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Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Is any one else as jazzed up about this movie as I am? Even Newsweek has a big article about it. The special effects look fantastic. December 14th is the big day!!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Saw the preview today and I love the special effects. I was a lil leary when I read they were remaking it but after seeing the preview I'm a lil excited.

Tess
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04-13-2001

Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 1:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tess a private message Print Post    
We saw the preview today also (since we followed M to Harry Potter). Looked fabulous. I'm thinking it might not be one for my 9 year old so we won't see it right away, not 'til I can get feedback from others here who've seen it.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 11:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
The preview also reminded me of Jurassic Park.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 7:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
I loved Jurassic Park..that's even my favorite ride at Universal. I'm that old lady who keeps getting back in line!!

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 10:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
Hubby and I saw the preview yesterday when we saw HP. I think it'll be good


You know.. funny story about the King Kong exhibit at Universal.. When my family and I went, I was 4.5. We went through the King Kong ride.. Well, KK was on my side of the little car... When he appeared, he scared the living $h1t outta me! I bounded into mom's lap and about leaped out the car the other way.. LOL This is one memory I've always had, Crazy, ey? That and the fact that Mickey wanted to dance with me and I was too shy lol

Reiki
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08-12-2000

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 7:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reiki a private message Print Post    
On Monday I went down to Manhattan to see the life size King Kong that Weta Workshop created just for the world premier of King Kong.

The artists from Weta created Kong in California and had him shipped in pieces which they put together in the early morning hours of Monday and took down again 24 hours later.

Weta were also the geniuses behind "The Lord of the Rings" and as a true fan of those films it was my great pleasure to meet some of the men responsible for bringing Middle Earth and Kong to life, including Gino Acevedo, senior prostetics supervisor.

I also got to say hey to Andy Serkis, the man inside the beast. It is his performance that Weta Digital turned into the 25 foot gorilla seen on screen. Andy was also Gollum/Smeagol in Lord of the Rings.

Here are some pictures:

Kong in Times Square Kong 2
Kong 3 Kong 4
Kong 5



Coco
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07-13-2000

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 8:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
Hey Reiki, thanks for sharing your great pictures of Kong! I saw a TV short on one of those entertainment shows about this big guy being put together for the premiere.

They also did a piece on Andy Serkis, whom I loved as Gollum in LOTR! Andy studied gorillas at zoos for hours just for this role. I just know he'll be amazing as Kong.


Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 10:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Reiki I envy you for getting such a close-up and thanks for sharing the photos. I have already made a movie date with DH for December 14th to go see King Kong.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
Thanks for sharing with us, Reiki. Kong looks impressively enormous!! I'm thrilled for you that you got to meet some of the LOR geniuses. I know how special that must have been for you!

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 1:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
The local theater is going to be showing the movie at 8:05 on Wednesday & Thursday. Can you say RETARDED boys & girls? I knew that you could :-)

Snoopsmom
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02-19-2003

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 5:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Snoopsmom a private message Print Post    
I would like to see it for the special effects, but I'm put off by the fact that it's a 3 hour movie, and that I know how it will end! That's too long for me to sit in a movie theater without becoming restless, or falling asleep, especially knowing I'll probably cry at the ending.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Friday, December 16, 2005 - 8:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
Saw this today and it's very good. The storytelling is well done, the visuals are remarkable (except for a few complaints where the special effects weren't so special but looked rather fake to me.) The movie is scary and creepy in places. Is it rated PG-13? It's well earned and I think could really scare younger kids.

Let me say that this isn't really my kind of movie. I like capers and crime movies. I like dark humor and intense dramas. I didn't really like Indiana Jones the first time I saw it (but have grown to appreciate it). As adventure/monster movies go, this one is good. Very good. Of course I cried. It's worth the 3 hour run time. The first hour is a bit slow, but it lays the groundwork.

** spoilers ** It took me a while to figure out who the boy was -- it's Billy Elliot, a film I really loved. I found the running under the dinasours feet special effects were not very convincing to me and that was a distraction. The bugs and the natives freaked me out. I was surprised how short a cold winter night in NYC is -- the sun comes up SO quickly. LOL. I was moved by the scene in Central Park.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Friday, December 16, 2005 - 10:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Flawed yet perfect. :-)

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 5:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Well, nobody will complain that it was too short, I suppose. It's a CGI green screen dream that's sometimes ponderous and sometimes lots of fun.

