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[SuperFly]

During the film I had good reason to worry. Jack Black's "at any cost character" gets VERY tiresome after repeatedly not being able to get the message about what is TRULY valuable in life.....VERY TIRESOME. Exactly HOW DENSE can someone be? The odd, annoying "Ridley Scott Combat Slow Mo" photography that pops in and out of certain action sequences and then BLESSEDLY disappears about halfway through the film really got on my nerves. For goodness sakes, I hate it when Ridley does it...why the hell would anyone want to copy the WORST apsect of a great director is beyond me. Another wierd tidbit ( I assume a leftover from LOTR ) is his propensity to concentrate on EVERY MINOR CHARACTER and then just ditch them suddenly. for God's sakes....why spend the time on someone who never has any input of any kind later in the film......and why do actors have to go through action sequences that the Terminator could not survive on a GOOD day....why the preposterous, when just plain ol' thrilling will do just fine??? WHY?????

and then there's those little, teeny, liberaltic twinges that pop in an out a few times during the flick.......Sighhhhhhh....you guys will discover those all on your own......

Did I mention that is is one of the greatest films I have seen in twenty years??

despite the aforemention bitches......

THIS MOVIE IS EVERYTHING THAT THE ORIGINAL AND THE 76 REMAKE COULD NOT BE.
Jackson takes GREAT CARE that this movie is an homage to one of the Sci Fi / Fantasy greats and he does NOT dispappoint......it is faithful and MORE....

It is ONE OF THE MOST LOVING AND HEARTFELT DEDICATIONS TO ADVENTURE CINEMA........EVER!!!

From the gorgeously crafted New York City of the 1930s, to the awe inspiring ( and VERY DAMN SCARY ) Skull Island...this movie BLEEDS beauty......in TORRENTS.

Despite the eventually misdirected character that Jack Black plays ( and he still does a great job!!!! ), like the Lord of the Rings....this cast just plain rocks!!!!!! These folks put every bit of love and effort into helping Jackson and company realize the greatest film remake ever......

have I praised the details???? like the Sumatran Rat Monkey poster on the ship??? The case of 1928 Thompsons?? THE NAVAL LUGER????


Skull Island.....oh man.....you just have to see it......


I could go on for an hour about how much I loved this film....truly, it's one of the GREATEST movies I have seen since Aliens......but much more light hearted...and yet very serious, poignant and loving in the same breath



SEE IT!!!!



Please note, for those of you who are afraid of bugs, the preposterously dangerous use of a Thompson Submachine Gun, and who have small children....the BUG SCENE IS ONE OF THE MOST DISTRUBING THINGS I HAVE SEEN ON FILM IN A LONG, LONG , TIME...not kidding, the whole theater was squirming, looking away and a couple people got the hell up and left the theater for a minute )

[Privateer]

Yet another example of a film with mind-blowing special effects that succeeds in being boring. You can tell the director saw King Kong as a kid and walked away thinking 'This would be so awesome if you could see more monsters and fights and stuff' and 'Boohoo it's so sad, no-one realises he loves her'. I liked Bad Taste better.

The effects are awesome tho'.