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[VulcanRaven]

King Kong premiered in New York city March 2, 1933. It was one of the early big special effect movies and is very influential to this day. I like the 1976 and 2005 remakes but this is my favorite. I might rewatch it today. Here is a great video about the effects. They used combination of different techniques:



They talk about it at 3:00.

What you think about King Kong movies and which is your favorite? I like all of them except King Kong Lives and Kong: Skull Island. King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) isn't a very good movie but its fun to watch.

 

[Mr Hyde]

King Kong must have blown minds at the premiere. Recently rewatched the remake (2005) and it's okay. Some dated effects but overall a pleasant adventure in line with the original. But I actually prefer Skull Island that came later. It had better action scenes and the cast was pretty good. But nothing beats the original though.

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

Insanely influential movie. Basically everyone doing fantastical movie stuff in the 70's and 80's were inspired by King Kong and 2001.

 

[Artoris]

It must have been very impressive at the time

 

[AJUMP23]

I remember going to watch Kong in 3D in the 80s. Pretty fun.

 

[AlteredForms]

Haven't watched the original, though I very much enjoyed Peter Jackson's adaptation from 2005.

 

[NeoGiffer]

What you think about King Kong movies and which is your favorite?

 

[VulcanRaven]

King Kong must have blown minds at the premiere. Recently rewatched the remake (2005) and it's okay. Some dated effects but overall a pleasant adventure in line with the original. But I actually prefer Skull Island that came later. It had better action scenes and the cast was pretty good. But nothing beats the original though.

Some effects haven't aged well in the 2005 remake but Kong himself still looks great. I didn't like Kong: Skull Island at all. Action was great but the story wasn't good. It just wasn't what I want from a King Kong movie. One thing I liked was that it reminded me a little bit of the 1976 remake. Kong walking upright and the time period.

 

[Space Runaway]

Great movie and still easily the best of all the Kong movies. While it becomes more unlikely by the day, I still hope the cut "Spider Pit" footage is found.

 

[VulcanRaven]

Great movie and still easily the best of all the Kong movies. While it becomes more unlikely by the day, I still hope the cut "Spider Pit" footage is found.

I hope so too. Peter Jackson made his own version of that for the DVD extras.

I recommend everyone to watch the 1976 remake. It has some dated special effects but its a good movie with great cast. Very underrated. They released it in 4K in Europe last year:

 

[Obsidian Ball]

Yeah. I have it on DVD and the 1976 remake, that stars Jeff Bridges.

King Kong climbs up the original World Trade Center in that one.

 

[RJMacready73]

The Jackson Kong is great when they get to the island but it definitely was a case of a kid in a candy store with him and weta it was all I'll have that and that and that and gimmie some of that and more of that, I always skip the first 30mins.. Skull Island was just pure brilliance, Samuel Jackson was sublime in it, love it.. hell I'm gonna stick it on after everyone fucks off to bed so thanks for reminding me about it, Kong Vs Godzilla is just leave brain at the door and enjoy the ride

 

[farmerboy]

Kong is my spirit animal.

Jacksons Kong is perfection. What a wonderful movie.

 

[Trunx81]

I adore the classic and love Jackson’s slow approach on it in the remake. The foreshadowing is incredible. It just felt “epic”, with an amazing soundtrack as well. To bad that the cut to New York at the end feels so forced.

(But Jessica Lange from the 70s movie always will be hold dearly in my teenage wet dreams )

 

[Rival]

I never watched the original all the way through in on sitting but I’ve seen most of it. I had the 70’s version recorded to a vhs tape as a kid and I watched that many times and loved it. I liked Peter Jackson’s version also.

 

[Hayabusa83]

Saw this movie when I was kid and absolutely fell in love with it.

 

[Daneel Elijah]

The remake has its moments. When they leave the island we know why nobody will want to return to it.

 

[SirKicksalot]

There's an additional piece of footage for fans of the 2005 movie:
One of Weta's craziest projects. 8k video wrapping around the whole ride.
The elusive World of Kong book by Weta is available here for free:

Weta Workshop presents The world of Kong : a natural history of Skull Island : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

221 p., [1] folded leaf of plate : 28 cm

archive.org

It's their first book and the physical copy is super expensive today.

 

[VulcanRaven]

There's an additional piece of footage for fans of the 2005 movie:
One of Weta's craziest projects. 8k video wrapping around the whole ride.
The elusive World of Kong book by Weta is available here for free:

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It's their first book and the physical copy is super expensive today.

I have wanted to go on that ride for a long time. I think it replaced the old King Kong ride that was destroyed in a fire.

Good that the 2005 game is backwards compatible on Xbox. I was happy to see it in my game library when I got Series S recently. I bought it digitally years ago on 360.

 

[jason10mm]

I used to have an illustrated King Kong book that was based on the film script and it had stuff in it that didn't make the film, like the insect chasm. Damn, gotta find a copy again...

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Never seen King Kong Lives but this poster is AMAZING.

Seen the original, the one with Jeff Bridges, 2005 and Skull Island.

Idk which one is the best, Skull Island is dumb but fun.

 

[VulcanRaven]

I used to have an illustrated King Kong book that was based on the film script and it had stuff in it that didn't make the film, like the insect chasm. Damn, gotta find a copy again...

Is that the original movie novelization? I have the book but haven't read it yet.

Never seen King Kong Lives but this poster is AMAZING.

Seen the original, the one with Jeff Bridges, 2005 and Skull Island.

Idk which one is the best, Skull Island is dumb but fun.

I haven't seen King Kong Lives in years. Its a bad movie but I should rewatch it. Linda Hamilton is in it. It was just released on Blu-Ray for the first time but only in Australia for now.

I recommend King Kong Escapes (1967). Its silly but I like it more than King Kong vs Godzilla.

 

[jason10mm]

Is that the original movie novelization? I have the book but haven't read it yet.

It was this book