Rate King Kong

[Harmon]

Liked it.

The bug pit reminded me of my nightmares.

Could have done without my fellow viewers though- small kids should be banned from the theater but that is another thread, and anyone that talks during a show should learn what the 689th thing duct tape is good for.

Aside from that- liked it.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Very good.

Best performance? Kong.

Those were some sad eyes, man.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Very good.

Best performance? Kong.

Those were some sad eyes, man.

Some observations on Kong - I do not believe that he was sane, even by the standards of giant apes. Either that or he was suffering from the effects of chronic testosterone poisoning.

Then again Skull Island seemed to have peeled some sanity points off of both the crew of the Venture and the natives.

The Auld Grump - that island would fit right into R.E.Howards tales of the Cthulhu mythos, while those worm things were pure Lovecraft...

 

[Klaus]

Haven't watched the movie, but I'll have to say this:

New wishful thinking:

"The Call of Cthulhu"
-by Peter Jackson-

 

[Desdichado]

Some observations on Kong - I do not believe that he was sane, even by the standards of giant apes. Either that or he was suffering from the effects of chronic testosterone poisoning.

The effect of long, long years of loneliness, IMO. That's easy enough to explain.

 

[Warrior Poet]

New wishful thinking:

"The Call of Cthulhu"
-by Peter Jackson-

Someone make Klaus a producer, posthaste! This is genius. I haven't seen Kong yet, either, but this idea is genius. It's been scientifically proven.

Warrior Poet

Edit: Art Direction by Mike Mignola

 

[Harmon]

-those worm things were pure Lovecraft...

My wife said those worms looked like Tube Worms to her- she just finished a MircoBiology class and saw pictures of them. Personally I thought they were leechs, but as she pointed out they were the wrong color and their texture appearance was all wrong.

 

[TheNovaLord]

I gave it a five. It was just okay.
The first hour the script was awful and acted badly. I was begging them to get to skull island so they could all be wiped out.
No sense of drama or thrill throughout really. The endless action on skull island was as though george lucas had taken over and said...hmm...needs more dinosaurs, special effects and chase scenes.
Thought nealry all the action sequences on the island where 'not great'. The part in the insect ravine was pretty good (and in rpg terms was one h*ll of a random encounter) but a tad gruesome.
Too cheesey plot turns and too many cringeworthy lines
Bit on empire state was good only in that it gave me a real sense of clinging to my chair in case it fell off....
Enough for now in case i make a 'spoiler'

JohnD
Who has fears of Peter Jacksons 'The Hobbit' being his own 'Phantom Menace'!

 

[Dimwhit]

I thought it was a great movie.

 

[barsoomcore]

I dithered between an 8 and a 9 and settled on 8.

It's a fine picture, and TheNovaLord's distaste notwithstanding, I suspect nearly everyone will enjoy it. The chemistry between Kong and Naomi Watt's Ann Darrow is magic to behold and provides the energy that keeps the latter two-thirds of the film moving.

It wasn't The Fellowship of the Ring, which I still think stands as Jackson's most inspired picture, but it was darn fine.

My reasoning on that is pretty simple: as soon as the lights came up on Fellowship, Mrs. Barsoom and I turned to each other and said, "We're seeing THAT again." At the end of the credits for Kong, we went out for a beer and after an hour or so of chatting, ASKED each other if we wanted to see it again.

The answer was Yes, but we had to ask. With Fellowship, there was no question.

I encourage everyone to stay to the end of the credits and acknowledge the lovely tribute to the original. Very classy.