strange things
[jan 03 2006, 00:42]
i know, starting off the new year with another bad and really really personal movie review sucks but this just has to be said and as almost all the people i saw the movie with would, well, let's say that they probably wouldn't understand anyway what i'm going to say, it made more sense to put it here.
i just went to see "king kong". the new one, in english, in a huge movie theatre.
let me just start by saying that these kinds of movies get me everytime. it's just the same with godzilla (the emmerich one). it's about humans interfering with nature and ending up as winners but sacrificing tons of people, loads of material and, by the way, some animal species.
back then, it was godzilla, the big ugly thing that, if i remember correctly, was only so pissed off because he was actually a she and had some packages to deliver.
now, it's kong.
i don't mind violence among humans. it's something common. you see it in the streets, you see it in the news, you see it in movies - it's everywhere. there's always people hitting each other with clubs or more sophisticated versions thereof.
i watched sin city and had a hell of a time, as marv would probably say. i love basically all tarantino movies although or perhaps because of all the physical violence in there.
but it's among humans.
when i see someone kicking anyone else, yeah, that happens, bad luck, he'll be fine, move on. but when i see someone kicking, for example, a dog, it really upsets me.
and when there's a quitealotof foot wide piece of canvas showing a huge ape being shot off empire state building because, yeah, well, because humans basically put him there - yes, that upsets me as well.
"king kong" is a movie worth watching. it's got all the whooping sounds and all the amazing graphics and it's got the great actors. yeah, the score is somewhat redundant, but it still captures the mood. yeah, the digital versions of the characters physically don't always behave right, but kong's fur floating in a slight breeze when he and ann are watching a sunrise and the millions of wrinkles on kong's face make up for that. yeah, there's penis-worms and other stereotypic actors (yeah, the black guy is there because of percentage reasons and, of course, he doesn't survive the trip) but naomi watts and adrien brody and, to many people's utter surprise, jack black are perfectly cast.
you can feel the director's love for the material and although i sometimes wondered whether all that wasn't probably a bit over the top, i can't say that there was one minute of boredom in the three hours. i even watched the credits being still fully immersed in the movie.
it is an amazing film and anyone should probably watch it. i'm glad that i did. it's something you shouldn't miss.
but i'm not going to see it again.
thank you, mr. jackson, for making this film. thank you indeed. but once is enough.
charon
i just went to see "king kong". the new one, in english, in a huge movie theatre.
let me just start by saying that these kinds of movies get me everytime. it's just the same with godzilla (the emmerich one). it's about humans interfering with nature and ending up as winners but sacrificing tons of people, loads of material and, by the way, some animal species.
back then, it was godzilla, the big ugly thing that, if i remember correctly, was only so pissed off because he was actually a she and had some packages to deliver.
now, it's kong.
i don't mind violence among humans. it's something common. you see it in the streets, you see it in the news, you see it in movies - it's everywhere. there's always people hitting each other with clubs or more sophisticated versions thereof.
i watched sin city and had a hell of a time, as marv would probably say. i love basically all tarantino movies although or perhaps because of all the physical violence in there.
but it's among humans.
when i see someone kicking anyone else, yeah, that happens, bad luck, he'll be fine, move on. but when i see someone kicking, for example, a dog, it really upsets me.
and when there's a quitealotof foot wide piece of canvas showing a huge ape being shot off empire state building because, yeah, well, because humans basically put him there - yes, that upsets me as well.
"king kong" is a movie worth watching. it's got all the whooping sounds and all the amazing graphics and it's got the great actors. yeah, the score is somewhat redundant, but it still captures the mood. yeah, the digital versions of the characters physically don't always behave right, but kong's fur floating in a slight breeze when he and ann are watching a sunrise and the millions of wrinkles on kong's face make up for that. yeah, there's penis-worms and other stereotypic actors (yeah, the black guy is there because of percentage reasons and, of course, he doesn't survive the trip) but naomi watts and adrien brody and, to many people's utter surprise, jack black are perfectly cast.
you can feel the director's love for the material and although i sometimes wondered whether all that wasn't probably a bit over the top, i can't say that there was one minute of boredom in the three hours. i even watched the credits being still fully immersed in the movie.
it is an amazing film and anyone should probably watch it. i'm glad that i did. it's something you shouldn't miss.
but i'm not going to see it again.
thank you, mr. jackson, for making this film. thank you indeed. but once is enough.
charon