Jackson's King Kong Running 3 Hours!- Page 2

[midtowngym]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 2:19pm

Like every Peter Jackson film i've seen (even before LOTR), sounds like a perfect opportunity to 420, sit back and be awed.
And not to brag (OK, i am bragging), Middie has a full view of the Empire State Building from his private office window.

Updated On: 10/28/05 at 02:19 PM

Posted: 10/28/05 at 2:38pm

This is gonna be HUGE!! I expect numbers in the high 200s when all is said and done.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 2:42pm

Well it cost 207 to make, so they better hope for a miracle!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 2:49pm

High 200's is a reasonable estimate for domestic gross. But there's also international, which may be even higher, and then DVD and merchandising. I'm fairly certain that Mr. Jackson will be very well compensated when all is said and done.

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 2:49pm

Weren't computer effects supposed to make movies CHEAPER?

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 2:51pm

I hope it's not another Godzilla....

Posted: 10/28/05 at 2:53pm

"Weren't computer effects supposed to make movies CHEAPER?"

No - just make actors obsolete

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 2:59pm

Jackson's films tend to be longer, however he also manages to create full characters using that time

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 3:06pm

Favourite pre-Heavenly Creatures film: DEAD/ALIVE. My god, it's incredible! The most creative, hilariously over-the-top, buckets-full-of-blood splatter flick ever made. I didn't know you could liquify a room full of zombies with a lawnmower!

Updated On: 10/28/05 at 03:06 PM

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 4:04pm

I love when action/disaster films can successfully develop characters---then you care when bad things start to happen. If it's done well, I say take your time and suck me in.

TO THE STORY, PERVS!

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 4:06pm

Dang, and I was just applying my chapstick...

[RobbO]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 4:07pm

i'm concerned also about the casting of jack black. i've only seen the trailer but he just seems so out of place and i expect him to start cracking jokes or being the guy in "high fidelity."

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 4:08pm

Hopefully he will prove to be the actor I suspect he is--like Jim Carrey has.

[RobbO]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 4:10pm

i hope so, too.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 4:10pm

I was actually quite pleasantly surprised by his acting in the trailer. Of the three leads, I found him the most memorable and intense.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 4:14pm

From the previews, I'm really impressed with everything I see....except the gorilla. The computer animated creatures were really impressive in Jurassic Park back when it was released, but I've been so inundated with them replacing traditional special effects that they all just look like cartoons to me now. I found them laughable in The Matrix and most recently woefully silly in the last Star Wars film. It's like the film industry leaped onto this big computer animated bandwagon and keep their fingers crossed that a) human brains cannot distinguish between three-dimensional effects and two-dimensional effects and b) that the audience masses simply won't ever tire of seeing the same computer animated effects in every action/disaster/sci-fi film that requires anything beyond a car crash or a fire. Hopefully, all the other elements of King Kong will overshadow the cartoon gorilla enough to make the film enjoyable. Otherwise, I'm really on the fence about seeing this one.

[Plum]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 6:42pm

Jack Black actually did fine in the trailer, I think. It's the CGI that kills things for me- first the pan over the water when we first hear King Kong roar, then the giant bug things. The dinosaurs and Kong himself don't look too bad, though.

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 6:44pm

I just want to see Jamie Bell, but that's me

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 6:57pm

Didn't Jackson say to ignore the CGI in the first trailer as it was nowhere near completed and would look very different when seen in the movie?

[Plum]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 6:58pm

Is what's on Apple now the first trailer?

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 7:00pm

Yes he did. EDIT: And yes, it is. The final trailer should be coming out with the new Harry Potter film.

Oh Jamie Bell, what a pirouetting hottie! He's too old for it now, but I was dreaming he'd be the lead in a movie version of Jamie O'Neill's "At Swim, Two Boys."

Updated On: 10/28/05 at 07:00 PM

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 11/3/05 at 12:18am

from a friend of mine's blog:

Universal Agrees With Three Hour KONG
Universal Pictures will pay $20 million for the right to distribute Peter Jackson's $207 million KING KONG.

The studio recently flew to New Zealand and watched a three hour version of the film, which they called a "masterpiece" and said they "can't wait to unveil it."

One Universal executive even stated, "I've never come close to seeing an artist working at this level."

EDITOR'S NOTE: THEY JUST PAID 207 MILLION DOLLARS; WHAT ELSE ARE THEY GONNA SAY ABOUT IT!????!!
http://thedweebletter.blogspot.com/

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 11/3/05 at 12:27am

Sorry to thread jack, but YOW!




Updated On: 11/3/05 at 12:27 AM

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 11/3/05 at 12:30am

You may threadjack with him ANYTIME!

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 11/3/05 at 12:48am

If you insist.