King of Kong in Theaters Today - Kotaku Comments

King of Kong in Theaters Today

gtr225 — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:22:26 MDT

Added it to my Netflix Queue

King of Kong in Theaters Today

Muffin_Man — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:05:08 MDT

I wanted to see it too. They have been promoting it in Gamestops and EBs accross the country and then theres a limited release? That's just silly.

Muffin_Man

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Import98 — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:22:49 MDT

I don't live near any of those areas but this is definitely not a movie I would "pay" for.

Import98

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rezlow — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:44:27 MDT

It looks almost as pointless as the story it tells. Get a life guys. I think I'll save my money.

rezlow

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gunbu — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:13:57 MDT

I saw this movie during a screening during Comic-Con. It was absolutely awesome. Very well done, and also a great theater experience. I definitely recommend it.

gunbu

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Rabidsquirrel — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:52:17 MDT

NOOOOO Why must it be September before this movie comes out to Colorado!

Oh well.. Superbad this weekend will just have to suffice.

Rabidsquirrel

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keyransolo — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:10:07 MDT

I want to see this movie, seems interesting.

keyransolo

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kylenalepa — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:32:16 MDT

Oh, and I just saw Superbad, and it was the best comedy I've seen in a long time. Great, great movie.

kylenalepa

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kylenalepa — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:31:51 MDT

It's playing in Austin? I checked the times on Fandango.com, and it said it wasn't playing here. Time to go check Austin360.com, I guess.

kylenalepa

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trachten — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:07:30 MDT

Getting great reviews. 97% at Rotten Tomatoes.

trachten

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dadeisvenm — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:57:54 MDT

@Zombie_Crunch: Yeah but...shes got a man. Pretty much shoots all hopes down bud.

dadeisvenm

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Five Element Ninja — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:52:39 MDT

any excuse to go to the Alamo Drafthouse is a good one in my book. I may just have to go see this.

Five Element Ninja

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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:51:25 MDT

WHY are people talking about King Kong? This movie is about Donkey Kong the video arcade game. <_<

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cadekun — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:10:02 MDT

Reviews I've read about it have been pretty good.

cadekun

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MethoDX — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:49:58 MDT

I was using sarcasm since the article said

"I think it's quite important to support movies about video games"

I know King Kong was an old school movie, infact my favorite one was King Kong vs. Godzilla.

MethoDX

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Martinmas — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:47:56 MDT

Going to see this on Sunday at the Alamo Draft House. Steve Wiebe is going to be there and they are having a Donkey Kong tournament.

[www.originalalamo.com]

Martinmas

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Dr.Chocobo — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:44:09 MDT

Wait, isn't this the movie where that guy beats the DK score of someone else's?

But then that someone reclaimed the highscore list, just before this movie was going to come out?

Ok, Im done my pointless rant. I'd probably see the movie if it was premiering in the Big Easy.

Dr.Chocobo

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chiahippo — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:31:43 MDT

I've seen this movie last night in Seattle (thanks alot to Dark Lord (PAX Enforcer)for the tickets)and I must say it was very well done. It was the best video game based movie I've ever seen (not saying alot I know lol) and it's a documentary!!
I took my wife with me for this, I did not tell her what the movie was about before hand. When the movie started and she realized it was about videogames (it took her 2.5 sec) she let out a loud sigh and rolled her eyes at me. When the movie was over she said it was one of the best documentaries she's seen in a long time "it was a hell of alot more enjoyable to watch then I thought it would be"

chiahippo

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Johnny Pathetic — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:27:53 MDT

Didn't Master Billy Quizboy crap on the relevance of this film when he crapped on the DK high score not long ago?

Johnny Pathetic

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thePheonix9 — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:08:11 MDT

@gstatty:

It wasn't a silent film, rather an excellant black and white film.

*imagines silent King Kong film*
Kong is pupeteered onto the scene.
A card is shown, "Roaaaaar" it says.

Someone, go make that film. Cast Milla Jovovich

thePheonix9

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superbabyproject — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:05:40 MDT

@MethoDX: Nope, King Kong was created waay before Donkey Kong. The problem for the film makers was that King Kong was public domain due to a precedent they themselves set in a previous case.

Here's the snopes page on the naming of Donkey Kong: [www.snopes.com]

superbabyproject

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Zombie_Crunch — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:04:15 MDT

Did I mention she's really hot?

Zombie_Crunch

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Zombie_Crunch — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:03:57 MDT

...or Really ANY movies starring Milla Jovovich.

Zombie_Crunch

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Zombie_Crunch — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:02:51 MDT

I think we need MORE video game movies starring Milla Jovovich.

Zombie_Crunch

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gstatty — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:57:43 MDT

@MethoDX: dude king kong is super old school, it was a silent film way before video games even came out

is kong really the hardest video game ever? theres gotta be harder ones, mgs series? myst? something has to be harder

gstatty

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Barbara — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:56:16 MDT

I want to see this, but not bad enough to drive up to LA.

Barbara

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vosos102 — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:55:14 MDT

I just walked by the Varsity Theater in Seattle, and Steve Wiebe is going to be there for the 7 PM and 9:20 show both today and tomorrow.

vosos102

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MethoDX — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:52:12 MDT

Was King Kong really a movie based off a game.....

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