"King Kong" - monkey talk and movie talk
 

Did anyone see the couple minutes of footage from the movie "King Kong" that was shown on channel 4 Sunday night? I watched my tape of "L&O:CI" last night, and right before the show started, there was footage from the movie. I don't know how much was actually shown, but my tape only caught a few minutes of it. It's with Naomi Watts and Kong in what looks like Kong's "home" atop a mountain.

I've liked the billboard ads that I've seen, one with Kong and a woman and one with the woman in between Kong and a dinosaur, but after what I saw last night, I'm beginning to wonder. The footage was really disappointing to me. It looked really fake. The water pouring down the mountain looked like salt falling out of a hole. The shots of Naomi Watts looked like she was standing in front of a blue screen (almost as bad as the awful swamp shots in "Invasion" where the sky and backdrop are obviously painted. There's a bit where she and Kong are supposed to be touching, and it's really obvious that they are seriously not in the same frame. My husband has already told me that we're going to see this film, but after seeing what I saw, I'm not sure what to expect. We have a decent size and quality TV, so I know it wasn't that. I sure hope it looks better on the big screen.

I think it does indeed look better on screen. I didn't see the TV stuff shown on Sunday, but I was (mis)treated to a trailer (before Harry Potter) that was literally a four-minute version of the entire freaking movie.

I know I can hardly be seriously spoiled for a movie based on two previous films, but I saw a piece of nearly every scene in the upcoming film. Bah.

The effects look ok on the big screen. This is a must-see for me, but not because I'm expecting anything great. I fully expect this to be a disaster, and hope that I am pleasantly surprised otherwise.

I'll let you know after Dec. 8 :)

I think there's at least one person on this board who has already seen this film. I think he said it was good. Maybe we'll get lucky and we'll get more info.

If I talk about it, I could lose my job. We had to sign a contract. It's probably a magical contract. I could probably even lose a limb or boob or something.

Or be stalked by a giant ape - keep mum ;)

I need two souls to join my wife and I at a special screening on Dec. 8 - PM me for details...

You know, I - much like Naomi Watt's Ann Darrow - probably wouldn't mind.

That's one manly Kong!

If by 'Kong,' you mean 'long' ... and by 'manly' you mean (er, nevermind)

Long Kong Aper.



Why am I posting this???????