camera effects and the uber-random slow-mo part when Driscoll types in Skull Island onto his type-writer in an almost comedy fashion, speaking each letter as he goes.
Overall though, it was an extortionate ticket price well spent, even if the experience as a whole was somewhat ruined by idiots in the cinema shouting 'jump' when Ann and Driscoll were on the top of the ESB and laughing when Kong fell off, after having been shafted by the planes.
Best film i've seen recently, even better on a big screen where you can see the gorilla-man in action. Highly recommended!
BTW: did anyone happen to notice the Rat-Monkey cage on the ship, a reference to BrainDead (a.k.a Dead Alive - one of Jackson's earlier films?)
P.S: I tried to keep this mini-review free from any major spoilers, but if I happen to ruin anyone's King Kong cinema experience i'm really sorry!
Whilst in pretty much all the LotR films i was constantly shifting from buttock to buttock whilst waiting for the next uber battle scene, in Kong I was concentrating so much on the characters and detail that I forgot all about which side I would have to lean on next.
I also have to mention that it stays pretty faithful to the 1933 incarnation, it even has a few references hidden in this version that you might miss if you haven't seen the original yet. Another major fact is that it does for films now what the original did over half a century ago - pushes the boundary. Another thing I have to say, is that it does indeed urinate all over the strange 1976 remake from a great height.
Not sure about Jack Black's casting as Carl Denham, but then again Denham as a character is a bit 2D in his motive and purpose, simply to advance the plot and provide a reasonable premise for venturing to Skull Island, so I can't really imagine how different it would be with another actor. Only cheesy effects were the random 'Shell-Shock'(tm) camera effects and the uber-random slow-mo part when Driscoll types in Skull Island onto his type-writer in an almost comedy fashion, speaking each letter as he goes.
Overall though, it was an extortionate ticket price well spent, even if the experience as a whole was somewhat ruined by idiots in the cinema shouting 'jump' when Ann and Driscoll were on the top of the ESB and laughing when Kong fell off, after having been shafted by the planes.
Best film i've seen recently, even better on a big screen where you can see the gorilla-man in action. Highly recommended!
BTW: did anyone happen to notice the Rat-Monkey cage on the ship, a reference to BrainDead (a.k.a Dead Alive - one of Jackson's earlier films?)
P.S: I tried to keep this mini-review free from any major spoilers, but if I happen to ruin anyone's King Kong cinema experience i'm really sorry!
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ol1v3r
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Dont like long movies, the cinma chairs dont have enough legroom 
.. I couldnt walk at the end of Harry Potter last week
.. I couldnt walk at the end of Harry Potter last week 
Gizmo-5
In Cryo Sleep
This film must be seen on the big screen, not only for the HOOOGENESS (remember the scene in titanic where the guy falls off the bow and hits the propeller, its like that all the way through this one, the place felt so huge i loved it ^.^) But the cinema quality sound and emersion you can't really get at home.
why hasnt anyone made vibrating chairs, my bum really really hurt. no intermission, jackson you lunatic what were you thinking! also i didnt cry at the end, not saying this in a "i'm macho" (AMMO MAN!) kinda way, infact i felt slightly, defective, (however i did cry at saving private ryan, the green mile, big fish and terminator 2.... i was 8).
last few lines weren't brilliant but nothings ever perfect definately still an epic
best stuff ive seen from mr J so far.
BTW. WHO RATED THIS THING! there were 9 year olds running out of the cinema!
why hasnt anyone made vibrating chairs, my bum really really hurt. no intermission, jackson you lunatic what were you thinking! also i didnt cry at the end, not saying this in a "i'm macho" (AMMO MAN!) kinda way, infact i felt slightly, defective, (however i did cry at saving private ryan, the green mile, big fish and terminator 2.... i was 8).
last few lines weren't brilliant but nothings ever perfect definately still an epic
best stuff ive seen from mr J so far.
BTW. WHO RATED THIS THING! there were 9 year olds running out of the cinema!
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Fi$hy
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Haha Gizmo, welcome the the unwanted side-effect of 12A's. 9 yr-olds lol!
Saying that, I always thought the 12 certificate was always a bit pointless, never that disturbing (no-blood, sex, excess language) In fact when I was younger, the only film that disturbed me below a 15, was Jurassic Park (scared the shit outta me) and that was a PG !!
Saying that, I always thought the 12 certificate was always a bit pointless, never that disturbing (no-blood, sex, excess language) In fact when I was younger, the only film that disturbed me below a 15, was Jurassic Park (scared the shit outta me) and that was a PG !!