granted, I'll probably watch it if there is absolutely nothing else next tuesday but it looks like absolute crap. Still, true to form, the cultist media is already branding it a great movie. It seems that every new film is the greatest film ever.
shareYou're being kinda cynical don't you think? I saw the trailer for the first time today and I thought it looked surprisingly good. I say "surprisingly" because I had no intention of going out of my way to see a movie based on Aquaman. Sub-Mariner, maybe, but not Aquaman.
It seems that every new film is the greatest film ever.
King Kong was a great and entertaining movie.
shareExcept that it was overhyped and overrated at the time of its release, which is why it fits the above context.
Since you brought it up: "King Kong 05" is a fun adventure movie, but it's marred by overKILL. Here are a few examples...
When the group finally makes it to the island the story turns into a laughably unrealistic cartoon. There's a 5 minute brontosaurus stampede scene with 15 people running WITH the colossal beasts, RIGHT UNDER THEM, keeping up with them (!!), and, for the most part, not getting killed. At this point all credibility is lost and you can kiss any suspension of disbelief goodbye.
Then there are the many scenes of Kong yanking Ann Darrow around in such a violent manner that there's just no way she could realistically remain conscious, let alone alive.
Then there's the implausibility of Ann's lack of clothing in the New York winter. All she has on is a skimpy dress. The scene where Kong skates around on the ice is supposed to be touching, instead all I could think about was how freezing the woman must be (but she never shows it). I had the same thoughts during the long Empire State Building sequence at the climax. Do you know how cold it is on top of the highest building in the world (at that time) in the winter? Once again, a potentially suspenseful sequence is marred by unnecessary implausibility.
You might argue that this is a movie about a giant ape and dinosaurs. But dinosaurs are real, just extinct, and a giant ape reasonably fits into the nature of Kong Island. None of this is an excuse to turn the movie into a Road Runner cartoon.
Bro, nobody cares about your obsession with nit-picking King Kong...
shareLol, I know what you mean, but it's not nitpicking; it's citing outright flaws.
shareThere are no flaws in a fantasy. Just comfortable and less comfortable parts. Practically any action movie is unbelievable in a realistic setting as, for instance, a fistfight is much shorter and leaves much more bruising in reality. Ann Darrow having a very forgiving neck is one of the least worries in accepting fiction. What you are doing is nitpicking. You're on the ignore list now.
shareYou're on the ignore list now.
The only part of Kong 2005 that really stood out to me was the part when they are in the water and being attacked by the giant worms and such. That part was creepy.
shareThey should lock you and DCEU Fantic in a room and live stream it.
shareYou mean crab? Yes, absolutely crab.
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