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Summary: STILL THE BEST OF ALL TIME!
Review: This is my fourth video purchase of KING KONG. I bought this copy because I too thought that the famous spider scene would be included. (Oh Well!) KING KONG is still the best of all time!!! For the time period, the special effects are just awesome! I strongly recommend that if there is anyone who has not seen this video its a must see!
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Summary: WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT!!
Review: What a disappointment! O.K the movie is great as seen at a hundred times- but the big announced "Special Edition" with the cut "Spider scene" is still missing!? Who knows why? Do you, guys from Warner Brothers? Hope we'll get a real special edition on DVD very soon. It would be great for any classic movie collector!
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Summary: Classic
Review: This movie STILL holds up good, considering it was released in the 30's. The action and FX were all good, although Kong's dancing fur is a little cheesy. Kong himself is a very intimidating beast. The grandfather of all giant monster movies.
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Summary: Unfortunatly there are no spiders
Review: I have seen this video and unfortunatly the fabled spider footage is NOT included. It is a superior print of the film though with good sound and image quality.
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Summary: A must see film.
Review: I love fantasy movies. And arguably King Kong is one of the greatest fantasy films of all time. It's action-packed,inspiring fantasy. Who could ever forget that classic sequence involving Kong and big water snake? Not to mention final atop empire state building sequence. Simply, don't miss this unforgettable experience.
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Summary: one of the classic monster movies
Review: this is with out a doubt one of the best monster movies ever made. the plot is well thought out, the special effects were the best for their day. in short I think this is movie rules!!!!!!
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Summary: Those Missing 3-Minutes !
Review: My critique is based on the 3-minute difference between the original theatrical release (c1933-34) and the sanitized/PC version. What has been post-production cut is a dialogue below decks between Armstrong & Wray wherein she uses the phrase, "I'm free, white, and twenty-one." It is curious that that is 'blipped' but they leave in the phrase several scenes later, "Yeah, blondes are a little scarce around here." Still, this endures as both classic and relevant entertainment.
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Summary: This is the greatest sci fi monster film of all time.
Review: Combining Darwin and Freud along with rich and contrasting symbolism, KING KONG remains an awesome cinematic achievement. Story, music and special effects blend into a wonderous film experience! Kong's battle with the T-rex and his last minutes atop the Empire State Building are images that will endure as long as human beings enjoy watching movies. That this film was made way back in l933 only adds to the amazement that still surrounds this motion picture accomplishment. If you have never seen it, then run to your nearest video store, rent it and ENJOY!
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Summary: If you only ever watch one monster film, make it this one.
Review: The apex of monster movies. Ignore all the feeble sequels, re-makes and the dreadful Japanese rip-offs - the original King Kong is the one in which the great ape truly shines.A film director who has found a young out-of-work actress hires a ship to sail to an uncharted island where he intends to create a 'beauty and the beast' scenerio. But soon he, and everyone else, gets more than they were bargaining for. An excellent film in every respect - the Kong and dinosaur scenes still look great compared to the special-effects of today, making it a crying shame that the spider/scorpion pit and Triceratops scenes will never be recovered.
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Summary: You gotta own it to really enjoy it
Review: Hit "pause" during the Kong-Allosaurus fight sequence just as Kong back-flips his opponent, and as you advance one frame at a time you'll get a look "behind the scenes;" three frames of film clearly reveal supporting rods holding the stop-motion figures in position for animating. Hardly a lapse, since movie audiences could scarcely perceive something so fleeting. In fact, sophistication of filmgoers hadn't advanced all that much since OBie fooled a Magicians Society meeting a decade earlier - people couldn't grasp the fact that they were watching small models. In the March 13, 1933 issue of Time magazine, a scale-impaired writer reports that King Kong was made with the aid of a robot 50 feet tall with "eyes as big as tennis balls." The very next month, Modern Mechanix and Inventions dutifully reported that Kong was a normal size actor in an ape costume; an animated series of photos were later cut into the hand of the ape to give the illusion of carrying Fay Wray. Much later, the Chicago Sun Times wrote that an actor named Ken Roady "really is King Kong." "I worked on that picture for more than a year, made $150 a week and never could get along with either Fay Wray or Robert Armstrong. They never realized how important I was to them, I guess," Roady explained. - JOHN MICHLIG, author of IT CAME FROM BOB'S BASEMENT
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