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Cardsfan111 04-29-09 05:25 PM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by scott1598 (Post 9416557)
i'd like to see a remake of "The Shawshank Redemption"!!!
:lol:

Kicker_of_Elves 04-29-09 05:35 PM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Yes

Originally Posted by scott1598 (Post 9416557)
i'd like to see a remake of "The Shawshank Redemption"!!!
No! :mad:

Bandit03 04-29-09 07:00 PM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by KillerCannibal (Post 9416531)
Hey! I didn't say yes.
Yes you did. The quote says so and quotes don't lie!!

fumanstan 04-29-09 07:10 PM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Yes.

Although I wouldn't mind something more entertaining then Peter Jackson's.

Mr. Cinema 04-29-09 07:29 PM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
NO

Peter Jackson's version is a terrific action/adventure fantasy. Excellent performance by Watts, amazing Kong effects, thrilling action sequences. Extremely entertaining epic.

naitram 04-29-09 09:04 PM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Never needed remaking in the first place - the original is perfect. :)

Gunde 04-30-09 01:40 AM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema (Post 9416783)
NO

Peter Jackson's version is a terrific action/adventure fantasy. Excellent performance by Watts, amazing Kong effects, thrilling action sequences. Extremely entertaining epic.
It was good but come on!

I'd totally be down for a dark Kong movie.

MovieMaster11 04-30-09 01:57 AM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
"I'm gonna say maybe". (Tommy boy reference :lol:)

Solid Snake 04-30-09 03:16 AM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by KillerCannibal (Post 9416590)
Can't say I disagree with you there. I've been a fan of that film since I was still rockin' training wheels on my bike. I wonder how a new version would have turned out if Universal had gotten their proposed remake off the ground in the late 80's/early 90's. I doubt we'll see it at this point, but with technology doing what it can today I think the results could be epic if they got the right script and director.
and if they got the right Godzilla in there too...I've been wishing for a remaking of that for years. It'd be so epically cool. Though how'd you make sense of that I don't know. Considering that Kong was much much to big as compared to the '33 Kong...though...it was Toho in the '60s.

Buttmunker 04-30-09 08:18 AM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by DVD Josh (Post 9416296)
Nothing screams realism like a 100 foot ape running through New York City destroying everything in its path until taken down by the military.
I don't get you people who trash fantasy films. Of course certain things (actually MOST things) in movies are bogus, but for the time you're invested in the film, you are supposed to suspend disbelief. Like when you were a kid - you watched a monster movie, and there was not one shred of doubt that this could be reality.

Aside from the 1933 original, I think the remakes are lacking in "movie" realism. Like someone said, a dark version of the Kong story is definitely something that would be "new."

For all of Peter Jackson's amazing special effects, that film was way too campy for me. I bought the DVD because I did enjoy Kong himself, but the rest of it can really burn.

DVD Josh 04-30-09 09:31 AM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by KillerCannibal (Post 9416531)
Hey! I didn't say yes.
I didn't say yes either, lol.

DVD Josh 04-30-09 09:32 AM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by Buttmunker (Post 9417481)
I don't get you people who trash fantasy films. Of course certain things (actually MOST things) in movies are bogus, but for the time you're invested in the film, you are supposed to suspend disbelief. Like when you were a kid - you watched a monster movie, and there was not one shred of doubt that this could be reality.

Aside from the 1933 original, I think the remakes are lacking in "movie" realism. Like someone said, a dark version of the Kong story is definitely something that would be "new."

For all of Peter Jackson's amazing special effects, that film was way too campy for me. I bought the DVD because I did enjoy Kong himself, but the rest of it can really burn.
Oh, so when you said "realism" you meant "movie realism", which by realism, you meant fantasy, which you then compare to reality.

It's all so clear now...

OldBoy 04-30-09 09:33 AM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by Buttmunker (Post 9417481)
but the rest of it can really burn.
try a colonic...really flushes the system.

Buttmunker 04-30-09 09:37 AM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by scott1598 (Post 9416557)
i'd like to see a remake of "The Shawshank Redemption"!!!
Ha! And a remake of JFK while they're at it (which will be a huge HBO mini-series - a ten-parter - that will be the polar opposite of that Oliver Stone one).

For "Shawshank," get Tom Hanks as "Andy," as it was originally going to be (Hanks couldn't commit due to "Forrest Gump").

But I digress........

We need a real KING KONG!! And actors that are terrified, as opposed to going through the motions as if they were, well.....acting.

Buttmunker 04-30-09 09:38 AM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by DVD Josh (Post 9417628)
Oh, so when you said "realism" you meant "movie realism", which by realism, you meant fantasy, which you then compare to reality.

