King Kong is freaking awesome.

[saahmed]

I think the problem is that the movie was so long and drawn out that people do not want to watch it muliple times. With most big box office hits, a lot of people go back to watch the movie 3 or 4 times. I rarely go to the theater to watch a movie a second time, but I would definitely not go to see King Kong again, though I thought it was awesome. It was just to long, drawn out, and boring at times.

 

[HombrePequeno]

I got back from it a little while ago. I loved it. There were some slow parts but overall it was a great flick.

 

[Sphexi]

Won't top Titanic unfortunately, they had a lot of tricky press going for them, and they kept it in the theaters WAY longer than most other movies did. It was touted as some spectacular movie, and yeah the scenes involving the ship were pretty neat, and yeah the b00bage was nice, but overall it was just a decent flick.

 

[Fritzo]

I don't know. I think Kong was too long- Peter Jackson needs to learn how to edit. A LOT of that movie needed to by cut. For instance, the insect attack started to get tedious, the first hour of the movie could have been told in 30 minutes, and the end where Kong and the girl kept staring back and forth at each other started to get REALLY lame after 5 minutes. I'm getting the feeling that Jackson is too full of himself.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: OdiN
I prefer long movies. I would have loved to see the extended editions of lord of the rings in the theaters. That way you get your money's worth out of the ticket price. I can't STAND it when movies are like 90 minutes long.

The Return of The King was about an hour too long. An extended version would have led to a crapload of people leaving the theater in disgust.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: MustangSVT

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Because CG doesn't save a movie from being incredibly boring and already redone 3 times.

hmm i didnt know that . 3 times!!

first was original in choppy silence film?

2nd in b/w with bad sound and also b/w..

3rd??

1970's version when he climbs the World Trade Center instead of the Empire State and gets killed by jet fighters instead of biplanes

 

[FoBoT]

let me guess, the monkey dies?

 

[Queasy]

It is doing disapointingly because this is a movie that has already been done many times before. Despite it being a great movie, it was a remake that did not need to be made.

Length has nothing to do with it.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Scourge
Eh, I don't buy into the whole long=bad logic. King Kong was amazing.

lots of people see movies on a whim. They check the movie schedule after dinner at say... 830pm and if the movie won't let them out till 12-1am and they have to work the next day, they're going to settle for something else instead. There are plenty of people on this boat. And they'll never get around to seeing it.

 

[Solodays]

Originally posted by: KrazyBabaGanoush
Not sure.. but I agree it is a great movie... can't wait for a nice collector's edition on DVD

what collectors edition are you talking about?

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Lord of the Rings might have been long but it had no really drawn out moments. There was something happening and important in almost every scene.

Seeing an ape and a girl looking at the sunset is boring

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: Sphexi
Won't top Titanic unfortunately, they had a lot of tricky press going for them, and they kept it in the theaters WAY longer than most other movies did. It was touted as some spectacular movie, and yeah the scenes involving the ship were pretty neat, and yeah the b00bage was nice, but overall it was just a decent flick.

Which movie did you see? I didn't see any b00bage when I saw it in the theatre.

 

[Solodays]

Originally posted by: AznAnarchy99
Lord of the Rings might have been long but it had no really drawn out moments. There was something happening and important in almost every scene.

Seeing an ape and a girl looking at the sunset is boring

wtf?everytime kong comes on, the movies gets 2x more enjoyable.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

truthfully, the best part of the movie was the t-rex fight scene. The rest was average.

 

[Zap Brannigan]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Could be because it's too long, and there's not much dialogue. No way it tops Titanic.

Almost every movie tops Titanic.

 

[GeekDrew]

I watched the 7:45 tonight... got out of there at 11. I'll admit that my mind was wandering throughout the movie... but I personally didn't like the movie *at all*. It may be that my taste in movies is opposite many of you.... but I think I would rather have been having a root canal done or something.

 

[eXx08]

My friend is very picky on movies and he said it was the best movie he ever seen.

 

[tec699]

Me and my friend cried during titanic.

I hated Kong! :|

 

[RaiderJ]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: Scourge
Eh, I don't buy into the whole long=bad logic. King Kong was amazing.

Because I can't sit for 3 hours straight without an intermission.

Your poor wife/girlfriend!

 

[ghostman]

I typically hate long movies, but I thought King Kong went by relatively quickly. Sure, the first hour wasn't terribly exciting, but at least they were developed. Much better than rushing into the action without anyone caring for the leads.

They could have done away with the sailor kid and the black mentor side story though. That might have saved us 10 minutes of movie time. Also, I noticed that the teaser had a scene where Jack Black is filming Naomi Watts on a beach as she screams. That was cut from the movie.

 

[rachelmb]

hey, i just joined about 5 minutes ago and thought i'd try this out!

 

[Whitecloak]

Originally posted by: AznAnarchy99
truthfully, the best part of the movie was the t-rex fight scene. The rest was average.

yes

 

[rachelmb]

I'm going to see that movie tomorrow w/ my boyfriend and my parents. is it worth the money/time??

 

[darkamulets]

We know what happens, the movie is about 2 hours to long. Sadly unlike Passion of the Christ it doesn't have a huge following. That's why it won't make much money.

 

[John P]

Warning, kinda spoilers....

The bug scene was way overdone, couldn't he think of anything better for an action scene?

The end of the t-rex fight where everybody is swinging in the vines was kind of hokey.

The end, after they get back to NYC, seemed kind of rushed.

Did anybody else notice that the tribespeople kinda looked like a rehash of the bad guys in Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring?? - the commander guys in the first movie with the big bows, forgot what they are called??

Overall enjoyable, but I didn't come away terribly impressed.