Beauty makes beast fall in love, for this he dies. I've known the story since I was a kid but haven't actually seen this 1933 super classic until now. Peter Jackson's remake made me do it.
It is difficult to know whether one should judge King Kong by the standards of today or by some 70 years old. Obviously this movie had a tremendous impact on popular culture, being one of the first monster flicks. Thus I feel a bit bad about having to admit that I find King Kong to be a really, really boring movie. There are just too many long and pointless fight scenes that do nothing for the story; Kong versus dinosaur number one, two and three; Kong versus a giant snake; Kong versus the natives, the ships crew and, of course, the biplanes on top of the empire state building. And that's not counting the fights without Kong. I guess I wouldn't mind so much if the special effects were o.k., but today they look absolutely fake and, well you know, 70 years old. Hats off for trying and making a big contribution to special effects history though.
Add to this racial stereotypes, a thoroughly useless woman, no character development, bad acting and badly written lines and you've got yourself an hour and a half of "Please end!".
It is difficult to know whether one should judge King Kong by the standards of today or by some 70 years old. Obviously this movie had a tremendous impact on popular culture, being one of the first monster flicks. Thus I feel a bit bad about having to admit that I find King Kong to be a really, really boring movie. There are just too many long and pointless fight scenes that do nothing for the story; Kong versus dinosaur number one, two and three; Kong versus a giant snake; Kong versus the natives, the ships crew and, of course, the biplanes on top of the empire state building. And that's not counting the fights without Kong. I guess I wouldn't mind so much if the special effects were o.k., but today they look absolutely fake and, well you know, 70 years old. Hats off for trying and making a big contribution to special effects history though.
Add to this racial stereotypes, a thoroughly useless woman, no character development, bad acting and badly written lines and you've got yourself an hour and a half of "Please end!".