UKRM Film Club: King Kong

Look, even the *trailer* was shit. That's meant to be the best bits, and it
looked like Ray Harryhausen had returned.
--
Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 OMF#22
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 156 TS S2
Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Ben Blaney amazed us all with this pearl of
wisdom:

It's not like you don't know how it'll end, is it?

 

I liked his stuff

 

Rather like you

 

That's three hours of my life that I won't get back.

Total shit.

 

So did I, back when it was cutting edge. To make CGI look like Harryhausen
must have taken some doing, though.
--
Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 OMF#22
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 156 TS S2
Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

*ding*

--
Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 OMF#22
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 156 TS S2
Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

I hadn't seen the trailer.

"What's on next"
"King Kong"
"ok"

 

Actually, I didn't.

 

With 200_ million USD to spend, probably easy

 

Although in all fairness I should point out that the special effects on
the original were state of the art at that point in time.[/QUOTE]

Special effects do not a good movie make (at least, rarely)

How very true.
--
Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 OMF#22
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 156 TS S2
Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

It had crossed my mind. $20 on the CGI and lots left over.
--
Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 OMF#22
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 156 TS S2
Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

Wha?

No, really ... wha?

--
AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas)
Kawasaki ZX-6R J1, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL)
BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR#
The speccy Geordie twat.

 

There are a few exceptions, but the movie can usually stand on it's own,
sans SFX IYSWIM [1]

You are *not* alone

[1] Aliens springs to mind

--
Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 OMF#22
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 156 TS S2
Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

Andy Wegg wrote

Depends on the film dunnit. If it is sci-fi for example it is almost
compulsory to have wizard sfx. Some soppy burds weepy only needs a bit
of long notes on violins and soft focus and the job 's a good'n.

Oh I dunno, cast you eye over the responders to the thread and ask
yourself the question again I reckon.

 

Thankfully, I don't think they are. But they're certainly treated like
they're retarded...

--
Veggie Dave
UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08
IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com
Extreme Racing http://www.veggie-dave.co.uk
Toxic Shock Syndrome Gets More Girls Than Me

 

I knew you'd pop up with an impassioned defence.

It's a sack of shite. With some great (for its day) stop-frame
animation thrown in.

Your go.[/QUOTE]

It's an epic tale, a classic and, as I'm sure box-office figures will show,
a story that is still captivating today.

The fact that, as others have said, it is still remembered 70+ years on, and
that people can recall scenes and even lines from it shows that it has
something.

The animation is almost incidental to what was, and remains, a great piece
of storytelling.

I haven't seen the new one yet, but the original is above reproach.

--
AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas)
Kawasaki ZX-6R J1, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL)
BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR#
The speccy Geordie twat.

 

I'll have some of what you've been smoking.[/QUOTE]

and when you're done, pass it this way

I have to agree with everythin there.
--
Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 OMF#22
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 156 TS S2
Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

What genre did it create?
--
Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 OMF#22
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 156 TS S2
Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

It really does depend on how each person defines "classic" and I think
a lot of posts in the thread show that.

FWIW, dictionary.com has "having lasting significance or worth;
enduring."
which KK is definitely in the first bit (IMO), not so sure about the
next.

filmsite.org says "classic films are often distinguished or unique
works of
cinema that have transcended time and trends, with indefinable quality.

Classic films are often universal favorites that hold up after repeated

rescreenings."

Again, this probably *mostly* applies to KK, regardless of anyone's
personal rating of "shiteness".

Anyway, here's a list of their "classic" films[1][2].
http://www.filmsite.org/classicsfilms.html

Discuss.

[1] Including King Kong
[2] As will be the case for most, some I agree with, some not.
Some of them I've never heard of, let alone seen.