scallenger 483 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Do it! It waiiiits! Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 969 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I'm joking. Of course I will. Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted February 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2021 I'll wait for the abridged audiobook. scallenger, Bellosh, Edmilson and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 969 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 (Has anybody read it yet?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,419 Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, LSH said: (Has anybody read it yet?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 969 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Fantastic, can you precis it for me please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,419 Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 He says it's good 'n shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 969 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 You see, I beg to differ. I'd expand on that but unfortunately life's too short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,419 Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 Life's Too Short. My favorite Ricky Gervais show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 969 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Really? It's good but no where near his best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scallenger 483 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I'm recording the audiobook abridgement of my post. Should there be a second monotone voice that comes in from time to time to abridge the abridgement? bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 969 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Yes, I'm sure we'll find someone to voice that. Someone boring... Where's Thor when you actually need him? bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,419 Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 9 hours ago, LSH said: Really? It's good but no where near his best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 King Kong is the best and only King Kong film I've seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 What if? Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,456 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 How about we get back on topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 King Kong is not a masterpiece, neither film nor score. There. Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I think King Kong 2005 was middling, and so was its score! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I think 2020 was middling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I saw the film in theaters when it came out and thought it was fine. Don't remember any specific criticisms or praise I had for it, though I do remember feeling like it was on the slow / long side. I've never been compelled to watch it again since. I don't know JNH's score. I don't remember it from the movie and I don't think I've ever listened to the OST album or session leak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, Jay said: I don't know JNH's score. I don't remember it from the movie and I don't think I've ever listened to the OST album or session leak Wow, you're in for a real treat whenever you get around to listening it. I kind of envy you having that to look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 He's pulling your leg, Jay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowbobwow 69 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 On 2/7/2021 at 5:32 PM, Bellosh said: I'm just glad Peter Jackson made this film before he hit 'Maximum Burntout' with those Hobbit films. Kind of doesn't count, but I like the fanedit of The Hobbit that edits it down into one pretty good movie more than King Kong. I don't know if it's so much that he burnt out going into Hobbit as the behind the scenes drama that unfolded. He went into LOTR (and King Kong too, I'm sure) with a lot of preproduction. The execution of The Hobbit movies being such a mess is because 1) all the stakeholders wanted milk the franchise for everything it was worth and put out three movies instead of one or two and 2) because of that reason, Guillermo del Toro walking away from the movies and Jackson having to scramble to ready three movies the size of LOTR but without the same amount of preproduction. A shortened preproduction is also why TROS was a mess. Not the only reason, but might be the biggest one. Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I felt the same way about King Kong as you, Jay - it was nothing special, and the first act dragged. Any other disappointment I had was square in the "why didn't the LOTR guy do something as good as LOTR" category. I actually watched Jackson's King Kong one time after theaters, in the contractually mandatory Extended DVD Edition. Counterintuitively given my initial gripe, I actually enjoyed it more in this version - although that may have been a mix of lowered expectations and the ability to pause the thing to get a snack and go to the bathroom. I'll never get the love for the score, unfortunately, but I gave it lots of chances. I think it's good*, with the footnote at the bottom of the page reading *for a JNH adventure score. Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 13 minutes ago, mstrox said: the contractually mandatory Extended DVD Edition. Oh no... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: I think 2020 was middling. May to July was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,456 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: I think 2020 was shite. Fixed. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 The worst part about King Kong (2005) is that it existed, but also the acting was pretty bad. The best character was Bruce Baxter, when he put up his room posters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Oomoog the Ecstatic said: the acting was pretty bad. Yeah, those CGI actors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Yeah, those CGI actors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 The Son of Kong is even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,369 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Oomoog the Ecstatic said: The worst part about King Kong (2005) is that it existed, but also the acting was pretty bad. The best character was Bruce Baxter, when he put up his room posters. I found Naomi Watts brillant, as always. Bilbo and Ricard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Not to mention the guy in the monkey suit. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,456 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 2005 Kong almost had a sequel, directed by the guy from Godzilla vs Kong: Quote “Godzilla vs. Kong” marks a massive jump into VFX-driven filmmaking for director Adam Wingard, but it turns out his indie-to-studio-tentpole transition was originally set to take place nearly 10 years ago. And not only that, but it was going to take place as Peter Jackson’s planned sequel to his 2005 “King Kong” remake. Jackson became interested in Wingard as buzz took off for the filmmaker’s breakthrough horror film “You’re Next.” “I think in a lot of ways, the reason for [me not having to do a pitch for ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’], we have to travel back in time to 2013 or so when ‘You’re Next’ was about to come out in theaters,” Wingard recently told /Film. “Somehow, Peter Jackson had seen an early version of ‘You’re Next,’ and he was interested in me directing a sequel to his ‘King Kong’ film.” Wingard continued, “It was just going to be called ‘Skull Island.’ Simon Barrett was going to write it. Mary Parent, who runs Legendary now and produced this movie, was on board with that. But this movie was set up at Universal, and the ‘King Kong’ rights somehow ended up at Warner Bros. That movie went to the wayside, and so did I. In a long roundabout way, I think getting that vote of confidence from Peter Jackson stuck in Mary Parent’s mind.” https://www.indiewire.com/2021/04/peter-jackson-king-kong-sequel-adam-wingard-1234627542/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 It's fine. On 2/7/2021 at 11:09 PM, Edmilson said: The score is certainly a masterpiece. One of JNH's very best. I remember watching the movie in theaters in 2005, and although I had fun with the action scenes, I thought the ending was really depressing. Yeah, and so unexpected, too, right? Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 The PJ movie is more boring than Algebra. The ride at Universal's Islands of Adventure is fun however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,419 Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 21 minutes ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: The PJ movie is more boring than Algebra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 It's actually quite endearing, had the journey to the island alone not been stretched into a whole episode of Gilligan's Island. Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 I prefer Fantasy Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, gkgyver said: It's actually quite endearing, had the journey to the island alone not been stretched into a whole episode of Gilligan's Island. And the part on the island not a mix between Cannibal Holocaust and Jurassic Park III. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 The natives are really offensive to the Woke types. I'm glad they recreated them in the ride. gkgyver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,456 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 2 hours ago, gkgyver said: Yeah, and so unexpected, too, right? Again, I was 12 years old when I watched Jackson's movie, and I hadn't watched any of the previous Kong movies. There's no way I could've known he dies at the end because I wasn't aware of the 33 or the 76 movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 He dies?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 In that one he's like Picard with his prosthetic heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 After watching the last three Kong related films, Peter Jackson's film is a masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Godzilla vs Kong is the best Kong film since 1976. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 The original Mighty Joe Young is the best Kong film. Not saying that to be a wacky contrarian, just forever bummed that never comes up in conversation of this ilk. (The remake with the Horner score’s ai’ight) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Watching tonight Godzilla vs. Kong but as far as I concerned Kong Skull Island is the best Kong movie for now! Can't fight against this and this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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