Manda of Mu wrote: Damn, someone doesnt like Kong 05'...and whats wrong with Final Wars? sure its not much of a traditional Godzilla movie, but where else (other then Destroy all Monsters) are you going to see all those Toho greats in one film?
Man, I loved "Godzilla: Final Wars". I even have the DVD and a duplication of the poster on my wall.

Final Wars sucked also, but you are also someone who has been exposed to all these new bad horror and sci fi films & probably not bright enough to know a good G-film from a bad one.
The poster is cool though

just 13 minutes added.....was hopeing for more..why not include all the deleted scenes ?

13 minutes! That's it?? With forty minutes of deleted scenes - we could be getting at least an extra half hour. I'm not happy. Although I do like that artwork quite a bit. Of course I'm still picking it up - but if I had bought the theatrical cut I don't know that an extra 13 minutes would be worth a double dip. Kind of like the Black Hawk Down extended cut that just came out with only eight additional minutes.

I really do hope they clean up some of the CGI with this release...the dinosaur stampede, although defintely one of my least favorite parts of the film...I think could certainly benefit from some fixed up CGI...it was pretty poor there as well as in a few other shots in the film...and it really hurt when being compared to how amazing Kong looked throughout the film.

Man do I feel pretty lonley here among all this hate. I gotta say I absolutely LOVED this movie (and yes I've been a big fan of Kong '33 for years too). It was simply a grand, old-fashioned adventure story AND a fantastic love story to boot.

And to those who simply don't get it, a love story doesn't necessarily have to mean romantic love. Those who say Ann had the hots for KK simply don't have a clue.

I for one cannot wait for the EE of this film.  Running time doesn't bother me, If a film is well done I can sit through 6 hours of it and be happy.

PJ's love for the original is all over the screen. Imagine if any one of you had the chance to make your dream movie, how do you imagine it would turn out? As with the LOTR films, I think PJ did a damn fine job.

Now....where's the HOBBIT?!?

Matt wrote: dsman71 wrote: Ive been around long enough to know what's better, maybe you havent..
But obvioulsy not around long enough to know when to give something a rest. You didn't like Jackson's King Kong and we get that, but do you really need to post it more than half a dozen times in multiple threads while belittling those who happen to like it along the way?

Not to mention the fact that you really can't make a case that this is a bad movie.  It was one of the most critically acclaimed movies of 2005.  Check out rottentomatoes.com.  It has an 84% fresh rating.  That's as high as I can remember for a commercial movie (i.e. non-arthouse type fair.)  So you dislike the movie?  It doesn't make it a bad movie.

Not much in the way of extras right now - save for the added footage and deleted scenes, the set has only a commentary and a gag reel? I have a feeling the 3rd disc is pretty much wasted in this set...

BTW, in the U.S., "King Kong" was considered a disappointment by studio heads (they expected a $300 million gross, and it turned out to be only $218 total) -- although it was a bigger hit overseas. The movie would've done better at the box office had it been a half-hour to an hour shorter.

Yeesh, 13 mins, wasn't expecting that. But keep in mind PJ has been reciving endless criticism about the film's running time since it came out so I wouldn't be suprised if he had intended to make it longer, but then simply opted to make them viewable only as deleted scenes instead to avoid further remarks.
I am sure those 13 mins will be 97% SFX (mostly dinosaurs, some kong and skull island) and the further character devolpment will be left as deleted scenes as not to be too 'boring'. kind of sad really, I was really looking forward to seeing everything PJ can toss into the film, and not just the action scenes.

I bought the 2 disc special edition when I was fully aware I would be buying the extended edition, simply because the special features on the SP are different from on the EE so that alone is worth my movie for such an amazing film.

And although I like the cover art, I am really getting tired of  seeing all of the promo shots being recyled over and over again (in this case the Kong image is from the UK poster and them crossing the log is a famous promo shot). I was pleased when the standard DVD had new art, oh well, I am sure it looks much better in person.

I'm very impessed by the cover art. Its not as good as the other releases though but still very solid.

Clavius wrote: Man do I feel pretty lonley here among all this hate. I gotta say I absolutely LOVED this movie (and yes I've been a big fan of Kong '33 for years too). It was simply a grand, old-fashioned adventure story AND a fantastic love story to boot.

And to those who simply don't get it, a love story doesn't necessarily have to mean romantic love. Those who say Ann had the hots for KK simply don't have a clue.

I for one cannot wait for the EE of this film.  Running time doesn't bother me, If a film is well done I can sit through 6 hours of it and be happy.

PJ's love for the original is all over the screen. Imagine if any one of you had the chance to make your dream movie, how do you imagine it would turn out? As with the LOTR films, I think PJ did a damn fine job.

Now....where's the HOBBIT?!?

YES! Exactly, father-daughter love!

I loved this movie (and the original '33). I held off buying it so I could get this one. While the 13 minutes are little, the 40 minutes could be 2 second "walking" scenes that just make it longer and not better.

"King Kong" was a real disappointment in every respect ... especially it exaggerated run time. It needed a good editor to trim out the fat. I can't even imagine how bloated and self-indulgent this extended cut is gonna be.

The LOTR films benefited from "extended" treatments because there was so much more of the story to tell. I wonder if Jackson feels all his films from now on will need to be "extended."

I didn't mind the length as much as I did the acting and the script. They both felt so forced, as if Peter Jackson was shoving character development into our faces whereas in LOTR, the characters were loved naturally.

Maybe they cut other scenes out from the theatrical cut?

dsman71 wrote: I feel like this discussion board is full of people who are born after 1980 and have no clue about all the great classics that exist and are 100% better than anything out there today. New films for the New Generation..take em..

Ah, I love the time generalizations. You remember an argument in the G98 board? I was one of the few people with you on suitmation vs. CGI?
I also drove five hours to see Gojira in a theatre, and am EAGERLY awaiting the September release of the film (I asked rialto immediately if there was going to be one after seeing it theatrically, too) etc etc blah blah...point being, I was born in 1984. It's not a generational thing.