Well this is interesting! The Lion is roaring, and the ape has backed down!
Narnia, on Wednesday, overtook King Kong as the #1 movie! This is a big upset... Here's hoping that Narnia is the smash huge success it deserves to be:) We shall see what happens this weekend!
I did see King Kong. I havn't written about it because I havn't had time.
It is very good, a great action movie, lots of neat set pieces (the dinosaur stampede and creck was awesome, and the bugs... and everything else!) and a real great pace and all that. It also has alot of heart, from the romantic side, to the relationship between Kong and Ann Darrow... it is really moving. Performances are all around well done, and the effects are just amazing (think Lord of the Rings). The gorillas is... well, amazing! I kept saying, "That is CG? WOW!"
The bugs... have to say something about that. If anyone forgot that Peter Jackson was a horror director... this will remind them. The bugs, which are HUGE, the size of SUV's and tractor trailers... are creepy, and made ME squemish. They are like Shelob, but worse. And ALOT more of them. The scene really adds to the movie too... reminding you that yes, it is beautiful, but menacing as well. Remember Men in Black? Kids stuff...
Anyway... it is a great movie. I think it is not doing well because it is A) not a family movie. It really isn't, no matter what anyone says. To dark and scary at points. B) it is King Kong. For many, that is a great thing, the original movie is well loved, and was a MAJOR breakthrough in special effects at the time. But, for most of us, we think of movies like King Kong vs. Godzilla or something, and why would we want to see a big expensive version of Japanese schlock monster movies?
So... I think Kong will do well, but I am not as surprised that it isn't doing as well. I thought it would do better, but I did think that this was a distinct possibility.
Anyway, those are my thoughts on that:D
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Frankly, I'd LOVE to see a CGI version of King Kong vs. Godzilla. Just don't use the redesign they made in 2000. Let the Japanese design a Godzilla that is reasonably faithful to the original. Then put him up against Peter Jackson's Kong, and make sure that you have someone like Jackson's team writing the script.
Good writing + Good Effects + Decent Actors = BLOCKBUSTER Summer Movie
I think the other untold story here about Kong is the effect Christmas is having on it. This would have been a brilliant July 4 or Halloween movie. As it is, up against the busiest shopping days of the year, if parents want to take time for a movie it is to get the Kids out of the house so they can do setup and wrapping of gifts. Thus, Narnia makes more sense than Kong. Simply a case of bad timing in my ever-so-humble opinion. Well, bad timing an a 3+ hour runtime that means seeing it REQUIRES spending half a day, at least.
Wow, it's like we're on the same wavelength.
FYI, as of Sunday King Kong is back on top. Of course, since the Christians were probably NOT seeing a movie on Christmas, it is not shocking that the Christian allegory did less well than previously.
I did see that. The interesting thing is that it's weekend total was only $1 million off from Narnia. Narnia has really been holding strong.
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