Originally posted by: Jaster Mareel

Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
i think this movie is an either love it or hate it kinda movie...
very much like LOTR...

hardcore fans of LOTR very much dispised the movies because they did not hold true to Tolkiens writings...
just like us hardcore Star Wars fans dont care much for the PT...

I'm kinda baffled at the numerous people who say they didnt like the movie...
the main complaint being it was too long...
maybe i was more captivated by what was going on not to notice the length...
i mean we all knew it was going to be 3 hours so at least prepare yourself for a long movie rather than coming out and saying.. "man that was too long!"

but like i said people are going to either like it or not...
i think Jackson did a wonderful job on it and it really did exceed all my expectations..

FYI - can anyone smell an extended edition coming?

Well, it's really NOT a love it or hate it kind of movie... I mean, through out my entire post, I mentioned that I half liked it and half disliked it. I said it was right in the middle. So, for me at least, it wasn't a "love it or hate it" movie.

Also, my complaint isn't so much that the movie was too long, it's more the fact that it was much longer than it needed to be. I know those are the same thing, but I guess I'm just trying to emphasize one point more strongly than you are...

Anyway, it's not like I don't enjoy long movies. I just think that this one movie didn't necessarily need to be that long. It felt too forced. It's like the movie was long, just for the sake of being long. I knew it was going to be three hours, but I was hoping that there would be more stuff filling up those three hours. Like I said before, there were just so many parts that didn't add anything to the film at all. There were too many scenes that just had no real reason to be there.

Think of it as having a very large cup, but it's only filled up half way, as opposed to being completely full. So, it's not the fact that the movie was long. It's the fact that there was so little that actually consisted within the lengthiness.

i see what your saying but i think there are only a couple scenes that i feel didnt need to be in there and they were very small scenes at that...
many have said the first 70 minutes leading up to Kong was boring...
well if we never had that time dedicated to the back story we wouldnt know anything about the characters nor would we care about them at all...
i know the original Kong is a classic and all but i mean it had no character development at all... and thats what Jackson set out to change..
i feel he did anyway.. it was a huge improvement over the original...
and i also feel the original was an all action piece... (if you can really call it "action", it was in those days anyway)
i mean what else do you expect from a movie that features a giant gorilla on an uncharted island with dinosaurs??
lol

but i respect your opinion...
different strokes for different folks after all...
im just dissapointed its not getting the recognition i feel it deserves..