My dad always told me that the principal reason he chose New Zealand to emigrate to after World War II was the high regard his father had for the Kiwis he encountered at Gallipoli. Peter Jackson More Quotes by Peter Jackson More Quotes From Peter Jackson What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies. Peter Jackson pompous pretentious I wanted people to believe that there could still be this little undiscovered piece of the world that survives still on Skull Island. Peter Jackson skulls islands believe I find that in the process of making a film you're constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at the beginning. Actors come into the film and do things you never even imagined. Production designers come in, the director of photography lights it in a way that you never imagined. So, it's always evolving, always exciting. Peter Jackson light photography directors The vast majority of the CGI budget is labor. Peter Jackson cgi majority labor One of the first movies I ever saw was 'Batman,' based on the TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward. Peter Jackson saws west firsts No matter how many great performances or exciting visuals we put together for the movie, we found that it was all somewhat two dimensional until we added the emotional heart of Howard Shore's music. Then, and only then, did the film come to life. Peter Jackson emotional heart two As a filmmaker, you are going to manipulate the character as you need to make the scenes work. Peter Jackson scene character needs I want to make a series of movies that run together, so if any crazy lunatic wants to watch them all in a row, there will be a consistency of tone. Peter Jackson consistency crazy running Fantasy is an 'F' word that hopefully the five second delay won't do anything with. Peter Jackson hopefully delay fantasy The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking. Peter Jackson becoming-one movie actors The only thing about 3-D is the dullness of the image. Peter Jackson dullness With the right movie, 3D can enhance the experience. Absolutely, it can make a good film a great film. It can make a great film a really amazing film to see . Peter Jackson great-film really-amazing film The one thing with 3D presentations is I think that 3D itself, whether it's 24 or 48, is at a very interesting point in time. Peter Jackson presentation interesting thinking I don't believe in the concept that 3D should be shot separately. I mean, every director has their own style, sure, but I don't think any of that is really an issue with 3D. Peter Jackson mean believe thinking I want to make movies just like "King Kong." You know, dinosaurs, big gorillas - it's everything that a nine year-old boy would fall in love with. Peter Jackson falling-in-love kings boys So many film makers are scared of visual effects - which is no crime. Peter Jackson scared crime film Motion-capture is not a genre. Motion-capture is a tool and technique and what we tried to do was to really use both motion-capture and traditional animation to build a system. Peter Jackson technique tools use In an ideal world the script is written lean and tight and therefore there are no scenes left on the cuttring room floor and therefore no extended edition. Peter Jackson scripts rooms world People call Kong "a monster." He's not. There's nothing evil about Kong. He's just another creature who has opened up a little bit of his heart to Ann and it proves to be his undoing. Peter Jackson evil heart people There's something incredibly tragic about Kong. You feel almost feel ashamed to be a human being when you see what happens to him. I mean he is ultimately a pure-heart. Peter Jackson ashamed heart mean
