# What's the pre-buzz on Peter Jackson's "King Kong"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pre-buzz-on-peter-jacksons-king-kong/330607 "2005-11-11T19:19:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pre-buzz-on-peter-jacksons-king-kong/330607/121 "2005-12-12T22:40:20Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I’ve always wanted to go to one of those. How was the reception overall, from a roomful of certified film geek fanatics? Incredibly positive reception. Granted, it’s an audience primed to love the movie, but I’ve seen a few screenings go downhill there. After the screening, the ladies’ room was full of a bunch of us girls fixing our makeup from all the crying, and a number of the guys reported crying or near-crying too. I know my husband did a little. I’d be specific about the parts that really got to everyone, but I don’t want to spoil anything. I really didn’t hear anyone say anything negative about the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pre-buzz-on-peter-jacksons-king-kong/330607/122 "2005-12-13T00:28:37Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > I cannot believe what I’m hearing. It literally sounds like a parody. > > How could something that’s gone this far off the rails possibly be any good? It hasn’t gone off the rails, based on what we’ve heard so far – it’s utterly on track. It seems to me that the only way this can seem wrong is if your concept of _Kong_ comes from playing _Rampage_ or watching chewing gum commercials. Come on, what’s the denouementof the 1933 _Kong_?“It wasn’t the airplanes – it was beauty that killed the beast.” That’s what the story has _always_ been about, at its core. You can’t approach this film from any other direction and expect it to work. Maybe it sounds like parody to you, as related by the one reviewer who didn’t like it. Keep in mind this is the same guy who pegged _Kill Bill_, _Monster_, and _Tadpole_ as failures, and the same scenes he describes are hitting the right notes with very nearly everyone else who’s reviewed the film. Myself, I’ll withold judgement until I’ve actually seen it, but I suspect that I’m not in the _Slant_ demographic that rates _Fantastic Four_, _The Bad News Bears_, _The Dukes of Hazzard_ and _Airplane!_ over Jackson’s _King Kong_. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pre-buzz-on-peter-jacksons-king-kong/330607/123 "2005-12-13T01:19:09Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Myself, I’ll withold judgement until I’ve actually seen it, but I suspect that I’m not in the _Slant_ demographic that rates _Fantastic Four_, _The Bad News Bears_, _The Dukes of Hazzard_ and _Airplane!_ over Jackson’s _King Kong_. They rated _Airplane!_ over _King Kong_? Surely, you can’t be serious! At least now we know what finally killed vaudeville; it was pushed over repeatedly by a giant ape. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pre-buzz-on-peter-jacksons-king-kong/330607/124 "2005-12-13T01:34:12Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > It will not suck massively. It may have flaws, and might suck in a few parts for a few people, but massively is simply out of the question. The ecstatic reviews so far prove that it is simply out of the question. I’m not sure about that. There have been more than one critically acclaimed movie that I thought bit the big one on most levels. > [@](#): > > Get back to us after you’ve seen it, ok? Maybe. I don’t like remakes in general, so it probably won’t make my “See In Theaters Because I Can’t Breathe Until the DVD Comes Out” list like _Goblet of Fire_. We’ll see, I guess. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pre-buzz-on-peter-jacksons-king-kong/330607/125 "2005-12-13T02:33:43Z")
[QUOTE=ShodanI don’t like remakes in general, so it probably won’t make my “See In Theaters Because I Can’t Breathe Until the DVD Comes Out” list like _Goblet of Fire_.[/QUOTE] It is on my SITBICBUTDVDCO List but would have made the “I Haven’t Got a 111 Foot Screen at Home” List anyway. Harry Potter made both lists too. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pre-buzz-on-peter-jacksons-king-kong/330607/126 "2005-12-13T12:37:55Z")
Dob’t base your opinion on the movie on this review, but I found quite funny. Lots of profanity thought. > **[The Very First KING KONG Review That Is Written By Vern!!](http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/22016)** > > Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab Okay, so it's not the first one ever. Or even in the first hundred at this point. But it's before mine, and it's by Vern, so there's two things it's got going for it.... (yes, it is on AICN) > [@](#): > > Of course, there is some amount of suspension of the ol’ disbelief involved… > You also gotta accept that when people run under the feet of stampeding dinosaurs, only a bunch of them will get crushed. Not all of them. And you have to accept that cute little Naomi Watts can get tossed around like a hacky sack for days on end without losing consciousness or transforming herself into the purplest Naomi Watts-shaped walking bruise you’ve ever seen in your life. Brian ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pre-buzz-on-peter-jacksons-king-kong/330607/127 "2005-12-15T05:17:59Z")
I’ve just returned from seeing this, and I need to echo what someone earlier said: If you do not have tears in your eyes at the end of King Kong, you probably kick puppies for fun. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pre-buzz-on-peter-jacksons-king-kong/330607/128 "2005-12-15T07:54:48Z")
I just got back from a late showing. Tears in the eyes. Poor Kong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pre-buzz-on-peter-jacksons-king-kong/330607.md?page=6)