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Peter Jackson Can Eat My Ass

So, I hope everyone had a good holiday. 

And while we're on the topic of holidays, Kong was a steaming piece of shit.  I know those things have nothing to do with one another, but I couldn't think of a better way to get right to the point. 

The day before I came back to Wisconsin for the holidays, I went to see Kong with some of my coworkers.  Overall, they seemed to like it.  I could hardly stand it.  So, here's the deal, folks.  The movie was three fucking hours long.  Three hours - one more than two, and one less than four.  I didn't know that going into the movie, but around the 1:45 mark - when Kong finally showed up - I realized that this was slightly longer than the average film.  And the lifespan of the average fruit fly. 

So, ok.  I'm not going to gush over the special effects, or really even talk about anything that happened in the movie.  The important part is that the damned thing was three hours long.  Peter Jackson, if you're reading this, go fuck yourself.  Learn how to summarize, you dick.  Not every story that's worth telling (which, by the way, you haven't found yet) is worth stretching out for several days.  Perhaps instead of releasing the inevitable Director's Cut that has 34 hours of additional, previously unseen footage of the ape scratching his ass, you could - oh, I don't know - go back and cut some of the worthless shit out. 

You know - like the first half.

And also, the last half. 

I will never watch another one of your movies.  Ever.  Even if you directed an episode of a TV show that I was sure was only 30-60 minutes long, I'd refuse to watch it. 

You suck. k thx.

Posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 4:02 PM by mikey

Comments

marie b. said:

peter jackson is god. k thx.
# December 29, 2005 12:08 AM

mikey said:

God also needs to learn to summarize.
# December 29, 2005 10:09 AM

Patrick Bateman said:

The fact that you disregarded the first and last hour alone tells me how much to trust your opinion on anything (here's a hint: not even a little bit). And one pompous asshole's whininess about the length isn't gonna change my opinion on Peter Jackson's filmography.
# December 30, 2005 4:27 PM

mikey said:

Sounds totally fair to me Patrick. Go ahead and waste your time, since it doesn't seem like you have anything better to do anyway.
# December 30, 2005 6:27 PM

Colin said:

Well, you know, you're entitled to your own wrong opinion, I guess.

No, I'm kidding.

I really liked King Kong. I think the pacing was effective, and that the first hour of buildup was important to that. I can also see how somebody seeing the movie in the wrong mood or just not expecting the long, actionless begining might hate it. Telling you to give King Kong another chance would be a waste of everybody's time, but please keep in mind that when you condemn Peter Jackson's entire body of work, you're also condemning that bastion of tasteful filmmaking, Dead Alive.

Best thing about commenting on blogs? You can say the most outlandish things imaginable, and nobody can tell that you're not doing it with a straight face. I really did like King Kong, though.
# January 1, 2006 10:00 PM

Mikey said:

You know, enough people have told me that I'm wrong about Kong that I might be willing to give it another shot, but I'm not paying to see it in the theater again.

I just really don't understand what his deal is with making really long movies. Does he not think that a decent story can be told in a nominal timeframe? Truly, Kong could have been significantly shorter and still been what a lot of people would have thought was a 'good' movie.

And did he really make Dead Alive?
# January 2, 2006 1:16 AM
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