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Rapscallion St Croix 01-14-2018 05:28 PM
Kong...Skull Island
 
Really don't care for Samuel L. Jackson, but finding myself extremely bored, I watched this flick. I was getting pretty annoyed by some of the military terminology. They were using present day terms by a WWII airman and Vietnam era soldiers in 1973, etc. It then occurred to me that I wasn't bothered by the presence of a 600 ft tall gorilla that was protecting a lost tribe on an uncharted island that was perpetually shrouded by a storm, so I let it go. Samuel L. got killed by a big gecko, so that was good.

Allegiance 01-14-2018 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix (Post 1505344)
Really don't care for Samuel L. Jackson, but finding myself extremely bored, I watched this flick. I was getting pretty annoyed by some of the military terminology. They were using present day terms by a WWII airman and Vietnam era soldiers in 1973, etc. It then occurred to me that I wasn't bothered by the presence of a 600 ft tall gorilla that was protecting a lost tribe on an uncharted island that was perpetually shrouded by a storm, so I let it go. Samuel L. got killed by a big gecko, so that was good.
So it had a happy ending. Good

dbussone 01-14-2018 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Allegiance (Post 1505357)
So it had a happy ending. Good


Don’t you love when that happens?


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Taltarzac725 01-14-2018 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by dbussone (Post 1505398)
Don’t you love when that happens?


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I liked that movie. Have seen it a number of times already.

Samuel L. Jackson is quite cool in some movies. His character was kind of a real jerk in this one though. Wish karma worked that way in real life.

ColdNoMore 01-14-2018 09:34 PM
I really like Samuel L. Jackson.

He's played both good guys and bad, in a plethora of award winning movies...so obviously I am not alone in my opinion.

As for Kong: Skull Island...I actually found it quite entertaining. :thumbup:

Allegiance 01-14-2018 09:49 PM
That guy is still acting? I thought he retired and moved out of the country last year.

Chi-Town 01-14-2018 10:51 PM
Whatever happened to spoiler alert?

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Taltarzac725 01-15-2018 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Chi-Town (Post 1505458)
Whatever happened to spoiler alert?

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Sorry about that. I usually remember to stick that in there.

ColdNoMore 01-15-2018 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Allegiance (Post 1505445)
That guy is still acting? I thought he retired and moved out of the country last year.
Nope, he's still here setting records...and doing good things.

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Samuel L. Jackson is ranked as the highest all-time box office star with over $4.9 billion total box office gross, an average of $69.1 million per film.[2]

In June 2013, Jackson launched a joint campaign with the charity Prizeo in an effort to raise money to fight Alzheimer's disease.

He launched a campaign called "One for the Boys", which teaches men about testicular cancer and urges them to "get themselves checked out".

Chi-Town 01-15-2018 06:04 PM
I'm going to put Kong:Skull Island on my list to watch. King Kong and Godzilla movies make for good Mystery Science Theater 3K comments. BTW, Samuel L Jackson has three upcoming movies. Incredibles 2, Captain Marvel, and Glass.


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ColdNoMore 01-16-2018 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Chi-Town (Post 1505787)
I'm going to put Kong:Skull Island on my list to watch. King Kong and Godzilla movies make for good Mystery Science Theater 3K comments. BTW, Samuel L Jackson has three upcoming movies. Incredibles 2, Captain Marvel, and Glass.
Like all films with special effects, there will be scenes where you just kinda shake your head and chuckle, but it's the underlying theme of loyalty and protecting the little guys (local tribe)...that I appreciated.

While certainly not a competitor for an Academy Award...I enjoyed it for what it is.

Chi-Town 01-16-2018 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1505943)
Like all films with special effects, there will be scenes where you just kinda shake your head and chuckle, but it's the underlying theme of loyalty and protecting the little guys (local tribe)...that I appreciated.

While certainly not a competitor for an Academy Award...I enjoyed it for what it is.
Good story line and acting....there goes my MST3K moment. Will definitely have to see it. And for those who aren't familiar with Mystery Science Theater 3000 here is a sample of how much fun it was.

MST3K - Favorite Moments - Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster - YouTube

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600th Photo Sq 01-16-2018 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1505747)
Nope, he's still here setting records...and doing good things.
Big Deal...He's an Actor nothing more ...John Wayne was an Actor ....and a Draft Dodger :plane:

Rapscallion St Croix 01-16-2018 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 600th Photo Sq (Post 1506118)
Big Deal...He's an Actor nothing more ...John Wayne was an Actor ....and a Draft Dodger :plane:
And like John Wayne, he plays the same character in every movie.


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