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That's interesting to hear, but it makes me aniticipate the film a little more for some reason. The article seemed to oversimplify the matter, I doubt that an extra 20 minutes of movie is the sole reason for it going over budget.
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Wonderful news. Bring it on! Another big Christmas present from Peter Jackson!
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If the happy-joy quotes from the Universal executives are to be believed, it looks like what happened on 'The Fellowship of the Ring' is happening again: The studio expects a 2.5 hour movie, gets shown a three-hour version, and agrees to release it as is.
My bladder protests but my heart says hell yeah.
If only they'd bring back the old days of the Intermission. Sure, it adds another 15 minutes or so, but what difference does that really make when you're talking about a three-hour movie? Gives everyone a chance to urinate and then purchase more drinks to make more urine with. Everybody wins, you'd think.
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| If only they'd bring back the old days of the Intermission. Sure, it adds another 15 minutes or so, but what difference does that really make when you're talking about a three-hour movie? Gives everyone a chance to urinate and then purchase more drinks to make more urine with. Everybody wins, you'd think. |
I'd bet the theaters would like that, but the studios would lose big time. And they're the ones making the decisions.
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| I'd bet the theaters would like that, but the studios would lose big time. |
But this is what I don't understand. How would a 15-minute intermission make a whit of difference to a studio? It's not the difference between four showings per day and five showings, if you're talking about a three-hour movie. Where's the harm?
I mean, clearly you're right, they don't want to do it for some reason. I've just never been clear on what the reason is. With long movies in resurgence, one would think the whole intermission concept would get a revisit.
I mean, my God, do I have to
wear this to every Peter Jackson movie now?
--Jefferson Morris
"If fakes, they were masterpieces."
--The New York Times commenting on Willis O'Brien's dinosaurs in The Lost World (1925).
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| but really, how can you justify 3 hours for King Kong? |
Proof of the pudding is in the eating. We won't know whether it's "justified" until the film comes out. Even from reading the abandoned early '96 draft of the Kong script, I can tell you that Jackson et al have
much more in mind than just a blow-by-blow re-telling of the original film's story beats. If they were doing that kind of remake, then I'd also be curious as to how it could be padded to three hours. But they aren't - they have a lot more up their sleeve.
I'm going to be an optimist and say that Universal's agreement to release the film at 3hrs is a sign of faith in its quality (versus a sign that they've been utterly cowed by a mad, Oscar-winning director and his unstoppable clout).
--Jefferson Morris
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--The New York Times commenting on Willis O'Brien's dinosaurs in The Lost World (1925).
"From the two trailers I've seen, the movie looks like AIDS."--Recent thread post on AICN
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Three hours for the remake? Does that mean it'll be twice as good as the 90 minute original?
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Dances with Wolves, Titanic, and all three LOTR films... When the end credits started to scroll, I recall thinking with all of them... "Has it really been three hours? Wow! That went by FAST!"
I'd sooner sit through a FOUR hour Jackson masterpiece than much of the 90-120 minute dribble we got from Hollywood this year.
And, BTW, I'll do it without dancing around in my seat waiting to get to the restroom! And that's because I won't be drinking any beverages within 1-hour of the movie and I sure as heck won't be buying a $7 super-size soda at the theater either.
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Paraphrasing Mr. Ebert, with regards to longer films. If the film is good, why wouldn't you want more?
I'll judge the film on its merits, not its run time.
- Walter.
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| You mean three hours of a giant monkey, dinosaurs and a rampage of said giant monkey through a city? This is a problem? |
A man with my own tastes.
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| And, BTW, I'll do it without dancing around in my seat waiting to get to the restroom! And that's because I won't be drinking any beverages within 1-hour of the movie and I sure as heck won't be buying a $7 super-size soda at the theater either. |
Good to see I'm not the only one who adopts this strategy (when possible). I actually did make it through FotR with no bathroom breaks - quite the feat for me, the man with the smallest bladder on earth.
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| List any number of inferior, bloated director's cuts here |
You definitely have a point there. Longer certainly isn't always better - I don't prefer any of James Cameron's longer cuts to his shorter ones, and feel that only one of the LOTR films really benefitted significantly from being extended past its theatrical length (TTT, to be precise).
I'll admit, part of me thinks, "Three hours for a King Kong remake?!?" But another part of me thinks "Three hours for a King Kong remake!!!"
Descriptions of the new trailer have surfaced on
www.aintitcool.com. The description of the final money shot with Kong on the ESB has me rather excited.
--Jefferson Morris
"If fakes, they were masterpieces."
--The New York Times commenting on Willis O'Brien's dinosaurs in The Lost World (1925).
"From the two trailers I've seen, the movie looks like AIDS."--Recent thread post on AICN
