OldBoy

no, i don't think we actually seethat. i think it is ledge, we seem him slip, and cut to ground. no fall gracefully, unless i forgot, but i remember it wasn't as emotional as i expected it to be.

Mr. Salty

You must have fallen asleep, because there is a very lengthy slow-motion shot from above as Kong falls through the air past the Empire State Building:





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SmackDaddy

Well, upon second viewing, I would say that my opinion of King King is now a bit lower than when I saw it in the theater.

The first time I saw it in the theater I enjoyed it for the most part. I felt that it was a bit too long and that there could have been a few minutes cut here and there to tighten it up (canyon chase and insect scenes dragged for me, along with the part of the T-Rex/Kong fight among the vines).

Now that I've watched it again at home, boy, I am really underwhelmed by the special effects (aside from the excellent looking Kong). Some are just laughable (the blending of actors among the dino stampede, and the way the raptor looking dinos looked pasted in).

Although still enjoyable overall, I utilized my scan button here and there. I really liked the start and ending of the movie (once they hit New York) but felt the island portion just dragged a bit too much.

OldBoy

wow! i must have spaced out or something. thanks. i look forward to the new scene to my eyes.

Rival11

Excellent movie, there's not much else to say. I'm still amazed that I've watched this flick twice now in two days and it's 3 hours long. Jackson is an excellent director and this film was an amazing accomplishment.

Best movie of 2005 and It is now part of my small DVD collection.

Maryang Palad

I enjoyed the movie but I was underwhelmed as well with the stampede scene.

Buttmunker

I didn't like Carl Denham in this movie. Its not the fault of actor Jack Black, but it was the way he was written in the script. In the original Merian C Cooper 1933 version, Denham was a reckless adventurer, very brave, very level-headed. He had an agenda, sure, but he also cared about people.

But the Carl Denham in the 2005 script was a self-centered ego-maniac who could give two shits about people, was not brave at all, and was also kind of moronic.

I think the movie suffered a bit because of this. Still a great movie due to an impressive King Kong, but I think the human characters left something to be desired. I didn't dig the changing around of characters backgrounds either. Driscoll a playwright, c'mon. Was that really necessary?

SweetBrownsugar

Why did this movie get bashed so badly? I thought it was great! And very sad and touching too, I shed a few tears when Kong died and Naiomi was in the boat crying as he stuck his palm out to reach out for her

CKMorpheus

I dig it too.

OldBoy

it didn't really get bashed at all and was in fact on many critics top lists. many compared it to the LotR trilogy and thought it wasn't as rich. but, it was an entirely different movie. it did very well (though again, not the #'s that LotR did which is why you heard some criticism) and was in fact very well recieved.

Seantn

I remember that the majority of the negative talk of the film was "OH MY GOSH!! ITS ONLY GOING TO MAKE ABOUT 200-225 MILLION IN THEATERS!!! HOW AWFUL IT DID!"

DarthMarino

I don't think it really got bashed. Sure, flaws were pointed out like some superfluous sub-plots and it's overall excess. The original was a very tight and exciting movie and it will naturally be compared to that. Also keep in mind that this is now the third time this story has been told on the big screen and it's been basically the same in all three.

maingon

i loved the movie, every second of it and didnt find it too long. goes by fast. one of my all time fav movies

clemente

Nailed it. I haven't met a single person who has honestly said the movie couldn't have used a lot of tightening up.
I felt once they actually arrived at the island, the movie really picked up and was really enjoyable, but its just took so god damn long to get there.

SweetBrownsugar

i was balling my eyes out at the end. more than when i watched the titanic

Jackskeleton

Because peoples taste may very from your own. Learn to live with the fact that what others may like or not like may be something you may like or not like.

JPRaup

we are all talking about the 1933 version, right?

Fincher Fan

Please. It's in B&W. How could anybody like a movie that's not in colour? It's so 5 years ago.

Puzznic

I like the movie alot but I defintely have to break out the fast forward button on my remote for this movie.

mndtrp

I enjoyed it, other than Jack Black. He made the movie drag everytime he was onscreen, and it bothered me that his eyebrows had more action than Kong.

McHawkson

I thought it's good movie, but I think the movie is too long. There's lot of "unnecessary" scenes that should be cut.

starman9000

I really enjoyed this movie in the theatre, but I haven't been able to sit through it on dvd. I don't know if it is because I have already seen it, or if it just a movie that needs to bee seen large, but it seems almost painfully slow now.

DarthMarino

I sort of had the same reaction. It was better than I was expecting when I saw it in the theater but when I watched it at home it really didn't hold up too well. Usually the opposite happens when I have a positive reaction to a movie the first time I see it.

I felt just the opposite. I found the first hour to be surprisingly enjoyable but everything slows down when they get the island. It goes from a movie with a story to Peter Jackson's checklist of creatures he thinks would be cool to get scared by in a forest. Sure once in a while they advance the story but for the most part it's overkill. I've never seen the extended version but I've heard there's even more creature action in that cut which I honestly couldn't even imagine and don't want to. The movie gets back on track when they get back to New York but the second act is a testament to Jackson's now bloated ego.

Mr. Cinema

I think a place called "Skull Island" would probably be terrifying and have a few creatures on it. But that's just me.

Mr. Cinema

Bashed? It got 84% critic rating on rottentomatoes. Won 3 Oscars. Earned $550 million worldwide box office. Sold over 6 million dvds. Just because a few dvd talkers can't appreciate how great the film is doesn't mean it got "bashed".