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joe_doufu



Joined: 09 May 2005
Location: Elsewhere
PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:26 am    Post subject: Kong is king! Reply with quote
I just saw "King Kong" expecting it to be predictable but mildly entertaining with over-the-top special effects -- but it knocked my socks off! It's three hours long, the plot is well-written and totally engrossing, the characters are amazingly well-developed. None of what happens is predictable, I was completely caught up. Even the ending is great, with a climax on the Empire State Building that should please King Kong purists. Wow. I'm gonna see it again tomorrow!

Oh, and BTW the actress was fine. I was a little bit right about the OTT special effects, but I don't care.
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Hater Depot



Joined: 29 Mar 2005
PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
OTT?
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joe_doufu



Joined: 09 May 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hater Depot wrote:
OTT?

over the top
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mole



Joined: 06 Feb 2003
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I remember Jessica Lange being the sexiest thing in my middle school
"Repertoire." She was HOT. I'll definitely see the remake.
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004
PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Kong is king! Reply with quote
joe_doufu wrote:
I just saw "King Kong" expecting it to be predictable but mildly entertaining with over-the-top special effects -- but it knocked my socks off! It's three hours long, the plot is well-written and totally engrossing, the characters are amazingly well-developed. None of what happens is predictable, I was completely caught up. Even the ending is great, with a climax on the Empire State Building that should please King Kong purists. Wow. I'm gonna see it again tomorrow!

Oh, and BTW the actress was fine. I was a little bit right about the OTT special effects, but I don't care.


The reviews have been pretty good eventhough it's an action movie. I saw the trailer yesterday, and it seems like good fun. I'll check the movie listings later today.
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mishlert



Joined: 13 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe the Kiwis can answer this, but has Peter Jackson ever made a bad movie? Hell, years before LOTR I saw The Frighteners and thought it was better than I expected; saw it again last year on OCN and thought it was just as good that many years later.
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joe_doufu



Joined: 09 May 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Kong is king! Reply with quote
Hollywoodaction wrote:
The reviews have been pretty good eventhough it's an action movie. I saw the trailer yesterday, and it seems like good fun. I'll check the movie listings later today.


Actually the trailer is misleading... there's much more to the story, and in fact there are several important characters who don't appear in the trailer.
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huck



Joined: 19 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's a superb movie. However, it just reminded me why I don't like people. Smile
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fiveeagles



Joined: 19 May 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I liked the action sequences. Some parts seemed pretty fake though.

I don't want to give the movie away, but if you like the Indiana Jones types then you will like this badly acted film.

2 bananas and a peel out of 4. Wink
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003
PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
mishlert wrote:
Maybe the Kiwis can answer this, but has Peter Jackson ever made a bad movie? Hell, years before LOTR I saw The Frighteners and thought it was better than I expected; saw it again last year on OCN and thought it was just as good that many years later.


not really.. he is the master of gore splatter horror flicks..

all his early kiwi flicks had cult following..

and my link to him is..

does anyone remember Braindead?
well in that movie Lionel lived in a a big white house!

well I lived in that same house the movie was shot!

of course in the movie it was only used for exterior shots.. and the interior was shot at the studio.. but the house was cool ..
and I lived there for a months..
it was 4 apartments by the time I lived there..
and I lived in the leftwing up stairs. and my mate was the only right wing upstair. no one was downstairs at the time..
was cool..

peter jackson is big time now!!
I would love if he directs one of the next NARNIA pictures.. of even harry potter!!! would be WICKED!!
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