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Posted by: wildandhairy at January 13, 2006, 9:48 am

Topic: King Kong!! WOW! (Reviews) Forum: JoBlo

Just posting to note that I agree with a lot of what you have written about Kong. The first act did not bother me, it was not boring but there was filler which could have been lost. Similar concerns were expressed about the 1933 Kong, leading to several minutes being cut from a later revival version (there were some edits for sexual or violent content, but the largest cuts were in the first act, principally the scene where Carl Denham does a test filming of Ann--when I first saw the film in the mid 1950's, in a theatre & on tv, that scene was missing). Can't agree Jack Black quite pulled off the role, at least not in the sense that an actor with maybe more experience or heft or something could have done. I agree that the film really takes off after Kong shows up, and one can't take one's eyes off Kong (although I gather one can take one's eyes off in the new film "Hostel", although it apparently is a different context of eye-taking). I am mostly posting this note for two reasons. First, it's great seeing my name up there & getting responses, it makes me feel important and feeds my ego. But the actual reason was just to note that the poster above's favourite movie is Hard Boiled, and it was worth posting just to note that Hard Boiled is one hell of a movie!!!!

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