| Quote: Originally Posted by wildandhairy The depiction of the natives, again, is racist because: they could have been white...they only had a culture of violence...they killed one film crew member with a spear, totally unprovoked. That meets my definition of savage. The natives in the original King Kong had much more of a civilization, they were clean, they were okay clothes, blah blah blah. Really, guys. PJ did not have to even have people of colour as natives. We should not be apologists. One last question? Would it have been less "racist" if they had been Asian - after all, it was supposedly close to Singapore. Quote: I'd suggest less loyalty to Peter Jackson, and a solider reasonable criticism of his work, would mean better films from PJ. If all PJ hears is "yes sir!" from fans, that will hardly encourage him to be introspective and see his own judgement errors, will it? I hold no loyalty to Peter Jackson. I like, well, love his movies for the most part. But I'm old school - my favorite is Spielberg, but consider Hitchcock, Kurosawa, and Peckinpah among my favorites. Quote: Was the T Rex battle exciting? Sure, especially those parts where you could see what was happening? Was the original better? For my money, yes. My feeling is that some of those writing in have not even seen the original film, yet feel they can draw comparisons to it (I am thinking of the writer who thought King Kong 1933 involved a guy in a suit). Yeah, that was me - my point was the new King Kong looked more like an ape/gorilla than the 1930s. That's what modern CG and technology brought to the new one, and in my opinion made it better. I have seen the original, and like it a lot - but I prefer the new one; that's just me. Quote: I clearly have very strong feelings about the original KK, so please bear with me. I was prepared, more than prepared, I even went to see it the second time carrying my almost life sized Kong Kong doll. I do respect you for you interest in the original; very few people nowadays have that kind of respect for "old school" movies - as I like to call 'em. |