King Kong

[Axtech]

http://www.matthewgood.org/mblog/?p=690

[pit_girl1]

I disagree with him. A lot. If you don't go in expecting brilliant cinema (which you really shouldn't expect in the first place with a King Kong remake) - just expecting a damn cool and entertaining good time - then you won't be disappointed. The special effects are some of the best I've seen and definitely should be seen on the big screen, not only on dvd. I'm really glad I saw it.

[Lando]

Wow, I didn't expect Matt Good to be that uninformed before writing a personal review of a film. Especially the part where he mentions how Jack Black claims beauty killed the beast. Well, there's a reason for that. In fact TWO.

The first being that Peter Jackson was originally going to have Fay Wray, the original Ann Darrow from the 1933 King Kong deliver that line. However Fay passed away in August of 2004.

The other reason he left that line in, was to show that Jack Black's character still hasn't realized how much Kong's death was attributed to his decision making. It's to show human kind's weaknesses or in this instance tragic flaws, like greed and how narrow minded and selfish people can truly be.

The only accurate part about his review was the comment about special effects. There is so much CGI in this film, even for the human characters during many scenes. It's easily noticeable too which is disappointing, but like I previously mentioned it's to be expected with how much technology's advancing. Not only that, but Mr. Good should realize that a film like this just couldn't be made without that much CGI. He's in the entertainment business, he above many people should understand how bloated budgets are becoming for film making of any kind, including music videos. Using computers is pretty much the only way films like these can be made now without needing a budget of a BILLION dollars to make the film.

And it will be a LONG time before we ever see a budget like that, because no studio in the world will ever be willing to take a loss in profit on anything they're going to give money to.

[starseed_10]

matt likes to say film

[Axtech]

Wow, I didn't expect Matt Good to be that uninformed before writing a personal review of a film. Especially the part where he mentions how Jack Black claims beauty killed the beast. Well, there's a reason for that. In fact TWO.

The first being that Peter Jackson was originally going to have Fay Wray, the original Ann Darrow from the 1933 King Kong deliver that line. However Fay passed away in August of 2004.

The other reason he left that line in, was to show that Jack Black's character still hasn't realized how much Kong's death was attributed to his decision making. It's to show human kind's weaknesses or in this instance tragic flaws, like greed and how narrow minded and selfish people can truly be.

I don't think he was saying it was bad to leave that line in. He was commenting on how Black's character doesn't arouse sympathy. He's making exactly your point, that Black's character doesn't realize Kong's death was because of his decisions. He isn't supposed to be a sympathetic character.

Unfortunately, I think Good is viewing this as a negative.

However, I think that's the point. Black's character is supposed to be unsympathetic. It's defamiliarization. If the audience is disgusted with Black's character, they're really disgusted with themselves. You can't point out the audience's faults with a character that they identify with. Make them hate the character then realize the qualities they hate are the qualities we all share.

[Lando]

Well he mentions how Jennifer openly exclaimed in the theatre that it was Jack Black who killed Kong. Perhaps he was making the same point, however, of course if he's seeing it as a negative, that's completely rediculous because everyone knows that a lot of the fault is Jack Black's. Re-mentioning or showing the audience that point again would be just showing everyone something they already know. This isn't supposed to have a happy ending, it's supposed to be a tragedy. How could there be a negative in that? Already it differs from the Hollywood norm of having a happy ending.

[clumsychild_]

The oversized insect bit was the best.

I was laughing and wriggling in my seat.

[saman]

lol that scene had me cringing and sinking farther down my seat without even realizing it. by the end of it i was surprised to find myself almost lying down on my seat.

[clumsychild_]

It made my skin crawl, while at the same time made me inexplicably happy. A girl in the back of the theatre was yelping.

I kept looking over at my sister who probably looked a lot like you did.