Originally Posted By DDMAN26 It's out on dvd and well worth buying. I rented it because I never seen. It was love at first site. I can't believe how truly wonderful a film that is over 70 years old could be. Terrific film to watch. I will defintely be buying this.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut it was on tv yesterday uncut. Finally got to see it all the way through. Im gonna have to go get the DVD.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby Just watched it again last night - amazing how much of it came back to me from watching it as a kid. Great to see uncensored, totally stokes you for the remake.
Originally Posted By Ursula We got it the day it came out. It truly is the best movie ever made. If you think about the context of when it was made and how it was made, it makes today's moviemakers look like kids with crayolas. Fay Wray was such a perfect choice. I loved seeing King Kong in such a perfect condition, too. It was the cleanest version I've ever seen. I loved recalling how I first saw it as a kid and that the scenes are no less entertaining to me now. I am very glad that this is one of Peter Jackson's favorites, too. I can't wait for December 14th.
Originally Posted By Ursula ^ She passed away not that long ago. How cool would it have been for her to be the one in this new one to say, "It was beauty that killed the beast." ?
Originally Posted By Ursula <---Just finds it easier to ignore the Jessica Lange piece o' pooh and pretend it never happened.
Originally Posted By Imagineer This If you compare the original Kong with the new one in the movie about to be released does the new one seem shorter? I saw the tv ads with Kong and the dinosaurs and Kong in New York on top of the Empire State building and comparing the relative scales Kong seems to have shrunk. Does anyone else get that feeling? Kong looked like a giant in the original one.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby >How cool would it have been for her to be the one in this new one to say, "It was beauty that killed the beast." ?< PJ wanted Fay for a cameo, but she passed away before it could happen.
Originally Posted By Ursula You know what, Imaineer This? I though the same thing when I was watching some footage of the new one early on four weeks ago. Then, I re-watched the original to see if I was losing my mind. It does appear that in the new one, scale is correctly applied throughout whereas in the original, it was not so much. And it does appear that the new Kong is shorter than the first Kong, but only in select scenes where Kong is with Ann Darrow, because the first one had its scale askew.
Originally Posted By ecdc This DVD rules. How awesome is Peter Jackson for having his team recreate how Kong was done so we can see it for ourselves? Sweet.
