I had said from the outset that this is exactly what I was afraid would happen - that PJ was 'getting his fanboy on' and putting in everything just because he could without being able to step away and see if it actually served the story. 'King Kong' was just like that - an gorgeous love letter to the story but it would have been a better and tighter film if it were 20 minutes shorter. I'm normally a huge fan of 'extended editions' but in a lot of these cases more was not necessarily beter.
Exactly this. It reminded me so much of King Kong - "oh here's another five minute stampede of dinos, and here, let's throw in some giant bugs". By the end of The Hobbit, I groaned and slid a little lower in my seat every time I heard the action music begin: "oh great, time for PJ to do his helicopter shots again and for the brass and drum sections of the orchestra to do their thing". There was no *heart* in it.
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Date: 2012-12-27 03:52 pm (UTC)I had said from the outset that this is exactly what I was afraid would happen - that PJ was 'getting his fanboy on' and putting in everything just because he could without being able to step away and see if it actually served the story. 'King Kong' was just like that - an gorgeous love letter to the story but it would have been a better and tighter film if it were 20 minutes shorter. I'm normally a huge fan of 'extended editions' but in a lot of these cases more was not necessarily beter.
Exactly this. It reminded me so much of King Kong - "oh here's another five minute stampede of dinos, and here, let's throw in some giant bugs". By the end of The Hobbit, I groaned and slid a little lower in my seat every time I heard the action music begin: "oh great, time for PJ to do his helicopter shots again and for the brass and drum sections of the orchestra to do their thing". There was no *heart* in it.