Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(David DeLaney) writes:
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>
>>On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:51:44 GMT, Gene Ward Smith <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
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>>>At one time hugely popular, he does not seem to be read any more,
making him
>>>a failure according to the 100-year rule, I suppose. Has anyone here
read
>>>him, who would care to recommend a book?
>>
>>Wikipedia enlightens me (and, tangentially, I rather like the style of
the
>>current article), and I'm fairly sure I've seen at least part of one
King Kong
>>film, but do not think I've ever read any of his prodigious book output.
>
>
> I highly recommend both the first King Kong movie and the most
> recent. The first is simply an excellent science fiction movie of its
> time (though, to be fair, you do need to be able to approach 1930s
> special effects on their own terms to appreciate it); the most recent
> was very good, and could have been excellent with about a half hour
> more editing (i.e. shortening of sequences that just sort of went on
> forever like running from dinosaurs).
Yes! The first part, in NYC, was so boring it put me to sleep. I woke up
about a half hour later and they were just then approaching the island.
From then on it wasn't bad.
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