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Post by fangirl1975 on Jun 27, 2020 18:44:49 GMT
I thought it was cheesy fun.
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Post by jonesjxd on Jul 2, 2020 11:01:55 GMT
It's weird because I was ten years old when Congo came out, I had seen Jurassic Park in theaters about ten times and had probably worn out my VHS copy of the movie by 1995, I remember seeing trailers for Congo, I remember having Congo action figures, but I still have never seen Congo. I guess it just wasn't a movie that demanded the eyes of children like Jurassic Park, Batman Forever, Twister and Independence Day did. There were other movies for pre-pubescent boys in the early to mid nineties, but those were the four that really made an impact.
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Post by politicidal on Jul 2, 2020 12:56:01 GMT
After probing my gray cells further on the matter, they should have waited until after Mighty Joe Young;remember that? The ape effects in that one still hold up. Even the CGI for the chase scenes isn’t half bad for 1998.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jul 2, 2020 14:07:41 GMT
It's been so long since I've seen it that I can't even remember it very well. I'll have to check it out again. I do remember the ridicule it got when first released.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Jul 3, 2020 15:26:24 GMT
I love Congo. The cast looks like it's just having a ball in that movie. And who doesn't love Ernie Hudson's "I happen to be black" line?
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Post by Nalkarj on Jul 28, 2020 15:28:53 GMT
So, I’m reading Michael Crichton’s original book, which I found on a library’s giving-away-free shelf, and… Heh, all I’ll say is that it’s given me even more respect for the movie, particularly for John Patrick Shanley’s screenplay. And I usually enjoy Crichton, but here the pace is just too meandering, the ’notes for the curious’ too intrusive, and the characters too flat; in the movie, Shanley improves on all of that.
To be fair, Congo’s screenplay is far from perfect, though I suspect some of the more egregious mistakes (multiple pointless characters, a weak ending) are the result of post-production meddling.
On cutting the fat while remaining faithful to the core narrative, though, it’s actually one of the best book-to-screenplay adaptations I know. (Another that comes to mind is Anthony Shaffer’s screenplay for Death on the Nile [1978].)
Also, Shanley deserves full credit for inventing Tim Curry’s hilarious Herkermer Homolka, though I’m not sure who came up with the brilliant idea of playing the role as Peter Lorre (performance, not accent). And for making the “great white hunter” black.
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Post by politicidal on Jul 28, 2020 15:39:35 GMT
Perhaps if they waited a few more years, they could had done a mixture of CGI and practical effects like that remake of Mighty Joe Young. For 1998, the cgi is passable but that suit and the animatronics are astonishing.
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Post by Lux on Aug 15, 2020 0:52:36 GMT
Yes.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Apr 26, 2021 2:46:37 GMT
Well I decided to check out Congo again since it's currently streaming on Prime, and really wasn't too impressed with it. Wasn't completely terrible but not really all that good either. The story was clunky, didn't care for some of the characters, attempts at humor fall flat, and much of it was campy.
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Post by politicidal on Apr 26, 2021 2:51:21 GMT
Well I decided to check out Congo again since it's currently streaming on Prime, and really wasn't too impressed with it. Wasn't completely terrible but not really all that good either. The story was clunky, didn't care for some of the characters, attempts at humor fall flat, and much of it was campy. I wouldn’t mind if it got a remake that was closer to the book. |
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Post by Gourmando the Reindeer on Apr 26, 2021 8:20:22 GMT
No. I didn't see it in theaters and I held off buying the DVD for over a decade because I hated the cover that is in your post. One day on a trip to Walmart I saw it for $5 and one of the copies had this cover.  So I bought it, watched it and liked it. I rewatch it 2-3 times a year. All of the main and side actors are fun to watch and I like how sweet Amy is. "Go away! Ugly gorillas, ugly!" I like it better than JP3. |
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Post by Downey on Apr 26, 2021 8:50:08 GMT
Yes.
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Post by ant-mac on Apr 26, 2021 9:10:17 GMT
I enjoyed it and thought it was okay.
I've certainly seen worse.
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Post by Hurdy Gurdy Man on Apr 26, 2021 11:56:03 GMT
Stop eating my sesame cake! Amy. Good. Gorilla.
Amy. Pretty.
Tickle. Amy.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Apr 26, 2021 12:09:22 GMT
No. I didn't see it in theaters and I held off buying the DVD for over a decade because I hated the cover that is in your post. One day on a trip to Walmart I saw it for $5 and one of the copies had this cover. So I bought it, watched it and liked it. I rewatch it 2-3 times a year. All of the main and side actors are fun to watch and I like how sweet Amy is. "Go away! Ugly gorillas, ugly!" I like it better than JP3. If I didn't know the movie existed, I'd think you made that cover yourself. It's a true to life representation of a thread you'd see on this board. "Cast a 1995 film version of the Crichton novel 'Congo,' and design a cover for the DVD."
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Post by gspdude on Apr 26, 2021 12:13:09 GMT
I liked it.
In addition to the story, I remembering liking the score and the cinematography. And Tim Curry was an almost likable slimeball.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Apr 26, 2021 12:13:38 GMT
Well I decided to check out Congo again since it's currently streaming on Prime, and really wasn't too impressed with it. Wasn't completely terrible but not really all that good either. The story was clunky, didn't care for some of the characters, attempts at humor fall flat, and much of it was campy. I wouldn’t mind if it got a remake that was closer to the book. Feels like we've had this conversation before.
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Post by politicidal on Apr 26, 2021 13:29:30 GMT
I wouldn’t mind if it got a remake that was closer to the book. Feels like we've had this conversation before. Indeed, I felt revisiting it.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Apr 26, 2021 14:39:25 GMT
Every time I watch it, it's boatloads of fun. I believe it was Ebert who said it was a throwback to classic jungle adventure movies.
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Post by Gourmando the Reindeer on May 8, 2021 8:53:03 GMT
Bad but entertaining, like Tim Curry's accent. A bit of trivia. His character's name Herkermer Homolka was the inspiration for Cousin Fatso Fizzo's trademark annoying laugh: hurkahurkahurk! and the ahurk! variant.
And now you know.
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