Great piece, JR, I really enjoyed reading it. Thanks for taking the time
to write it.
I disagreed with almost everything you said, but this did not detract
from my enjoyment in reading it.
Best as always,
Phil
JR wrote:
A lot of people were surprised when Peter Jackson announced he was
check the announcement board at ebay how it
applies
expect to see some people list 1,000,000 posters to test the
waters!!!
michael
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At 03:31 AM 12/27/05 -0500, JR wrote:
And the whole impossible sequence just went on for way too long, after it
had lost all emotional impact, with ever-more absurd details being thrown in.
I think in that sentence you capture the bigget problem with
Jackson's King Kong. Most everything goes on
Just came across this at IMDB..."Disney and Pixar are on
the verge of wrapping up a new distribution agreement, Daily Variety reported on
its website Sunday, citing unnamed insiders. The trade publication indicated
that a sticking point "undoubtedly" is Disney's already operating
Hi, Craig, JR, et. al. at MOPO.
Great read, JR. I agree with much but not all.
Craig and I are closer on this. I believe that a just over two hour run time
would be so much better--
chopping out much of the center section and trimming down the first-act
exposition.
Superb, though!
The Academy
Joe (and Kenru),
Yes, that's an importantaspect I forgot to mention. In the original
we had master stop-motion animator Willis O'Brien infusingKong with life
and a vivid, believable personality. Obie never got his Oscar because
theAward for Best Special Effects did not yet exist
It would seem either that Ann would not be part of Denhams exploitation of
Kong(my preferred explanation) or perhaps knew that her presence there
would send Kong into a rage...The other question of why she was not in
jack's play is more difficult to analyze with what we are given..I will
have a
All these KONG posts perhaps indicate one thing - Jackson may have goty
it far more right than he he got it wrong.
Why?
Because with very few exceptions, most people don't agree on what bits
of the movie didn't work, or what bits were over done or under done, or
too whimsical, or whether he was
Yeah, I'd give Kong maybe 6 out of 10 stars.
You know something's wrong with the film when - during the climax - you're
watching the background (and trying to figure out how they CGI'd 1930's New
York) and not watching the action...
The first thing I said when I walked out of the movie was:
can anyone tell me anything about Russion Export Movie Posters from the 1950's English Titles for the most part
They came from a Russian Jewish estate
thanks in advance for any help
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I love this thread because I've loved KK since the first time I saw the
original. I've wanted someone to redo the original for a long time and am
happy it finally happened.
I agree with Craig here. In my mind, the action scenes all ran too long.
The thundering herd was especially offensive in
Hi all,
For those of you jaded by the holidays and King Kong, you might try to see
Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto. It mines some of the same territory as The
Crying Game, but also brought to mind Velvet Goldmine. It's set in Ireland the
year of Last Tango in Paris and features a lot of
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