King Kong - Extended Edition???

[NuclearNed]

I thought King Kong was pretty good. Granted, 3 hours is a lot of movie, but in spite of that I thought it was very enjoyable.

According to rumors on the net, Peter Jackson is giving Kong the "special edition" treatment just like he did with LOTR - there will be a theatrical version released on 3/28, and a special edition later on in the year (presumably around Christmas). I'm pretty tight with my money, so I'll end up buying only one or the other.

So the dilemma: The special edition is going to lengthen an already too long movie, but if I don't get it I'm likely to miss out on some uber-cool scene that all my friends will be talking about.

What to do??????

 

[God On Alcohol]

torrent one and buy the other?

 

[jagec]

Maybe you get another half-hour of the dinosaur run?

 

[ZOOYUKA]

Stick with classic king kong!

 

[xanis]

Yeah, 3 hours was more than enough.

 

[thirdeye]

Good lord that would probably be unbearable.

 

[FreshPrince]

well, if it extends before they hit the island...I'm not interested.

if after, then hells yes! after they arrive, the action was just non-stop. so I definitely welcome more action...

I saw this movie in the theaters and thought to myself...I'm getting this DVD when it comes out. Not too many movies do that to me.

 

[Yossarian]

maybe they'll add another hour of pointless dialog and shallow characterization before they get to the island. that would really build up the suspense.

 

[happybelly]

Buy it at Costco on the 28th, wait til the Extended Edition comes out, take the original back to Costco and buy the new one.

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: thirdeye
Good lord that would probably be unbearable.

Well at least you could pause it and take a piss break...

 

[daweeze02]

they need to make an 1 hour removed version.

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: daweeze02
they need to make an 1 hour removed version.

They probably could have shaved a good half hour or more off the movie if they didn't spend so much damn time looking at Kong... We get it, he's a big gorilla.

 

[JDrake]

Lol
just get the regular one and watch the extended at your friend's house if it is cool

 

[FoBoT]

does the monkey die?
put **spoilers** in the title if you answer

 

[Sentinel]

Extended with intermission ftw?

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
does the monkey die?
put **spoilers** in the title if you answer

Every monkey dies, not every monkey really lives.

 

[Mucho]

I just fast foward 45 minutes to when the monkey makes his entry.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Trust me, if you have friends that are talking about this movie, you need new friends.

 

[silverpig]

That movie could have ended before they got to the city and it would have been fine.

 

[gigapet]

Find cooler friends.