I liked it. Thought is was a little long though. Knowing the way a movie ends and seeing the other 2 makes it alittle harder to enjoy.

Man, his last stand was AWESOME!

Naomi Watts was really smoking through the whole thing too. Daymn.

Yea, now that I think of it. Being chased and handled by a giant gorilla does that to women.

Kinna like Titanic...never saw that one coming surprise ending, or The Passion of Christ

They should have gave The new King Kong movie an alternative ending just for fun





I cried bucket loads when I saw the ending of King Kong for the 1st time on tv many moons ago

Too right! hahah

Now, does anyone know where I can get that gif. from all the trailers of Kong smashing the biplane in mid air?

You'll probably have to wait a little longer than 5 days after the movie was released into theatres.

Well, I saw it as someone avatar at a site I saw a while ago. I figured it was all over, but I cant find it.

Should have grabbed it.

I would have too but it was like 54X54 pixels.

i seen the movie, heres my take on it



overall it was good...as a movie, but i didnt really like the movie very much. I never liked lord of the rings, i walked out on it in the theaters, and i thought maybe its just the story that didnt interest me, but now im thinking the director is the one who doesnt interest me. personal opinion of coarse. The CGI was pretty horrible, Kong looked good, but thats about it......i was expecting so much more from the guy who did lord of the rings, and they reused scenes so much it was boring, i lost count of how many times kong caught the girl with his foot during the c-rex fight scene, and then the guy shoveling coal for the baot....lol, it was quick, but they used the same scene the second time as they did the first time! I think all of the acting was very good but the movie was a little too long, to the person who said 3 hours is getting average...what movies are you going to? anyway the last line was awesome, i love how they kept it original, the only thing i do regret about the end, is that they didnt show kong hit the ground when he fell!

all in all, good movie, i would recomend it, but if your gonig in to see it because of the CGI you will be disappointed, and if your like me and would much rather have a movie get to the point rather than drag on endlessly just to kill time, you wont be happy. but if you love action movies, love the original, and want a good experience, then go!

I've seen it twice. I took my sister and mom. They both said it was good, but would never see it again because it was too sad.

I don't see how you can say you didn't like LotRs if you haven't ever seen part two and three, and only the character building part of the first one. If you've seen all of it then you can say you didn't like it, until you do then you can't dislike it only not be bothered to see it. I for instance personally don't care to see classics such as the Godfather, but I'm not going to say I don't like it just because I've never seen it, I can only say that I don't think it would interest me.



I don't know how you can say that



Thats not true, the fight seen didn't reuse shots. Just because they had him dropping and catching the girl a couple of times doesn't mean they used the same exact shot over and over again.



Only the big box office movies for the last few years;
Star Wars: Episode III - 2 hours 22 minutes
King Kong: 3 hours 7 minute
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - 2 hours 58 minutes
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 2 hours 59 minutes
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - 3 hours 20 minutes
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition) - 4 hours 10 minutes


If you want shorter movies, istead of moaning about it just don't go to ones with anything above a two hour running time. If you want a shorter version of Kong, then become a director and direct one yourself.

I wish I was a director.
Im getting the Movies hopfully for Christmas. Its a game where you make movies. I'll make a King Kong LOL.

Sera has that game, but she says after the novelty wore of she just didn't care about it anymore.

"King Kong: 3 hours 7 minute"

wow I hope the movie is really good because I don't like movies that long, watching LOTR3 was a pain in the arse, I was so bored near the end eww

Then don't go see a movie if its too long for you.

For heaven's sake people, if a movie's too long for you instead of going and then complaining about the length, just don't go see it, its simple. It would be like me watching a football match and then complaining there was too much foot ball because I hate that sport; instead I do the sane thing and just not watch it.

Well, I hope its awesome. PC Gamer gave it a 86% and said it was very addictive.

Just saw the movie today. Pretty sweet in my opinion. Somebody(afraid I can't remember who) said that if you were to take out all the unneeded parts, the movie would be 3 hours 5 minutes. I really liked it. BTW for those who like Greenday, the guy in the music video for Wake Me Up When September Ends was in this movie.

^Where?

That would be so cool if like 40 minutes of deleted scenes and an alternate ending. And a 5-disc special edition. I'd be AWESOME!

He plays Jimmy

No Way!?!??

I guess it really depends on if its you're sort of thing. Personally I've never played it so I can't say if I like it or not.




Well there at least two scenes which didn't make it to the movie but were shown in the advert, so we might just get an even longer DVD edition.

way

Hope to see the movie again, maybe when it gets in the cheap theatres.

i walked out of the movie in the theaters, but i did end up watching all of them, i got tired of hearing everyone praising the movie, so i decided maybe i did miss something, and watched all of them....but my instincts were correct.



it looked to me that they spent all there money on kong, the other dinosaurs, the ship, the planes at the end for example were all pretty bad based on todays standards, they did a good job on the insects though.



well no they didn't use the same shot for that scene, but the same idea - to me it might as well be the same thing, i mean you can only show kong catching the girl with his foot from so many different angles



those are definetly not the average time spans of movies though, the majority of movies are like 2 hours at the most, MAYBE.

All im saying was that the running time could have been cut and everyone would have still got the same effect and outcome, Im not a fan of wasting time, theres no need to have 30 mins (estimate) total footage of kong just running in the woods, we all get the point


the movie was good, but it could have been better

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the thing about that is when people watch football, theres no telling what is going to happen, it keeps the fans on the edge of thier seats till the end of the game...unless of coarse its a blow out, and theres no possible way for the other team to come back, and then most people change the chanel, and in baseball they will just call the game over. People dont want to go see a 3 hour movie unless the whole 3 hours is going to be entertaining, again, the majority of people dont need run on scenes to get the point of whats happening, thats what makes a good movie bad, and what makes king kong seem to long to most people.

