[Groop] OT Kong Reviw-Spoiler Alert

[Gary Grossmann]

Oh you wait.  First they sell the extras.  Then the movie and then later
they sell them both in one "Deluxe Set including things never sold anywhere
before!"



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Chun" <ericchun at hotmail.com>
To: <groop at groo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Groop] OT Kong Reviw-Spoiler Alert


> [De-lurk]
>
> >I can't wait for it to come out on DVD, but I will follow Mark's sage
> >advise
> >about DVD's in general and wait for a year or so when they will
undoubtedly
> >re-release the DVD with more extra stuff than was in the first one.
>
> Eh?  Extras have already been released (and will most likely not be
> available
> anywhere else).
>
> http://www.kongisking.net/perl/newsview/17/1129303806
>
> [Lurk]
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Gary Grossmann" <grossfamm at comcast.net>
> To: <groop at groo.com>
> Subject: [Groop] OT  Kong Reviw-Spoiler Alert
> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:05:39 -0800
>
>
>
> Hi Folks!
>
> I know this is a little dated, but well, so am I.  First I should tell
those
> of you who don't know that I am a huge King Kong fan. I can't tell you how
> many times I've seen that movie and if I had lived within a hundred miles
of
> NYC, I would have been hanging onto Larry's coattails as much as possible
> this past fall. (Hmm. Groo & Kong; two unstoppable forces that cause mass
> destruction wherever they go and I'm a big fan of both. Coincidence?)
>
> Well, I finally saw the new King Kong a few weeks ago and it was great!! I
> give it 4 out of 5 stars. Kong and the CGI stuff are absolutely amazing.
And
> for the most part I liked the story alterations too. Larry is right. It is
a
> different movie in many ways.
>
> There were a couple of relatively little things I didn't like so it
doesn't
> get the fifth star. I did not like what they did to the Carl Denham's
> character and I don't think Jack Black was up to the role in any event. I
> much prefer Denham as a reckless adventurer rather than the darker, greed
> driven character they gave Black to play. And he definitely did not have
the
> theatrical aplomb or voice to pull off the final line of the movie. I also
> thought the brontosaurus stampede was way over done and just plain dumb.
> Everyone should have been killed. It made no sense that most everyone
> survived. Similarly, shooting the giant insects off of folks faces with a
> machine gun without so much as nicking anyone was pretty dumb too. And I
> agree with original movie makers (who shot a giant spiders in the ravine
> scene) that it brought the plot to a halt and didn't add anything. (That's
> why they cut it and just had everyone die when they fell.)
>
> But that is relatively nit picky stuff. I loved everything else! For me
the
> best parts of the film were the fight with the Tyrannosauruses
> (Tyranosauri?) and ALL of the scenes between Kong & Naomi Watts. Even when
I
> was a little kid I thought it was silly in the original that after he
saves
> Ann from being eaten, she's STILL trying to get away. Where's she gonna
go?
> The least she could have done was figure Kong was her best bet until Jack
or
> the cavalry showed up. And the battle between Kong and three (yes three!)
> T-Rexes was an amazing rollercoaster ride. Just fabulous!! And then at the
> end of it when Ann backs up behind Kong, now knowing that he will protect
> her, well, that's the kind of scene I can't get enough of!!
>
> Another cool part of the movie was all of things Peter Jackson did for us
> hardcore fans who have seen the original dozens of times. For example,
Kong
> kills the last T-Rex exactly the way he did in the original. There is a
> close-up scene of Jack & Ann running back to the village that is shot
> precisely like the original. Max Steiner's original score pops up all over
> the place. Jackson also very cleverly uses scenes and lines, and in one
case
> even costumes, from the original, but in very different contexts.
>
> I liked Ann Darrow's fleshed out back story in NYC. It was necessary
because
> she's a more three dimensional character than what Fay Wray was given. I
> also enjoyed watching Adrien Brody discover his inner he-man. It was a
nice
> alternative to the iconic tough guy in the original.
>
> I can't wait for it to come out on DVD, but I will follow Mark's sage
advise
> about DVD's in general and wait for a year or so when they will
undoubtedly
> re-release the DVD with more extra stuff than was in the first one. And
now,
> back to Groo.
>
>
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