King Kong trailer...
 

...has me in a highly anticipatory state.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/king_kong/

Peter Jackson just may strike again.

Man. :mad2: I got something going on on the 14th. Crap. Oh well, I guess I can always get a divorce or something.

I'm going to go see this but only because Jack Black is in it and he's hott.

Get help.

Quickly

:rollanim:

He's cuddly, funny, creative, funny, probably smart(er) than the usual movie star and did I mention cuddly and funny?

:)

I don't care how good the trailer looks. Does this movie really need another remake?

Does it need it? No.

But can it be done better than the last one? Probably.

but why? WHY!?!?!! you know there a a bazillion well though out well written scripts out there.. why in the hell do we need another freakin' re-make of another movie?!??! I mean, cool.. great and all.. I like neato special effects more than the next guy (my neighbor anyway) but... but... I mean what's next? a re-make of citizen cane? it doesn't need to be done. no. I'll go one step further.. it shouldn't be done. sacrificing creativity for the banal re-creation of something that was perfectly fine in the first place, what's wrong with appreciating something for what it is? (and no. I'm not a fan of fake tit's either).. *sigh* I am getting old.

I see your point but it will probably be better than the 14 Terrorists bomb London movies coming.
Oh, and fakes are better than none. :blush:

It's even more interesting when you watch it in German. Bringen Sie mich die Fuhrer!

I, for one, am convinced that this is simply not true. Otherwise, why would be getting a constant torrent of crap?

Because crap has a proven track record. People go to see crap in droves. Well thought out, well plotted, and well-acted films are relegated to "independent" status, play in a handful of theaters and, if lucky, get "rediscovered" on HBO.

I really want to see this crap though. I'm with Bri on JB... in a hetero male simple admiration kinda way. The effects should be outstanding and I want to see one Kong Flick made in my life time that doesn't completely suck ass.

Did you ever see the movie Secondhand Lions? No? Well it was an incredible movie. You thought it wasn't that great? Uh, ignore the rest of the example then...

The guy who wrote that script was a screenwriting professor of mine in college. He wrote it 10 years before it was finally made. Same with The Iron Giant, another of his. They floated around, and everyone generally agreed, "Oh yeah, this is great, someone should pick this up," but no one ever did.

He told us this could be very slightly attributed to production companies being honest with themselves--if their strength was Rob Schneider movies, they knew they wouldn't be able to make a good script "right," and that would be a waste. But he said it was mostly because if it weren't made "great," it would just be another art house flick, which don't make any money. He said the reason most great movies actually get made is a star actor brings it to the production company and says, "I want to be in this movie."

No, I thought it *was* a great movie. And I *do* understand why there's so much crap out there. I'm just not convinced that there is a plethora of terrific, unrealized scripts in the world, because otherwise talented people are turning out volumes of crap because that's what people go see.

You mean he wrote the screenplay for IRON GIANT, right?

Ted Hughes wrote the story.

I was pretty pissed off when I heard Peter Jackson's next project would be to make yet another King Kong remake. In Hollywood, it's long been held that King Kong is a movie that just can't and shouldn't be remade. I think that's what attracted Jackson to do it. For years everyone said the Lord of the Rings couldn't be made other than animated or softened up for kiddies, but he pulled it off. After seeing the trailer and seeing that he did the movie as a period piece rather than trying to update it, I must admit I might have been wrong. He's re-added a scene that was edited out of King Kong years ago, and used new effects. Some of the dino effects look cheesy because I've seen all the dino stuff in the Jurassic Park movies. Kong on the otherhand looked amazing.

Jack Black was an interesting choice to play Carl Denham. I think he can pull it off though. He may even add some of his humor. I'm actually looking forward to seeing the movie.

Yeah, the screenplay.

Great movie!

yeah I understand that as well.. the bulk of the masses don't want to actually have to think.. or be challenged at a movie.. me? I know I'm the odd man out on that.. and I'm not saying Jason X doesn't have it's place and that I won't watch it! (although I will feel dirty afterwards..) but clodfobble I have to agree with on that, that certian movie studios don't feel that certian 'products' are right for their image.. kinda like if Troma had released 'the passions of the christ' it's not going to fly.. BUT! there are still brilliant writers out there who just can't get heard (remember the episode of the simpsons? where they hide all the good scripts so that they can continue to produce schlock?).. anyway.. okay.. I do kinda want to see the king kong movie.. (but I'm hooked on old universal horror movies and pretty much monster/godzilla movies.. HEY! when you'r born 2 days before halloween.. guess where your interests start to swing towards..) but I won't go see it in the theater.. unless I can get into a 1$ show.. they have gotten enough of my money for now.

Valentine's day. Well, at least that's where your parents' interests were swingin'. Flowers, candy, dinner, wine, ???, cowhead. :wink: