Post Your KONG-SIzed Predictions Here!

The Big Ape running amok in The Big Apple looked like a potential Box Office Behemoth to us, and Anything BUT RAZZIE® Fodder...BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK?!?

 That's SO ridiculous.  Sure, the 1976 version of KONG left a big cinematic fart on everyone's impressions (thank God I never saw the film, either!), but after the fact that I've seen the trailers for Jackson's 2005 version, and the positive film buzz at RottenTomatoes.com (currently at 100%!), I'm pretty sure there won't be Razzie nominations of ANY kind at all for this motion picture.  From what I've heard from numerous sources, Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award-winner Peter Jackson has done an enormously serious job with staying true to the original masterpiece of the 1933 RKO picture...and you hardly see many of those in the 21st century (case in point: HOUSE OF WAX (or House of Whacks in your title-writing terms...)

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I remember paying $10 a ticket to take my girlfriend to KING KONG's 
Opening Night at Pittsburgh's Warner Theater in 1976. Oh, I sure did
slither out of the theater after viewing that turkey!

Then there was KING KONG LIVES, where they gave him a 7 ton artificial heart, which was even more asinine than the 1976 remake.

Frankly, I don't want to monkey around with this, although the thought of
Silent Bob and Adrian "the Dummy" Brody replacing Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot...well, things could be worse: Jenny Mc Carthy could have replaced Fay Wray...

Has any 2005 movie made more than $70 million on opening weekend? The box office curse will take it's toll on this $207 million dollar blockbuster, too.

I've read the script, I'm not too impressed. At least it will have good actors.

I think it has the potential to either kick "Titanic" off the top spot...or
does anyone remember another $200 million flop by the nameWATERWORLD

Jack Black is SOOOOOOOOO obnoxious, plus this thing is freakin' three hours long!? Hell no, I won't go!

I saw a sneak preview of it last night. It actually wasn't that bad. I thought it was a little slow to begin with, but once Kong was actually introduced, it picked up. I felt the actors did a decent job of acting (ironically) like they were in the early 20th century and by the end of the movie, i genuinely felt bad for Kong. They actually extended the battle between Kong and the T-Rex into a much longer (though enjoyable) battle. Overall, this movie succeeded my low expectations.

Believe it or not, Sgporsche48, I'm actually GLAD when Hollywood makes a good movie. I plan to see KONG on opening day matinée, and will post my thoughts afterward.

Also, speaking of KONG's B.O. (as this Forum is meant to do) the consensus at B.O. MoJo is that The Big Ape will be King of This Weekend, with about $82 million.  I expect it'll TOP $100 million by Monday myself, but I guess we'll see when studio guess-timates come in on Sunday afternoon...