It's all so clear now...
Aside from your sarcasm, I guess you really enjoy movies (pardon the sarcasm).

DVD Josh 04-30-09 10:21 AM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by Buttmunker (Post 9417643)
Aside from your sarcasm, I guess you really enjoy movies (pardon the sarcasm).
I love movies. All kinds. But you see the point of my points...you aren't making alot of sense my friend.

Buttmunker 04-30-09 10:43 AM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by DVD Josh (Post 9417732)
I love movies. All kinds. But you see the point of my points...you aren't making alot of sense my friend.
Paulie Walnuts?! That you?

As far as 2005's King Kong is concerned, I expected certain things that weren't present in the film. Ann Darrow didn't have a scratch on her. And between the dinosaur stampede scene and the kid shooting bugs off of Driscoll without shooting Driscoll.......those things defy disbelief. It becomes a farce. When Kong is in Manhattan, the military is just shooting up the city, without giving a shit about the fact they're shooting up buildings with people in them. C'mon! You're telling me I should just accept this?! This is a monster movie. We, going into the theater, accept the fact that monsters exist in this film. But humans have to behave accordingly! It is called A MOVIE.

I don't want my King Kong movie to be a farce. I want something better. Something realistic to the story, however unrealistic the story may be.

arminius 04-30-09 11:45 AM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by Buttmunker (Post 9417780)
Paulie Walnuts?! That you?

As far as 2005's King Kong is concerned, I expected certain things that weren't present in the film. Ann Darrow didn't have a scratch on her. And between the dinosaur stampede scene and the kid shooting bugs off of Driscoll without shooting Driscoll.......those things defy disbelief. It becomes a farce. When Kong is in Manhattan, the military is just shooting up the city, without giving a shit about the fact they're shooting up buildings with people in them. C'mon! You're telling me I should just accept this?! This is a monster movie. We, going into the theater, accept the fact that monsters exist in this film. But humans have to behave accordingly! It is called A MOVIE.

I don't want my King Kong movie to be a farce. I want something better. Something realistic to the story, however unrealistic the story may be.
I kinda agree on your other points but, obviously you were never in the Army. Have you ever seen a liberated city. Even more so back then. What is the mission, kill the monkey, if the city gets destroyed in the process thats someone elses problem.

DVD Josh 04-30-09 02:31 PM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by Buttmunker (Post 9417780)
Paulie Walnuts?! That you?

As far as 2005's King Kong is concerned, I expected certain things that weren't present in the film. Ann Darrow didn't have a scratch on her. And between the dinosaur stampede scene and the kid shooting bugs off of Driscoll without shooting Driscoll.......those things defy disbelief. It becomes a farce. When Kong is in Manhattan, the military is just shooting up the city, without giving a shit about the fact they're shooting up buildings with people in them. C'mon! You're telling me I should just accept this?! This is a monster movie. We, going into the theater, accept the fact that monsters exist in this film. But humans have to behave accordingly! It is called A MOVIE.

I don't want my King Kong movie to be a farce. I want something better. Something realistic to the story, however unrealistic the story may be.
I gotta see my ma.....

To me, it's just a movie. You enter that little world where reality gets skewed and you enjoy what's there (or you don't). I never worry about things like reality in movies, it's just not part of the world I'm in for 2 hours or so.

Shannon Nutt 04-30-09 02:35 PM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
I think we need someone to do GODZILLA justice before we tackle KING KONG again.

DVD Josh 04-30-09 04:23 PM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt (Post 9418332)
I think we need someone to do GODZILLA justice before we tackle KING KONG again.
The Japanese have done Godzilla justice numerous times. You might even say that Abrams did Godzilla a semblance of justice.

islandclaws 05-01-09 02:32 PM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by DVD Josh (Post 9418582)
The Japanese have done Godzilla justice numerous times. You might even say that Abrams did Godzilla a semblance of justice.
Abrams did Godzilla loads more justice than Emmerich and Devlin. My mouth waters at the thought of Abrams being allowed to remake Godzilla.

devilshalo 05-01-09 02:55 PM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Originally Posted by Buttmunker (Post 9417641)
We need a real KING KONG!! And actors that are terrified, as opposed to going through the motions as if they were, well.....acting.
A real Kong would have eaten Darrow.. and the remaining people would have fled the island. End of movie until they send an A-Bomb.

Heat 05-01-09 06:52 PM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Adolf Hitler would be proud.

King Kong was his favorite movie (per Trivial Pursuit).

scorpion 05-02-09 11:54 AM
Re: is it too soon for another KING KONG remake?
 
Yes.


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