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Nov 29, 2016 - 7:43 PM
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johnjohnson
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment has detailed its upcoming Ultimate Blu-ray Edition of director Peter Jackson's film King Kong (2005), starring Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, and Colin Hanks. The three-disc set will be available for purchase on February 7.
Synopsis: Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) brings his sweeping cinematic vision to King Kong. Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody star in this spectacular film filled with heart-pounding action, terrifying creatures and groundbreaking special effects unlike anything you've seen before! Get ready for breathtaking action in this thrilling epic adventure about a legendary gorilla captured on a treacherous island and brought to civilization, where he faces the ultimate fight for survival. Experience the movie that critics are hailing as a "rousing, exciting cinematic adventure!" (Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood).
CONTENT AND SPECIAL FEATURES:
Extended and Theatrical Versions of the film
2006 Introductions by Peter Jackson
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of King Kong
Production Diaries
Post Production Diaries
Deleted Scenes with Introductions
The Eighth Blunder of the World
The Making of a Shot: The T-Rex Fight
Skull Island: A Natural History
Kong's New York, 1933
A Night in Vaudeville
King Kong Homage
Pre-Visualization Animatics
Conceptual Design Video Galleries
"The Present"
WETA Collectibles
The Volkswagen Touareg & King Kong
Trailers
U-Control: The Art Galleries
See More of NYC in "Wish You Were Here"
Feature Commentary with Writer / Director Peter Jackson and with Co-Writer / Producer Philipa Boyen
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=20324
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I'd be interested to hear the commentary for this. Especially for the stampede sequence, which is comedy gold, and the villagers sacrificing the crew, which seems to be from an entirely different, more terrifying film.
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I wasn't a fan of the film at all. I saw it at the pictures when it came out and i think once on video and was disappointed. Especially in the log scene and the ensuing spider-stuff. Everything was just too much and too long for me. The dino stampede. 3 T-Rex's? In a fight that just seemed to go on forever. A million CGI creepy crawlies when 3 or 4 would have been creepier. It was all unbelievably tedious. Andy Serkis was also awful in it, too. Though i'd like to see his performance again to be sure.
I know Jackson really loved the original and put a lot of work into it, so i was surprised to feel that everything just seemed blown up bigger. I thought the film was well-cast. I know Jack Black got some stick but i liked him in the role. I also recall a moment that made me laugh out loud. I think it was close-ups of a typewriter for some reason, though that hardly sounds funny.
Mostly, i just felt nothing when Kong died. Which i had done in the previous versions.
Anyway, I'd like to hear the commentary, as i do like to hear/see what filmmakers intentions were and what they think of the final product, even if i don't like the film itself. Awful tripe like Prometheus has a great commentary, it's like Scott was making a different film. And Paul W.S. Anderson films sometimes have good commentaries, he really sounds like he knew what he was doing in them.
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Nov 30, 2016 - 11:46 AM
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And pacing is what narrative films are really all about. They're telling a story and a well-told story is a story well-told, and pacing is a huge element. King Kong is an absurd story. To help make it seem possible, it has to move. The original, though it took its time in the beginning, once you first see Kong, the rest of the movie is a chase film.
One of the stupidest things in Jackson's version is when the movie stops so Kong and Ann can have a dance on the frozen ice of a Central Park pond. WTF was Jackson thinking?
Yup, I could happily lose that scene, why they left that in & cut a couple of good dino scenes out is anyone's guess. It is a silly story, full of things that don't make sense. Why build a huge wall to keep Kong out...& then put a huge door in it? How did they get him back to the States? And of course if you don't like a film, or think it's awful, you don't have to watch it.
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Nov 30, 2016 - 1:52 PM
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Rameau
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Why build a huge wall to keep Kong out...& then put a huge door in it? How did they get him back to the States?
The 1933 film had these same narrative flaws.
Personally, I love Jackson's Kong, indulgences and all. Nice to finally have ALL the old DVD extras on Blu.
Yeah, when Jackson was asked about this, he said he was just copying the original, but Kong still makes more sense that all these superhero films. I'll be interested in what the score is like for the new one, the Barry is my favourite (& what a really great FSM release!), followed by Steiner, & then JNH, I thought he did an amazing job seeing as he had no time at all to compose it.
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Saw the film on release and enjoyed it, then bought it on dvd and have never watched it. Got the original and watch it twice. Says it all really. Yes the Jackson film over does some of it. Personally I thought the stuff on the island being captured by the natives etc., was overlong.
Of the others, sorry but I saw the 70s one in the cinema and thought it was terrible. King Kong vs Godzilla is too full of army goings on and news broadcasts, and King Kong Escapes is fun.
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