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Contrary to expectations, its way, way down the list of 1st night opening grosses. Maybe even the teen audience is just plain fantasied out and would like an adventure with some link their world.
Follow Ups:
The midnight shows were low - school night, and in a lot of places in the country (like my city) there was snow, sleet and freezing rain. Who wants to skate home at 3am on a schoo night?It ain't gonna make the (too high) December opening predictions of 110-120 million, but it'll do all right.
I also don't rely on Drudge for reliable info on anything, much less movies. Box Office Mojo is more helpful with flickers.
That's where the story is from...
KK probably won't hit 100m for the 5 days - probably more like 75-85M. Only so many showings per day per theater with a 3 hour flick.Actually I hate all the BO reporting - winners and losers shit. It should be irrelevant. Either a movie is worth going to see or it's not.
With KK, expectations were high, and probably unrealistic.
OTOH, I bet Universal has spread the risk around with foreign distribution rights, tie-ins and home video.
I agree---I just noticed that Drudge got his story from Mojo when I went to see the "bombed" story that was mentioned here. It doesn't really matter to me one way or the other.I just watched the original Kong on TCM, and I'm Konged out at the moment---I don't know if I can last through another 3 hours of it anytime soon. I might wait for the inevitable DVD.
From the Boston Phoenix:Surely the state of special-effects art now can blow off the screen anything made just five years into the Sound Era? Yes and no. The two triumphant genres of the ’30s were musicals and horror films, and as with the stained glass of Chartres, the secret to making them is lost. Or maybe rejected. Compare Chicago with Top Hat, or King Kong with King Kong. Count the cuts during the action scenes or the production numbers. They sure give the retina a workout, but . . . Scary? Moving?...
Now, Cuisinart editing takes over, abetted by James Newton Howard’s soundtrack. Again the impact is not emotional but visceral. Who cares about these people? Maybe the video game allows for more sympathy.
Certainly audience reactions will be mixed, and it is a very long movie, especially for bladder challenged older folks, but it is an epic that works on a different level than it's classic predecessor and the lackluster 70's era Delaurintis remake. While this is indeed a remake, it is a very different film that doesn't rely solely on CGI to tell it's tale. The backstory of the ship's crew helped to humanize them and actually helped convey a greater feeling of loss when each character met his demise.The fact that a given critic doesn't feel invested in these characters can't alter the fact that Jackson's choices add a certain poignancy to the story. He made Kong come across as a more dangerous albeit tragic figure, thereby even more of a symbol of impending doom when brought back to the supposedly civilized world by the callous, exploitive Denham.
Cheers,
AuPh
- This cross-section of opinion gives a better overview of King Kong, IMO; 83% worth, in fact! (Open in New Window)
nt
My wife and I saw this openning day here (Wednesday). When does Kong open in your neck of the European woods?AuPh
De Laurentiis.Two days ago.
Peter Jackson's King Kong is magnificent and fun, unlike the crappy 70's remake! Peter Jackson reveres the original; Dino wanted to burn all of the original's negatives so that only his would exist!> > > "De Laurentiis. - Two days ago." < < <
Hmmm, I assume by your quick dismissive comments that either you haven't seen Peter Jackson's film yet or maybe you just prefer the campy 70's "Delorian" version and wanted to provide the correct spelling of your "respected" Director/Producer's name.
It wouldn't surprise me if your favorite De Laurentiis production was Mandingo, but let's not go there.
AuPh
nt
How about your dismissive attitude toward Peter Jackson's films? That's true fanaticism!AuPh
PJ films? Yoiu mean he made only three?
King Kong is an excellent film, but it isn't anything like the wonderful epic journey that is LoTR, as I see it. Your mileage may vary, as will mine from your's, of course.AuPh
I would not comment, as long, of course, I would not have seen it.
But three hours...yes, three hours....
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My DLP projector is more solid state than tube based, using a lamp rather than cathode ray tubes and progressive scan digital projection is superior to interlaced, IMHO. BTW, my tube preamp manufacturer recommends solid state amps as opposed to tube amps, so maybe it isn't such a bad balance. Let's just say that I'm open minded on the subject! ;^)AuPh
Marfa. The Chinati Foundation is well worth a visit. Also, you can see those famous "Marfa lights." Pretty nice country, with Big Bend park just a spit down the trail, too.
nope
nt
from 7,000 screenings...I'm sure the weekend numbers will be huge, but that's amazingly low for such a hyped film.
Tosh
"I think this place is restricted Wang, so don't tell em you're Jewish"
hours of Jurrasic Park-isms, i.e. interminable fights between Kong and every animal species known to Man.
Naomi Watt doesn't usually project vulnerability, either.
All that aside, I think it'll heat up if it can limp up to the holidays. By that time, folks will be desperate to find an excuse to leave the house for a few hours.
Tin,Must be a NY-NJ thing. Babysitter slept over and Lou and I saw it at midnight.
It was sold out two days before.
Very odd.
Tosh
"I think this place is restricted Wang, so don't tell em you're Jewish"
impressed by CGI but I look at the "old" stuff and it just seems so much more real.
Tin,I assumed that Lou had seen the original, so I was interested in her comparison. She turned to me and said..."Was it this long and badly written?"
We watched the original and she thought it was far more impressive considering the technology when it was made. She also thought the ending was more sincere.
One flick I loved...
The Squid and the Whale.
Jeff Daniels was so superb in this film. Having gone through it, I watched it with great curiosity and was happy to find out that I wasn't that big of a bastard.
:-)
Only a little one.
Tosh
"I think this place is restricted Wang, so don't tell em you're Jewish"
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and Proof I'm going to have to watch on DVD when they come out. The price of living in a smallish community. Sigh.
But the fish and shrimp are fresh as can be and the sight of a woman in a bikini in December keeps one young.
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