Well please remember this is a movie which won about two dozen oscars, broke the box office and was an international success.




I'll agree the ship was pretty bad, but the dinosaurs were fine. They did indeed look over the top compared to Jurrassic Park's T-rex, but they were meant to be that way.







Doesn't matter, the fact is long films are becoming more popular because of bigger budgets and there doesn't seem to be as much drive too finish a showing as soon as possible to get the next one in. In the end if a flim needs 3 hours to tell the story, let them tell it in 3 hours. I personally beleive Return of the King would have been better if it had had another 45 minutes on the end to show how the book really ended, although I understand why the did miss out the true ending.




While, I do beleive the ship scene could have been edited, it was character building, and Jackson wanted it, and as the director he has the final say. And I seriously doubt any extra footage is going to be dedicated to Kong running around the jungle, of the two deleted scenes we known about one is about the human characters and the other about a giant aquatic reprtile.






Peronally I didn't find it boring, I thought it was non-stop action from the moment they got to the island.
If you must complain about the content and the use of that time then do so, its not the fact that you wanted it too be shorter which I can't agree with, its the way statement's such as Nirwana's "I hope the movie is really good because I don't like movies that long", make its seem many of the negative feelings towards this movie are based solely on an issue that was advertised well in advance and are clouding any positive feed on the movie.

At least I can say given you are criticing it and Lord of the Rings, despite the majority of the world's population giving both great acclaim that this says more about personal taste in movies and media, which I think is highlighted by you're glowing description of football despite half the world's population finding it boring. In the end no movie or televised program (including football) will satisfy everyone.

I back Talon fully on this.

I had only one complaint from the whole movie. And that was when Kong first took Ann and was standing beating his chest and shaking her around for about 5 minutes, the scene was reused to a laughable point, it really pulled me out of the movie.

Other than that, i didn't notice any re-used scenes at all. I thought the actual story was wonderfully recreated, i found the CG to be absolutely marvelous at all times, no complaints at all. It was exceptionally cast, and really all i needed was several dozen scenes of Naomi running around in her nightie in the jungle and i was set right there anyway. I could go on, but since i've stated my one complaint naturally the rest of my reviews are positive.

Talon:

your exactly right, i think i just dont particularily like jacksons style, and everyone does have thier own opinions, im not saying the movie was bad, i think it was a really good movie, i just think that if some of the aspects were teaked, it would be more appealing to me, thats all i was getting at in the first place

Burns:

i noticed that part too....not so much the repetive ness of it, but how did her neck not snap?

hahah, i said the same thing to my mate.
I guess she's used to a little whiplash.

hahah she likes it rough!



quesetion to you guys who have seen the original movie...


does it show how they get kong back to ny in the original?

You mean how the got him on the boat, how the captured him?

sorry, how they got him on the boat

I don't remember to be honest. I think they skipped over it the same way.

Probably a deleted scene.

i hope so, id like to see how the did it, while they were capturing him the only thing i was thinking of is, i cant wait to see how they get him on the boat, and then BAM they're back in ny

I think everyone was kinda wondering how they were gonna get him on board.

I believe they towed him back in the first one, right?

I watched the movie on saturday and absolutely LOVED it but had they changed a few things, it would've been much better.

The Bronto stampede scene was almost laughable...these guys running amidst the legs of those bulky thingies without getting trampled to death looked very stupid...and not to speak of that little carnivore trying to get a mouthful amidst one helluva stampede was really insane. The visual effects at some places were pretty ordinary but I'd have to say Kong looked awesome. The Kong Vs Rex scene was good but it still had its flaws...remember how many times Rex bit Kong's arm? Nothing happened to Kong, no injury, nothing. Remember how Rex was trying to get hold of Ann when both were caught in the vines while falling down the valley? No creature would look to attack for food when its life itself is in peril. Remember how Rex was running behind Ann, when it was already eating a fair chunk of flesh? Again, no creature will run behind its prey when it has not finished eating its kill. I wonder how they got Kong on boat? Also, remember seeing any natives when Kong was being captured in their own territory? None. And, they should've shown Kong hit the ground in the last scene. There are a few more things but I guess that's enough criticism.

Having said all this, I still think the movie was solid entertainment, the whole three hours.
Kong was fantastic, his emotions were nicely shown and the cast was good too.

I agree with Bone Collector.
I liked Kong himself, he was so emotional. But there was a lot of stupid things, for example, EVERY animal wants to eat Ann whatever happens! And a scene with giant insects, eww!
Adrien Brody was absolutely irrelevant.
And I liked Ann, because she seemed to be a kind of saint, allways in white clothes, so lovely Anyway, me and my friend watching the movie came to the conclusion that she got a psychological trauma because of all those animals and lost her instinct of self-preservation. (I mean her climbing on a scyscraper)
That's all I can say.

Just saw it again last night, enjoyed it just as much. I went with a friend, and she was happy with it, suprisingly. She's a bit impatient, and the start was kind of slow, but she enjoyed it. I didn't really like Ann. She kind of got on my nerves, how she keeps following King Kong on top of the sky scraper. Why even try, there's no way that thing can survive in the real world

I fianlly got the gif!!!!
But I dont know how to post it yet. I will in time.

Just saw it, it was ok but prefer the 1st one as I would have liked to see something like...King Kong returns at least that way we won't know what is gonig to happen in the end

Huh? He caught her, what, twice with his foot??


You have to remember, Peter Jackson didn't make this movie to try to please the world, or to try to make a ton of money off it - King Kong is the reason he got into films, when he saw the original when he was like 9 years old. He made this film for himself.