The script was surprisingly good.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 5:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
They could have shortened this film EASILY by an hour and it would have been much better. The crowd was sparse at the theater we went to, unfortunately. Naomi didn't scream enough and there were way too many simpering/empathetic/teary/knowing gazes between King Kong and her, but she did a great job with the role and the expanded script does a little better job than the original developing the relationship between them. She was a great substitute for Faye Wray, but Faye remains the queen goddess screamer.

King Kong himself was fabulous. I still favor the original Kong because, well, because. This guy gives him a run for his money though. Complete suspension of disbelief - the computer animation was fantastic and the actor it was based on perfect.

Interestingly, a Dad came in with four little girls under the age of 8 or so. I was looking forward to them running screaming up the aisle at the ape (what was Dad thinking anyway?) They actually went running up the aisles screaming because of the bugs. LOLOL. They thought the monkey was cute.

I loved the first King Kong, hated the second, and really liked this one. Jack Black is a very bad person - I couldn't watch him and not remember the night in Austin when he bogarted our bowling alley and Draheid, Jackie, et. al. had to find alternative arrangements for our TVCH meeting. Oh, and he played a bad person in the movie, too LOL.

Someone needs to reign in Peter Jackson and convince him that sometimes less is more. Otherwise, good flick.

Knightpatti
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12-06-2001

Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 10:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Knightpatti a private message Print Post    
Sad sad sad!

Saw it tonight and I had to hide under my coat in parts.

Magnificient! Not for children, though.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 4:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Just got home from the show and I loved it...every minute! DH complained about the slow parts but he always does. I did forget myself and say "Girl what are you doing climbing that ladder" but the people surrounding us all laughed. Thank heavens cause I think that is so rude to talk in the theater!!

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 5:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
That was you?

Vsmart
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02-10-2003

Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 6:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vsmart a private message Print Post    
Why did the people run in front of the dinos?
I would have pressed against the wall & let them run ahead.
Did not believe that she never talked to the writer on the return voyage. Or was the point that she was too in love with Kong.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
LOL KL!

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Monday, December 26, 2005 - 8:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Vsmart-not only that but exactly HOW did they transport Kong to NY? That steamer didn't look big enough(imo).

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Monday, December 26, 2005 - 8:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Very good questions, all of which I didn't think of! LOL!

We saw King Kong on Christmas Eve. I had never seen the original or any of the remakes. Yes, there were some parts that were a little unbelieveable but on a whole the movie was great! I couldn't believe I reached the point of sobbing. Kudo's to Peter Jackson for making Kong so easy to care for!

I give Kong 4 banana's!

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Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Monday, December 26, 2005 - 1:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I hope they're ginormous :-)

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Monday, December 26, 2005 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Somewhere I read that Jackson made sure the dimensions of the ship would hold Kong (and this version of the great ape was a little smaller than the 1970's movie version). Remember, they offloaded a lot of cargo & cages to lighten the ship to get it off the rocks.

I *HATED* the bugs. Big time. Not good for little kids. Speaking of young ones; behind us a 9 yr old boy fell asleep during the first act and didn't get woken up until the action sequences (this was an early afternoon show).

Can you imagine how long this movie would have been *if* there had been scenes between Ann & Jack on the way back to NY????

'squeek'

Reiki
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08-12-2000

Friday, December 30, 2005 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reiki a private message Print Post    
Kong didn't scare me at all. Maybe because I was looking for Andy Serkis behind the gorilla. Or maybe because I had seen the big hairy dude up close and personal and looked into his eyes. The dinosaurs were okay, but Jurassic Park did them better. The bugs totally freaked me out. I had to cover my eyes. And those wormy type things. I shutter just remembering them.

The aerial sequence, looking down from above the Empire State Building were realistic enough to give me vertigo and reminded me why I don't do the ESB.

Naomi Watts was wonderful in this movie. Was less impressed with Jack Black. His delivery of the final line fell flat for me. I wish Andy was getting more attention for the work he did to bring Kong to life.

I have to admit to a love/hate relationship with Peter Jackson. He frequently bugs the heck out of me, but when I am watching his films I totally love them. The production diaries are out on DVD now. If they are the same ones that were on KongisKing.net they are a very interesting behind the scenes look at film making. They still have post production diaries up.

Newman
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09-25-2004

Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 7:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Newman a private message Print Post    
Didn't like it. Too long. I was trapped in the middle seat of a long row or else I may have left.

I was hoping to escape but this movie didn't help me do that. They would have been crushed by the dinosaurs. I'm not a special effects guy. I think I liked the other two versions better.
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