"King Kong" at the Ohio Theater
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classicfilmGuess who's going? *grin*
One of my favorite movie posters for one of my favorite movies. "King Kong" could be viewed like "Nosferatu," too, in that there's several different versions by now. Has anyone here ever sat down and done a viewing of all three films? Do you have a favorite version?
One of my DW friends felt that Peter Jackson's version was pretty racist; I told her it seemed like he tried to be less racist than the original, which after all is pretty darn racist. Turns out she hadn't seen the original in some time, so wasn't able to compare. Anyone got an opinion one way or the other? I'm not offended if you disagree with me--it's an open question to me. :)
One of my favorite movie posters for one of my favorite movies. "King Kong" could be viewed like "Nosferatu," too, in that there's several different versions by now. Has anyone here ever sat down and done a viewing of all three films? Do you have a favorite version?
One of my DW friends felt that Peter Jackson's version was pretty racist; I told her it seemed like he tried to be less racist than the original, which after all is pretty darn racist. Turns out she hadn't seen the original in some time, so wasn't able to compare. Anyone got an opinion one way or the other? I'm not offended if you disagree with me--it's an open question to me. :)
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Date: 2009-08-10 07:21 pm (UTC)I'm actually incredibly ashamed. I've never seen it. It's one of those that has completely slipped passed.
*hangs head*
But it's coming on in September so I will finally catch it.
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Date: 2009-08-10 07:26 pm (UTC)The crowd was a real mixed-bag. Some were pretty serious and into the movie, some were there with the notion that it was 100% silly and camp, and some were in between. The camp crowd laughed at inappropriate moments and, frankly, maybe didn't get to see what an awesome movie it is, although they probably enjoyed things in their own way. They sorta dragged the in-betweens with them, though, and disrupted stuff for those of us who were serious.
You know the end, of course--I hope--? I'll just say that when the end came, those last three or four minutes of the film, even the razzers in the crowd STFU and had some respect. Me, seriously, okay, I was bawlin'.