why the 1933 film will remain untoppable
Before seeing the film in less than 24 hours, I can tell you now that no one who posts here is going to come away from the Peter Jackson film saying "that sure dwarfs the original." My reasoning is...
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Tor make excellent point! I've seen them all just as you describe, and the laughs do keep-a-cummin' (especially when a hired pianist with a bottle in a brown bag plays 'Baby Face' during Chaney's...
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I also think the 1933 version will remain "untoppable", but feel we may be missing the point WHY... The 1933 production was more a breakthough in film making technology at the time it was made. Also,...
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Lets be real though, the "casual stroll" away from the natives is also pretty dang funny.
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True, but it was intended to be. I was lucky enough to catch the 1933 KONG on the big screen (no, not back in '33!) The audience was made up of young and old, and they responded to the film perfectly....
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I love the original KONG, but I have hard time believing that modern audiences wouldn't laugh at some of the crazy sounding screams that come from the sailors when they're being attacked....
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Modern audiences tend to think that ANY humour in an old movie is unintentional and laugh derisively.
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I don't think Jackson had any intention of "topping" the original.
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It depends on the crowd you're watching these older films with. With the invent of MST3K it's true that many of these types show up at the film (any film for that matter) to make jokes. This is just...
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Quote:With the invent of MST3K it's true that many of these types show up at the film (any film for that matter) to make jokes. I guess this is just one of those urban myths that's never going to go...
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Im almost at the point where I will not see an old film with a general audience. I remember, some years back, watching THE MAN WHO LAUGHS with an audience of urban sophisticates who fell all over...
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Quote:Perhaps it only happens here, where I live, but I doubt it.Alas, no...!"If I had a hidden microphone inside of my heart, I would turn the power on..."
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Quote:Of the hundreds of KONG threads here I don't think a single person has mentioned THE LOST WORLD. You haven't been reading very carefully, then, as that movie has been mentioned repeatedly...
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Quote:I'm usually so engrossed myself that the audience is barely a blip on my radar! I ain't got that power of concentration. (except in my voice work, and mindless obsession with certain female body...
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Quote:You haven't been reading very carefully, then, as that movie has been mentioned repeatedly hereabouts. This is true Bill. :) Someone mentioned "Homo" the dog in THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, which was a...
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I agree that Peter Jackson may make the greatest KING KONG possible in 2005 -- and it still won't top the original. But having two great films is fine with me!
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When most people watch METROPOLIS now for the first time, they never manage to get past the name "Rotwang."Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.
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Quote:I don't think Jackson had any intention of "topping" the original. I agree with Bill on this. It should not be looked at as a contest. Just 2 filmakers version of the same story. Gil
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To borrow a bit from the King of the cats, Brian Setzer: Unstoppable, untoppable in case you forgot, I'm the King of the apes and I'm ready to rock!
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Quote:There wouldn't be a point in remaking it if he didn't want to try and make something that would be discussed 70+ years after originally being released. Jackson's primary reason for making the...
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