I don’t get it

December 19, 2005
8:37 am
4 comments

King Kong eh? I may be the only person in the world but … i cant get past the thought of how stupid it looks on paper … even in 1933.

king kong

Script writer walks into a movie boss’s office …

“hey i’ve got this great idea for a movie … it’s about the love between a gorilla and a woman! wait … make it a 25 foot gorilla!!”

“ok … but can we make it better???”

“YES!!!! DINOSAURS!!!!”

My main thought … LONG … Peter Jackson doesn’t seem to have figured out how to end a film properly … I mean, my goodness, this was like Lord of the rings all over again … and to quote Kiss Kiss Bang Bang “don’t worry I’m not going to end this film 17 times, we’ve all seen Lord of the rings”

So it was ok, but i reckon he could have saved 2 hours of film by cutting the gorilla’s close ups to just 2 minutes every time. I might go ahead and watch the 1933 version, see if i can’t make some sense of that.

Comments

  • December 19, 2005
    10:30 pm

    apparently, king kong was released as ‘kong king’ in scandinavia as ‘kong’ means ‘king’ for them.

    I like tom waits’ song about king kong, although i usually cant stand his singing.
    the original is fairly comical really, but i dont recommend. I DO recommend Gamera tho. hes cool. flying turtle with rocket bum. japanese kids to protect. Google that, cochise!
    there, ive said it.

    – orange powered wristwatch

  • December 20, 2005
    8:46 am

    and I definitely appreciate it! Googleing as I type!

    – Jesse

  • December 22, 2005
    9:45 am

    Ah … those crazy Japanese … whatever will they think of next?

    – Jesse

  • January 26, 2006
    8:57 pm

    to orange powered wristwatch I did not know that king kong had allowed tom waits to sing about him.

    It’s good to learn something new everyday.

    – algy

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