King Kong
 

I can't believe there isn't a thread about this yet. This movie is unbelievable. It is absolutely breathtaking. It is so grand, it's as epic and ambitious as all three Lord of the Rings. It was one of the very few times in the theater that I was completely taken in by the world presented to me. I forgot that my life existed for three hours yesterday. What an experience! It is so well done and the visual effects are the best to date in history. I can't get over it. Anyone else feel the same?

Someone should have said "no" to half the movie.

TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG

Actually I didn't hink it was too long, maybe just about 15 min or so. What I thought was bad was some o fth CGI of the dinosaurs. The ape was amazing, but some of the dinosaurs look BAD like they were running in front of a screen. Amazingly Jurrasic Park still looks the best for any dinosaur movie thus far. Otherwise Kong was entertaining. Sort of a sad commentary that we generally take what we want and do whatever we want with it without thinking of the consequences.

I loved it. One of the best action movies ever. It's world wide gross is $146M in the first 5 days.

Like remaking classic movies? ;-)

and a sluggish opening weekend... down from expectations.

Exactly...LOL

I doubt it wil touch Titanic... Thhis is not a girly film..

Kong Opens Shy of Blockbuster Standards
 

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/051218/box_office.html?.v=5

Three hours was no problem for me... I could have sat there longer. It's been a long time since I've seen a movie that made me feel as tickled as a kid.

Notice the overhead view of the broken bi-plane spiraling down toward 1930s Manhattan? Amazing how unbelievably realistic CGI has become.

Jackson's remake is amazing, he didn't ruin it. I went opening night, and 2.5 hours into it, right when Kong bursts out of the theatre, the projector screwed up... So we got free passes and I went again the next night. I didn't mind though, cause it's so good. I didn't find it long at all, it went by fairly quickly if you ask me. Not one dull moment. 5 out of 5.

We were all gonna see it last night but we put it off till next week, plus I want to finish seeing the original 1933 version first before I see it. Gonna get some burgers and beer and enjoy them in the theater, maybe we'll even bring in some pizza.

Thing I like about the theaters here is they sell beer and you can bring in your own food.

Saw the film last night and loved it. It looked like Jackson wanted to take each part a few steps further, like the Kong verses T-Rex (or V-Rex as they seem to be called according to the merchandising) fight was not what I was expecting, and was much better actually.

One thing I noticed, is that in every scene with the natives, it was raining.

Man, I'm moving to Japan!

Mike

It is one of the best and most fun movies I've seen in years, a good all around fun time at the movies. Definitely agree, about the being a kid again comment. The movie had a little of everything, with just enough teasing and follow through to be satisfying. Peter Jackson had a good time filling in extra steps to each scene. I loved the way he'd show you something creep/scary, then just keep finding ways to let it keep getting it closer and closer to the characters. He did that through out the whole film.

Just saw it twice in two days, cuz my friends can't get their butts gear. Interestingly, it felt shorter the second time I saw it.