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Official King Kong trailer thread
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What a Peter Jackson fanboy. This movie looks like a major misfire.demon said:
scola said:
I guess you haven't seen the stop motion work done for Jurassic Park(before Spielberg decided to swith to CG). Probably the best stop motion work ever done...but still gets crushed by the CG work.
On that note, one of the reasons Jurassic Park holds up so well is because Spielberg was wise, and didn't go all out CG, instead using a combination of CGI and animatronics(mostly for the close-up shots). Than and ILM rulz and stomp all over WETA.
I think that there is a lot to like about this teaser...but to be honest with you I didn't really get too excited watching it.
I think it's a really good teaser; it gives us a good view of the film's action, characters and style. At the same time, we saw most of the dinosaur shots in the commercials leading up to it, and there's nothing in them that really goes ahead and blows me away.
To be honest with you, I was more excited to see how the rest of the film was coming together. I have faith and Jackson and the people at Weta Digital are able to make good action sequences; from watching the production diaries I know they have big things planned. What we haven't seen much of is a storyline, locations finished, and all of that. The savages, Jack Black's Denham, the rest of the crew, that is the kind of stuff that looks really cool. It seems like it's coming together as a film, not just a special effects extravaganza.
I think Kong looks really good, not too worried about CGI Dinosaurs (They're dinosaurs, I really couldn't be bothered with how CGI they look) and overall this is an impressive looking film. I'm not all hot and bothered over this, however...give me a good film to put those action scenes into and I'll be more than happy.
I think it's a really good teaser; it gives us a good view of the film's action, characters and style. At the same time, we saw most of the dinosaur shots in the commercials leading up to it, and there's nothing in them that really goes ahead and blows me away.
To be honest with you, I was more excited to see how the rest of the film was coming together. I have faith and Jackson and the people at Weta Digital are able to make good action sequences; from watching the production diaries I know they have big things planned. What we haven't seen much of is a storyline, locations finished, and all of that. The savages, Jack Black's Denham, the rest of the crew, that is the kind of stuff that looks really cool. It seems like it's coming together as a film, not just a special effects extravaganza.
I think Kong looks really good, not too worried about CGI Dinosaurs (They're dinosaurs, I really couldn't be bothered with how CGI they look) and overall this is an impressive looking film. I'm not all hot and bothered over this, however...give me a good film to put those action scenes into and I'll be more than happy.
I'm a lot more interested in this than another alien movie. I'm bored of aliens and I know there's someone out there in Hollywood saying "let's make the ultimate alien movie!". Fucking aliens. Why don't they make some movies about Whales making crop circles? It's a lot cooler and has more mystery to it. Like how did the whales learn to walk? Or how the hell did hell get so sneaky. Anyway, this movie is just right. So they find dinosaurs and a giant gorilla on an island someone never bumped into. Fucking cool. How are dinosaurs still living? Who cares, he's going to fight the big gorilla. That's entertainment. Aren't bronotsaurus's plant eaters? Nope, they're human eaters with really long necks, so its hard to run from 'em. We just didn't know it yet.
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kaching said:
Blah, blah, blah...go cry me a river. King Kong is a dream of a fanboy this is a movie that Peter Jackson made for himself. I wish him well but I think that both War of the Worlds and King Kong are weak movies. I'd much rather see something new. I for one am tired of the trend.
I will say this I shouldn't come in to this thread. This thread is for people who actually want to see and enjoy the movie I stop ruining it for those that look forward to it.
This is not to say that I find King Kong and War of the Worlds to be bad movies I think that the original fare is/was excellent. I just don't see a need to retread the terratory.
Tommie Hu$tle said:
Well, new blockbusters are becoming extinct. Studios only go for sure thing blockbusters it seems. Stars wars, comic book movies, comic book movie sequels, Spielberg & stars movie, Wonka remake, etc. They always look for the formula for success, rinse and repeat. People really seem to love trilogies these days too. Wonder if they're going to do Day After Next Week after the cash it made. I'm sure the guy's going to get another destruction flick with monuments to blow up and put in trailers. Most shit is boring and predictable. That's why I wish Tarantino would fucking pick a damn project and get working.
