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Post by Popeye Doyle on May 22, 2018 19:46:13 GMT
Cons - The acting. Yes, I'm aware this was the early talkies but some of the delivery still makes me cringe. "Say... I think I love you." Why make the make door big enough for him to fit through?
Pros - Great sense of adventure. Kong is an actual character and not simply a visual effect. The Max Steiner score. The finale atop The Empire State Building. Just legendary, man. One of the best closing lines of any movie.
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Post by ravi02 on May 22, 2018 21:18:10 GMT
Yeah, that's pretty much my feelings on the film as well.
My ratings of the King Kong films I've seen:
1933 - 8/10 1976 - 5/10 2005 Peter Jackson remake - 7.5/10 Kong: Skull Island (2017) - 7/10
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Post by Spike Del Rey on May 22, 2018 21:22:53 GMT
Pros:
The special effects...for 1933 they were really quite something, and actually better than the worthless '76 remake. (In relation to their respective eras).
Kong was actually a menacing beast and not played for sympathy the way he was in the remakes (with Skull Island being a little different in that regard).
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Post by vegalyra on May 22, 2018 21:27:06 GMT
I love that '33 King Kong film. It's been awhile since I've watched it but line delivery was exaggerated back in those early talkies.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on May 22, 2018 21:28:00 GMT
Cons: None
Pros: Everything
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Post by Popeye Doyle on May 22, 2018 21:29:32 GMT
I love that '33 King Kong film. It's been awhile since I've watched it but line delivery was exaggerated back in those early talkies. Don't be alarmed! Those chains are made of chrome steel! |
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Post by bravomailer on May 22, 2018 21:29:49 GMT
Pros: boosted funding to the Army Air Corps for anti-ape patrols
Cons: began the skyscraper-climbing fad
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on May 22, 2018 21:30:37 GMT
If I was Kong I would stomp you underfoot for suggesting there are any cons. |
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 23, 2018 0:31:23 GMT
Pro
- f'ing boss action/adventure sequences on island
Con
- I've never been a huge fan of the NYC stuff, I guess I've just never been a huge fan of that era for NYC.
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