Does anyone not like how they changed it from movie making, to oil?

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RynoII — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 11:48 AM)

I found the movie making greed angle of the original, and of the 2005 version much more interesting, than going to find oil. I mean I don't know filmmaking has an extremely ambitious artistic passion to it. Maybe it's cause I want to be a filmmaker myself one day.
But changing to finding oil, just doesn't feel right to me. I don't find Fred Wilson near as interesting of a character to get behind compared to Carl Denham.

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SenseiHoots — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 11:12 AM)

I liked it. Personally, I like how different the 76 remake is from the original (as well as the 2005 one). Don't get me wrong, the original is and will always be my favourite, but I enjoy how this is just as much it's own movie as it is a remake.

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tyrexden — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 05:12 PM)

the movie-making idea is probably cooler, but the oil idea definitely 'works'. First of all, this was the 1970's, in which there was a major oil shortage, so it was a commodity. Hence, the Grodin character really portrays capitalism.
Thats kinda what the Kong film is about Grabbing this monkey out of his home, to profit on it.. Very much works with Big Oil. Them some shady muthereffers.

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NYG11 — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 05:31 PM)

I'm just the opposite- I've always thought the oil company looking for a big strike on an uncharted island made more sense plotwise than a Depression era movie director traveling thousands of miles to film a movie on a uncharted island.

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Aylmer — 9 years ago(December 02, 2016 08:29 AM)

I'm with you there though maybe I'm biased somewhat because I saw the '76 version years before the '33 and as a kid didn't find it too campy and actually (comparatively) realistic as a giant monster movie.

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GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 — 9 years ago(January 14, 2017 01:41 PM)

What are you talking about? The original and the 2005 were all about greedy men. It was greedy of them to kidnap Kong and make money off him. That's the point of the story.
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Woodyanders — 5 years ago(September 07, 2020 12:17 PM)

I liked that particular change to the story. It made this film different from the original and gave the picture a nicely pointed anti-corporation central message to boot.
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𝙽𝚈𝙲 [] — 4 years ago(February 07, 2022 08:52 PM)

Just say you dislike King Kong ‘76 and love the ‘33 and ‘05 versions along with the other sheeple and move on, dumbass.
Also, how hilarious that all people in this thread disagree with your stupid post.