King Kong

[gambit]

So has Peter Jackson made a movie less than 3 hours long? Anyway, every good thing you've heard about this movie is true. Damn, what a movie.

[the mongoose]

Cool. I got's me a free ticket and I'll check it out this weekend.

[b.miller]

yeah just go in knowing it's 3 hours long and that it's King Kong and you will have a good time.

[grady]

And it takes a while for the ride to start, so you sit through some mundane jungle safari stuff for a bit as the roller coaster car cranks slowing up the steep hill only to hit the peak and the drop down speeding you through the rest of the ride...er...film.

[mark3]

Some really nasty creatures on that island... Yikes!

[gambit]

Originally Posted by mark3

Some really nasty creatures on that island... Yikes!

No shit! Those worm things? Fuck!

[stimpee]

Well, as they say in Pulp Fiction, here in Holland you can buy beer in the cinema and there's a nice interval of 10-15mins in the middle to stretch your legs (and get more beer) so King Kong should be manageable!

[cured]

this is opera, people...you know the story and just want to see how it is executed. Have a feeling this will be one of those tear jerker movies. From what critics are saying, it's a very well-done movie. Random posters on other boards are saying it's good and some others said it was a yawnfest.

I will likely check this out on the weekend...Peter Jackson is probably the only epic-level director/producer I have stock in right now.

[gambit]

Yeah, I think this movie could've cut out abut 30 minutes of footage and still been a great movie. I can definitely attribute the "yawnfest" comments to that.

[Animal Boything]

I liked it too. It was in all ways a great movie. The special effects were ridiculously good. The battle at the top of the Empire State Building was better than I possibly could have imagined. I think it ranks among the best action scenes ever put on film!