Not a big Kong fan(I'm partial to the Big 'G' - Jackson should remake the 1954 original), but the trailer kicks ass. That shot of Kong standing on the Empire State Building is awesome.

I thought it would be crap..but after seeing the previews I'm looking forward to it

Gonna be COOL..

I thought the CGI on what clips I have seen looked like a cutrate videogame.

I've never seen any version of it, but I will see this one because of the fantastic Peter Jackson. After what he did for LOTR, I think I'll be seeing all the movies he makes in the future.

evenstar3 said:

Have you seen his pre-LOTR work?

I hated about every Peter Jackson movie.....I'll probably hate this one as well....

PANDURITO said:

no, i'm a bad girl. i know i should look into it, though.

i'm very excited about this. although i have to admit that the preview
kinda scared me at first.

i mean, first thing to come up was the t-rex and i was like "oh no not
another jurassic park sequel".



but then Kong showed up and i wuz like "yeah here's daddy"

IstenSzek said:

exactly.....

i've seen various remakes of this like---- five times?

still, it'll probably be good

in the trailer Jack Black looked seriously miscasted.....

I love King Kong!! And can't wait to see this adaptation as well!

Although I don't think Jack Black can ever be taken seriously! He is no Robin Williams....the best comedian-turned-serious actor in my eyes!

i predict B O M B ...

From what I hear, the film is absolutely fantastic. Yes, Kong has been remade a couple of times already, but all of those were shitty. Jackson is basically approaching this as if he were directing the original with today's technology.

A giant monkey fights dinosaurs? What's not to love?

DEFFO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT

I'm about to engage in a little thread jacking here but...

Is anyone looking forward to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe??

papaa said:

YES!!!! Can't wait!

dinosaurs ... in 1933??? battling a monkey ??? you for one after seeing the darth vader vs Luke .... or .... aliens vs sig .... come on ...

that adrian brody in the lead role ??? with jack black ??? i still do NOT get it ... hey ... the first one in 1933 or whatever was wayyyy ahead of its time ... but ... will it translate to today ??? when we already have seen so many movies with the "monster falling in love with the beautiful damsel " storyline ???

...stop!

JediMaster said:

me too!! i must have read those books two dozen times growing up. LOVED them.

and that awful BBC version from a few years ago - yuk, didn't do them justice.

the only ? i have is why they don't begin with the beginning - that is, "the magician's nephew" is the true first book of the narnia series, it explains how the white witch comes to be set loose on the world.

MisterMan38 said:

I feel ya....but you have to understand the target group...which is KIDS MAINLY! Kids are fascinated by monsters and dinosaurs...so they had to make it more appealling to this demograph.

And the BIG KID in me can't wait to see it!!

XxAxX said:

Despite the current stance of C.S. Lewis's estate, he always intended The Magician's Nephew to be a prequel. Somewhere along the way, someone tied to his estate found a letter from a kid who pointed out that they could be read in that order, and Lewis had written back saying that it was, indeed, possible to do so. The estate then took the stance that Lewis INTENDED for them to be read that way, and that just isn't true. Basically, they can be read either way, but The Magician's Nephew was written and published later. Much of the resonance of that story depends upon the reader having already read The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.

From the point of view of a film, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is the best place to start. It is self-contained enough to stand alone, in case it doesn't do well enough to generate sequels, and it has a clear beginning, middle and end.

JediMaster said:

interesting factiods. thank you.

but i still remember feeling like "wow, i wish i'd read these first' when i discovered the magician's nephew. the entire origin of narnia is explained therein as we get to see aslan sing narnia to life.

but i see where an argument could be made that the lion, witch, wardrobe does have the most popular appeal, i guess

MisterMan38 said:

The whole monster and maiden thing is an archetype going back to mythology, so the concept was hardly new in 1933. Sure, plenty of films have mined that territory, but there are dozens of such themes that keep getting revisted.

As for dinosaurs in 1933, the whole concept was a secluded island that certain creatures had been preserved from extinction, with other animals evolving alongside to survive in such an environment. It's science fiction, and fairly impausible, but who cares? If your inner-child is so dead that you can't appreciate a giant monkey fighting a T-Rex, then I can't help ya.

JediMaster said:

when i dug into the narnia books last year, this was kind of a pain in the butt to figure out, but what jedimaster said is right on. i think you could really read 'magician's nephew' at any point through the series...that might be part of the reason it's one of my favorite narna books.

XxAxX said:

Yeah, but it's kinda cool to discover all those things along the way. I place it next-to-last in the series. It gives you the history, and sets you up for the finale at the same time.

Anxiety said:

To me, it's a great read after you are already immersed in this world.

hmm.. errrm .... ok ...

MisterMan38 said:

Don't take that as an insult! Plently of people just don't have that about them, and there is nothing wrong with that. My wife frequently tells me that part of the reason she loves me is that I act as a kind of bridge to her children. She has had her inner-child repressed over the years, and I help her to relate better to the kiddos, as she frequently doesn't remember what it was like to think that way.

Believe me, plenty of people are tipped the opposite way, and have their inner-child still running amuck. They can't balance it out with maturity and responsibility whatsoever. Probably better if you are erring on the side of your adulthood.

while i respect Peter Jackman and what he did with LOTR ... i just cant help but think this remake looks doomed ...

... i will have to check it out ... my wife wants to go to it !

... and i was not insulted ... i actually believe what u said ... i kinda forgot the original king kong and the island with dinosaurs etc .... been a while ....