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J2 Cool said:
Star Wars doesn't count. The Star Wars movies are independent films. None of the prequel trilogy were pitched to studios to get funding, Lucas just went ahead & made them. They do not belong as part of your analogy because of that.
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jett said:
i must find this. have any leads?
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demon said:
There is some truth in this especially in regards to the dark ocean shots. The lighting is also pretty similar to old glamour movies in some places.
Regardless, the dinos look fine to me but I'll reserve judgement until they are projected on a massive screen infront of me.
The stop motion dino stuff is on the non DTS version of Jurassic Park on DVD
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natives look kickass.
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To me it looks like the dinosaur designs are going more towards a 1930's concept of what dinosaurs might have looked like than a 21st century concept (albiet realistic and detailed). Especially since they're all colored gray. Retro dinosaurs
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GhaleonEB said:
I heard king kong is supposed to be 120 years old and has a broken jaw.
I'm not referring to the color but rather the shape and location. We see the mouths of Kong and the T-Rex, and each has some fucked up tooth on the right side of the mouth. It just seems lame that the only way they can think to makes these animals unique beyond size is by adding tooth defects.GhaleonEB said:
If you look close, King Kong also has scars where fur doesn't grow.. What more are you going to do to make 'em unique, give em a distractive mole on their face? I think the CG's pretty good on Kong and the dinosaurs I can live with easily. I mean, if you can handle stop motion in The Terminator, a little subpar dinosaur CG's not going to be a big deal. It gets the job done and the T-rex/Kong battle looks great.
You mean like the shaky cam of Batman to 'evoke the hardcore fights in the comics' or how we dont have many scenes of destruction in War of the World because 'Speilberg wanted to make a money about a family and not about destruction' oh and also the whole ridiculous concept of zombies with feeling and the zombies' civil right march from Land of the Dead WASNT LAME since Romero 'created the genre and he can do what he wants with it'demon said:
Right!
:lol Fella, I'm not the one whinging about trends in filmmaking here...Tommie Hu$tle said:
The film industry produces hundreds of films each year. The trend you're so concerned about hardly dominates that output.
And its not as if an original movie guarantees a new experience any more or less than a remake, because the majority most certainly ARE retreading familiar plot devices, themes, character archetypes and other formulaic content.
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That's a great trailer. The only problem is the CG, which looks more like a moving painting than something realistic. They've got plenty of time to polish it up though, it should be great.
Am I the only one pleased by the dino designs??! They're totally "SKULL ISLAND" dinos through and through!
Sure, they could've gone accurate, and actually feathered the raptors/dromesaurs --- or shrunk the T-Rex a few meeters .................. but hell, next to them actually dragging their outdated tails this is the best mix of old-school and accuracy I've seen.
It's hard to be picky over dinos, since we're so shafted of dinos these days... Hell it's been over a decade since we had good dinos.
.... god and stop bitching about the damn CG, it looks great ----- there is such thing as style, and this looks to have tons of it ...... even if everyone wants be be spoon-fed their 'realism' ....
Sure, they could've gone accurate, and actually feathered the raptors/dromesaurs --- or shrunk the T-Rex a few meeters .................. but hell, next to them actually dragging their outdated tails this is the best mix of old-school and accuracy I've seen.
It's hard to be picky over dinos, since we're so shafted of dinos these days... Hell it's been over a decade since we had good dinos.
.... god and stop bitching about the damn CG, it looks great ----- there is such thing as style, and this looks to have tons of it ...... even if everyone wants be be spoon-fed their 'realism' ....
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jett said:
I don't see it. What's so bad about the t-rex? Have you looked at the ultra high resolution photo? I've got it on my 1600x1200 desktop, it looks fantastic. Yeah, it's different from Jurassic Park -- more lizard like -- but it's still very detailed and very cool.
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Shit, yeah, forgot that one. Although it was pretty overrated. People are always raving about disjointed narratives for some reason. OH THIS MOVIE WAS PRETTY FUCKING GREAT, I DIDN'T GET ITBud said:
Personally, I think it'd be great if they went for a real style and a 'painterly' type look, but this footage doesn't look like it commits to either any distinct style or realism. It's somewhere in the middle, and I think that's the problem people are pointing out.sammy said:
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Is it Peter Jackson's turn to get shit kicked like Lucas did?
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