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minus-squareCitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoYep, it’s more obvious in the book where he’s pretty much a straight up villain.
minus-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoThe book handles him much better than the movie but I suppose in a blockbuster it’s harder to show the seemingly sweet old man’s monstrous hubris
minus-squareCitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoEspecially if you cast someone like Richard Attenborough. It’s pretty obvious that Spielberg was more intent at showing Hammond as a dreamer that is being desillusioned by reality than a capitalist cutting corners and paying the prize.
minus-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoI’m sure Attenborough could’ve handled the more monstrous reveal, but would we really want to see him being obviously evil?
Yep, it’s more obvious in the book where he’s pretty much a straight up villain.
The book handles him much better than the movie but I suppose in a blockbuster it’s harder to show the seemingly sweet old man’s monstrous hubris
Especially if you cast someone like Richard Attenborough. It’s pretty obvious that Spielberg was more intent at showing Hammond as a dreamer that is being desillusioned by reality than a capitalist cutting corners and paying the prize.
I’m sure Attenborough could’ve handled the more monstrous reveal, but would we really want to see him being obviously evil?