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King Kong
There's a moment very early on in King Kong that's worth noting. Film director Carl Denham (ably played by Jack Black) is showing some safari footage to a group of producers. As the footage plays out, one of the producers wearily asks "how much more of this is there?", and grimaces when the answer is 'five more reels'. It's worth noting because, after an hour of the film has been and gone and the protaganists are still on their boat, yet to discover Skull Island, that's exactly the question you'll find yourself asking. →
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The Shape of Things to Come, II
We're halfway through 2005 now, so I thought that this would be an opportune moment to look back and see what films I was looking forward to six months ago, and what I'm looking forward to now. Will I have managed to see everything I wanted to? Did they all turn out to be rubbish? Can I still enthuse about films after that awful Star Wars trilogy? Let's find out! →