tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post1207679715591706358..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Giant Man-Eating Bugs Bore Me!Darwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-57081632094889070702008-08-05T10:12:00.000-04:002008-08-05T10:12:00.000-04:00Uncle D,We've only seen bits and snippets of the o...Uncle D,<BR/><BR/>We've only seen bits and snippets of the original, but the evening after seeing Jackson's Kong we searched YouTube for the original Kong/T.Rex fight. It was much more thrilling (and, oddly enough, believable) than Jackson's three-on-one blowout. We particularly liked Kong's wrestling moves. The original is going in our Netflix queue.mrsdarwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446744635277205867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-7880477665631317472008-08-05T10:09:00.000-04:002008-08-05T10:09:00.000-04:00Have you guys watched the original King Kong? Last...Have you guys watched the original King Kong? <BR/><BR/>Last I heard, Darwin told me that he had never seen it. <BR/><BR/>The original Kong was very ground breaking film for it's time. <BR/><BR/>I enjoyed PJ's version, but I I think his version is a lot more fun if you've seen the original first. In fact I would add that his version of Kong is aimed at the generation that grew up with it as kids back in the days when your local station would show it all the time (This was in the days before home video and cable TV). <BR/><BR/>Uncle DarwinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-59480743749877378442008-08-02T00:28:00.000-04:002008-08-02T00:28:00.000-04:00What particularly infuriated me was the juxtaposit...What particularly infuriated me was the juxtaposition of one-damn-thing-after-another action sequences with long scenes of people just looking at one another, or the scenery. C'mon, I don't need a reaction shot of every extra within camera range.<BR/><BR/>Mostly I enjoyed Jackson's cinematic vision for LOTR, even when it diverged from the books. (The lighting of the beacons in ROTK was pretty cool, even though Tolkien described it quite differently.) But the action sequences were still too long for me. Helm's Deep -- half the TT movie! Battle of Pelennor Fields -- they made stuff up to pad it out! <BR/><BR/>I do have to say that Mount Doom didn't bother me, as I thought Jackson was fairly faithful there to the feel of the book.mrsdarwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446744635277205867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-91453590937030271642008-08-01T14:15:00.000-04:002008-08-01T14:15:00.000-04:00cranky, you're not kidding. In fact, Jackson lost ...cranky, you're not kidding. In fact, Jackson lost me by the time I was halfway through the third installment of LOTR. The entire scene on Mount Doom was so ham-handed, I wanted to climb up on my seat and chuck warm tomatoes at the screen....John Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280296574996987228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-88811266398161961952008-08-01T14:13:00.000-04:002008-08-01T14:13:00.000-04:00Agreed. And you know what else. The. use. of. slo...Agreed. And you know what else. The. use. of. slooooooow. mooootion. To. <BR/><BR/>Dramatize.<BR/><BR/>Important.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Scenes.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, that got gold kinda fast. Granted he did that in LOTR, but here it drove to the point of insanity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-74060687603809788152008-08-01T14:08:00.000-04:002008-08-01T14:08:00.000-04:00Yep. It was a stinker all right. All the worse bec...Yep. It was a stinker all right. All the worse because it had already been remade once.<BR/><BR/>I don't understand why some more enterprising Hollywood types don't realize the money to be made in going back to the vaults and remaking old movies...that failed.John Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280296574996987228noreply@blogger.com