That's true. Like the latest Star Wars movies, very very few elements were actually captured by cameras.

Did ya get that 1080p version running smooth ? It's times like this I wish I had a 16x9 computer monitor. Be cool to see this projected.

What a truly exciting time to be involved in media production. I love this stuff !

Thanks for that Stan!

Mr Jackson's attention to "filmic" detail, in assuring the compelling sumptuous organic nature of what the "look" is, inspires me each time I see his work.

Good to see Kong getting that 30 yard receiving touchdown of the "Anne" character. T Rex must've been playing for the Raiders defence!

. .and lighting is just so terrifically important . ..

Grazie

Is it me of is there a lot of (too much IMO) motion blur going on? I watched it about 5 times to see if it was stuttering or if it was some sort of effect - and it always is at the same spots so it must be an effect. For example the shots of the girl when jack Black is talking in a VO about finidng the right actress - and we see here reach for the apple. Looks like slow mo but not the good kind - more like a post slow mo done for the trailer. And for sure in many of the qucik cuts with the effects - the dinos and even with kong. Just looks like motion blur overkiil...and really I never notice this sort of thing. Also there was the banding going on in some of the night stuff - the blue when they are at sea heading toward the "wall'.

Speaking of the HD stuff, after I installed the new QT yesterday i watched some of the trailers - watch the Harry Potter pomo for the new film - I am not a huge fan but I must say i am wanting to go see this. The effects look great, and I did nto see the same sort of blurring I saw in the kong promo. I also like animated stuff so i watched Ice Age 2 (cute - the squirel in another comic moment. I am seeing another Roger Rabbit type of thing happening here) and Chicken Little.

What's most impressive about Mr. Jackson's new movie is the $20M / 20 GROSS points he received doing it.

Man certainly has vision. I'm not a "Rings" freak, but they were stunning movies to look at.

I'm a big fan of Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures.

All that high budget stuff is pretty cool, but in reality I like the Clint Eastwood (as a director) type of movies better: good story, good characters, good acting, shot in a couple of weeks on just enough film to cover the action, and edited in a week (with a four hour break for golf every day). A good movie doesn't need to be as difficult as Peter Jackson makes it!