Peter Jackson for King Kong Remake

[sfu_lifer]

Wow. Is it me or nobody is watching movies this Xmas?
The box office take for ALL the movies are pretty sad (esp considering the TV ads) this week.

Looks like biosh may be right

[alkapone]

It's not beauty that kills the beast this time. It's--sorry for the fancy literary phrase--"the anxiety of influence." Confronted with the task of remaking one of the best and most beloved movies of all time, director Jackson wishes to both pay homage to the original 1933 version and improve on it, which has caused him to edgily throw around money and technology to mixed avail. His homages to the original's most famous scenes are sometimes spectacularly expansive. Where once the Big Guy had just a handful of prehistoric creatures to deal with, he now has herds of them. But Jackson's other improvements are ludicrous, most notably the fate of poor Ann Darrow, the actress who becomes Kong's victim/love object. In the original, Fay Wray came to sympathize with the beast. But Watts plays Ann as a seductress, consciously leading the big lug on. Suffice it to say that King Kong has lost its divine innocence. And our response to the ape's doom, once touched by authentic tragedy, is now marked by relief that this wretchedly excessive movie is finally over[.....]

Gee...--"the anxiety of influence." ...All of this is a little too much for my little/simple brain....What does this mean?
Just enjoy the film for what it is... a good story..not brain surgery. A dam good makeover from what I have read. If after the film you say you enjoyed it ...thats all that matters....dissect it with your cinema loving friends and have fun with it.
Box office?? Let the Studios worry about that.
King Kong will get its money back by the time it gets to DVD and TV around the world.

[biosh]

Box office?? Let the Studios worry about that.

You're right there, but one good thing might come out of King Kong bombing - there might be hope that the studios don't let Jackson ruin The Hobbit like he did with LOTR - maybe they'll smarten up and hire a real director now...

[b166er1337]

You're right there, but one good thing might come out of King Kong bombing - there might be hope that the studios don't let Jackson ruin The Hobbit like he did with LOTR - maybe they'll smarten up and hire a real director now...

[alkapone]

You're right there, but one good thing might come out of King Kong bombing - there might be hope that the studios don't let Jackson ruin The Hobbit like he did with LOTR - maybe they'll smarten up and hire a real director now...

PULEEZE......

...whatever happened to logic....common sense...reasoning...

Time to close this thread down...

[shaolinmonk]

You're right there, but one good thing might come out of King Kong bombing - there might be hope that the studios don't let Jackson ruin The Hobbit like he did with LOTR - maybe they'll smarten up and hire a real director now...

why do you dislike PJ so much? I think he did pretty well with the LOTR series...going to see big bad kong tomorrow