King Kong

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Beery

Let's come back down to Earth for a second. This is King Kong we're talking about. At best it's a pulp adventure movie for God's sake. Like I said, this ain't The Godfather. Pretending that King Kong is similar in any way to to one of Haydn's symphonies is like saying that Roger Corman is to cinema what Mozart is to music.

At least Peter Jackson has the potential to bring King Kong to the level of classic cinema.

I was not attempting to compare the two, only to illustrate the argument against the sentiment that technology makes everything better. Personally, I cared little for the original, and bothered not with the remake. However, it was you that stated that the special effects managers were geniuses, so I placed them in suitable company for the sake of argument.

For the record, I have little faith in Mr. Jackson's directing ability, as I found the Lord of the Rings films to be derivative and self-indulgant (the painful film score played no small part in this assessment). It is, however, more than likely that my similar opinion of J. R. R. Tolkien's have influenced this perspective, thus skewing objectivity to an extent.