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Jackson's King Kong: 3 Hours.
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Flyspeck23 said:...
The day I can't sit through a 2 or 3 hour movie without a cigarette is the day I stop smoking.
And, for the record: usually I usually drink a bottle of beer while watching a movie at the cinema, or two if it's a long movie (>2h). Even at the age of 31 I can still control my bladder
Fair enough. I was merely thinking about the people I used to room with. They would step outside for a cigarette every 20 or 30 minutes (less at night).
Desdichado
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Just as an aside and a bump: the 1933 King Kong: Special Edition DVD is released today.
barsoomcore
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Yes. Yes, it is. Today is KK Day in our house. I have been told not to come home without a copy.
I love my wife.
I love my wife.
Desdichado
Hero
Nice. Tomorrow will have to be KK day at my house. We've entered the time of year where we can't buy much because it might be a Christmas present. I've got it coming from Netflix, to be bought later.
Flyspeck23
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Rykion said:
Where did you hear that? Can you give a source?
barsoomcore
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Well, Adolf and I have something in common. Go figure.
The DVD is nicely high-quality. It was great seeing all the familiar scenes in lovely sharp detail. And the audio is great -- you can hear the shouting crew members individually.
And wow, Fay Wray's quite clearly not wearing a bra for most of the film. I never noticed that before. Hm.
Very ballsy of Jackson to champion this release two weeks before his own version comes out. I would not want to be one of the animators working on the Kong/T-Rex battle -- man, what an act to follow!
The DVD is nicely high-quality. It was great seeing all the familiar scenes in lovely sharp detail. And the audio is great -- you can hear the shouting crew members individually.
And wow, Fay Wray's quite clearly not wearing a bra for most of the film. I never noticed that before. Hm.
Very ballsy of Jackson to champion this release two weeks before his own version comes out. I would not want to be one of the animators working on the Kong/T-Rex battle -- man, what an act to follow!
Rykion
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Flyspeck23 said:
It was mentioned by one of my professor's in an upper level University history class. You will find it mentioned in the trivia section here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_(1933_film)) , and other places on the net. It might be debatable if it was his very favorite movie, but it definitely was a movie he loved.
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barsoomcore
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Another comment (and one that actually relates to the thread title): I'm not sure that 3 hours of Kong is ipso facto a good idea. The original is only 100 minutes, and its brevity is definitely a big part of its brilliance. It's a tight, tight film that never gives you a second to catch your breath (or say to yourself, "Hey, a giant monkey? WTF?"). It's utterly lacking in story fat.
Now Jackson has put together at least one truly brilliant long action film (The Fellowship of the Ring), but you COULD accuse the successive LotR films of being too long. And nobody's going to call The Frighteners a marvel of tight plotting.
I'm not saying there's such a thing as too much monster-on-monster action. I'm all for it, and I'll eat it all up greedily. But there's potential for mis-step here, if the thing turns out to be under-plotted.
We shall see...
Now Jackson has put together at least one truly brilliant long action film (The Fellowship of the Ring), but you COULD accuse the successive LotR films of being too long. And nobody's going to call The Frighteners a marvel of tight plotting.
I'm not saying there's such a thing as too much monster-on-monster action. I'm all for it, and I'll eat it all up greedily. But there's potential for mis-step here, if the thing turns out to be under-plotted.
We shall see...
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