Re: KONG hindsight
- From: John Harkness <jharkness@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 23:14:08 -0500
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:44:23 -0500, "The Capt" <thecapt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
>"John Harkness" <jharkness@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:1a4hq1lk1kium3ivle7ekto5jr67qld6mr@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On 20 Dec 2005 14:46:57 -0800, "Nick Macpherson" <NMacphe421@xxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> It's only a folly if it loses money -- and that's notgoing ot happen.
>>
>> (Itwil be close to break even in theatrical world, and the DVD will be
>> pure gravy.)
>>
>> But it should be half an hour shorter.
>>
>John,
>
>Excellent analysis. I'm not a professional in the business but surely
>someone close to Jackson or the studio could have told him to lose the "fat"
>in this film. It's at least a half hour too long.
>
>It's not "Heaven's Gate" but Jackson drifted dangerously close to that kind
>of edge in an otherwise fine film.
>
>
When your last picture(s) make as much money for everyone as The Lord
of the Rings trilogy, nobody ever tells you you're wrong.
John Harkness
.
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