Do you Like the 1976 Movie "
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chocologic — 4 years ago(November 23, 2021 08:12 PM)
I like it better than Peter Jackson's remake. Sure, there are no dinosaurs and a stupid rubber snake and it has other flaws, but the movie stays in the same tone and feel.
Jackson's film doesn't know what it wants to be, one minute it's an adventure story, then a romance, then a thriller, then glimpses of horror, then it becomes a "buddy movie" with Ann and Kong, more like Mighty Joe Young than King Kong, then the tone shifts to something else, then back again etc. It's bloated and all over the place, and much of the effects have not aged much better than the effects in '76. That brontosaurus stampede looks dreadful.
The Kong suit in '76 doesn't look the best, but the masks were extraordinary, they pulled off expressions very well. I'm friends with Rick Baker, so I've heard lots of stories and I really appreciate all the work that went into it all.
With all that said, the original 1933 film is the superior Kong film. As old as it is, I can watch that film again and again and just be amazed by it.
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Woodyanders — 4 years ago(November 24, 2021 01:49 AM)
I like this one quite a bit. I give the filmmakers credit for updating the story to the 1970's which gives the movie its own identity, but the campy humor tends to be more annoying than amusing.
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