Wow. And Allah was so fucking nasty and mocking when Hewitt originally made this prediction.

Hope he enjoys the taste of crow.

King Kong was a smart December release. Nothing builds holiday cheer like watching an animal get brutally put down in slow motion.

Yeah, I let my anti-Hewitt bias get the better of me there. Just a little residual bitterness from the Miers debacle.

Hugh was wrong about Narnia beating Kong in Kong's opening weekend, though.

Saw Narnia last Friday. I recommend.

Going to see Kong tomorrow.

Won't see BBM unless there's a gun to my head, and even then I'm going to agree slowly.

Here I was all upset over the "Allah Sends", then I checked the timestamp on my entry.
Maybe I should just refresh before posting, to avoid seeing three different entries on Graz vs the Terminator.

Kong still kicked Fun with Dick and Janes opening night ass, though.

I was really pulling for Kong to beat that lion, but after seeing Kong, I have to admit I was wrong. Narnia deserves to win this battle of the Hollywood jungle. And I say that without having seen it.

Hey!

Don't be knocking the three posts in a row on Arnie vs. Graz.

Those happen to be the MOST IMPORTANT BLOG POSTS EVER!

Not that I have a personal stake in them or anything....

Hewitt is still wrong. He predicted that Narnia would beat Kong on Kong's opening weekend and wound up eating it.

And it still doesn't change the fact that Hugh's "predictions" are just his wishful thinking.

I still think Kong is going to do well. I suspect it will dip more than is normal during the week while continuing to do well on the weekends. It's more than three hours long, so it's not a great movie to see during the week, especially with all the holiday stuff going on.

I finally saw it myself today. First matinee showing, which is usually pretty dead, and the theater was 3/4 full. This multiplex is showing it on four screens, too.

My verdict? Another good, but not great, movie. Worth seeing in the theater if you plan to see it at all, as the special effects are awesome (with the exception of a lengthy scene where people are running from dinosaurs, and it looks too obviously blue-screened). I think it was just a bit too long (get to the frickin' island in 15 or 20 minutes instead of 50 or 60 minutes) and there was just too much going on. When the same group runs from dinosaurs, then runs from Kong, then gets knocked into a ravine, then wakes up only to be attacked by giant insects...well, it's just too much to believe these people could survive. Also, Kong is so believable that I really felt bad for him. The prior Kong movies had a "movie monster" getting killed. Here it really feels like a giant animal being slowly and painfully killed, so it becomes not really fun to watch. I normally appreciate movies without a happy ending, but here I honestly wouldn't have complained if Peter Jackson changed it so they sent him back to the island or something like that.

On the plus side, there is a ton of cool stuff. Kong's fight with dinosaurs was worth the price alone. Just awesome stuff, with a bunch of twists and turns, but not feeling too long or too contrived. Hell, I could watch a whole movie of that stuff. And, despite the sadness of it, the climb to the top of the Empire State Building and the fight there is absolutely stunning.

Oh, another point I meant to make when predicting it will end up doing well after all is that most people I know have not seen it yet but almost to a person they plan to see it, and in the theaters. I think subsequent weeks (especially weekends) are going to be a lot kinder to it than its mid-week opening would suggest.

Figures that you faggot Republicans would put down Brokeback Mountain. I know you all have seen it and were doing a Pee-Wee Herman in the back row. Who can resist a hot ass-slam?

BTW, please tell your knuckle-dragging colleagues to quit with the "Bareback Mountain" jokes. It wasn't funny the first 10,000 times I heard it.

PLV? is it you?

oh, glory be, why did you ever leave? do you know how much fun you make everything?

please...sit, stay...

How dare you fags put down such a beautiful love story between two delicious young studs. Fags!

Oh, and by the way, I don't post here anymore. I'm just keeping an eye on you fags because I'm afraid of you taking away my rights to sodomize little boys. Fags!

While I too would expect Kong to lose traffic over the week due to it's running time, the figures aren't that simple.
Kong has been dropping this week
MON > TUE >WED, while Narnia has been climbing, MON With the kiddies out of school, the running time shouldn't be too much of a problem for babysitting duty.
While I do expect Kong to pickup more weekend traffic, the Christmas theme in Narnia will sell it for this weekend (once again keeping Kong down), and three weeks out it will be written off.

Plus Narnia rocked. Not as good a Serenity, but I know that ain't winning the academy when there are gay cowboys eating pudding out there in contention.

er make that "Narnia has been climbing Mon [LESS THAN] TUE [LESS THAN] WED, overtaking kong on WED"

They're sheepherders, not cowboys.

Hence: "Ba-a-a-reback Mountain."

Did someone mention Miers?

SOLID B+!