King Kong 1933
Directed by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack · 100 mins · 2,236 views
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annoying guy leaving the theater in 1933: Ugh, i felt like that was just an ad for the empire state building
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94/100 King Kong was and always will be a rip-roaring, dynamic, and stunning adventure film, overloaded with spectacular set-pieces and a classical sense of tragedy. The magical stop-motion effects still are unmistakably brilliant, and combined with the marvelous matte work, this 1933 classic is unrelentingly vital, never stopping and always providing a genuine aura of spectacle.
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she was fearless and crazier than him she was his queen and god help anyone who dared to disrespect his queen
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The special effects in this movie are the real eighth wonder of the world.
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i honestly got distracted by the whole big monkey situation after the best conversation i’ve ever heard in a film, “i love you” “but jack, you hate women”, was delivered about 20 minutes in… i literally could think of nothing else for the rest of the film i was in fucking hysterics
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Really disappointing that an otherwise enjoyable movie about how women should not be on boats suddenly becomes about giant monkey! Sad!
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“I guess I love you” “But Jack you hate women” Kong was down horribly bro
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When I was five we used to rent this from Blockbuster and I would watch it over and over. Didn’t bother me at the time but I don’t know that I would show this to a five year old. I hate to take the Hays Code’s side but this movie is the 1933 equivalent of showing up to the Hays Code’s apartment at two in the morning soaking wet and holding a gun, shouting “give me a fucking reason!!” Some of the all-time images of film in this bad boy. Every time King Kong looked at the screen and smiled I felt an emotion I only feel when I’m watching this movie.
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Damn honestly imagine you’re alive during the Great Depression and just straight chillin in your nice New York City apartment you can somehow still afford only to be murdered by some massive fucking ape for absolutely no reason simply due to the fact that some fucking white guy stole him from an island after that exact same gigantic animal completely massacred an entire village all because he was horny for some basic blonde bitch who ain’t even his same species
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Fuck. This movie is so good that it’s frustrating to watch decades of filmmakers fail to understand why it works so well: A slim running time, lots of monsters, a cast of easily recognizable characters, and more monsters.
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Wasn’t a big fan of the whole sexist guy gets the girl subplot but the stop-motion animation was pretty neat.
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It goes without saying that King Kong looks fantastic for 1933 standards. A true pioneer of special effects. While also looking great and being iconic, this movie also features an impressive cast that deliver their roles very well and a soundtrack that compliments the drama seen throughout the movie.
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the battle between King Kong and T-Rex was bloody insane
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A film that both critiques colonial practices, and perpetuates their stereotypes; an odd film indeed. There’s some real artistry in the stop motion, it’s a shame that the human acting really doesn’t keep up. The plot also feels both padded (did we need so many examples of Kong fighting a dinosaur? By the end it felt as if they were using up old stock…), and a little thin. I know it’s 20 years later, but Godzilla is really winning out in the inevitable comparison.
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I’m grading this based off of the time it was made. Yes, King Kong 1933 is about as primitive as it gets – yet, I can only imagine how cutting-edge it must have been for those who saw it in theaters. Of course Peter Jackson’s 2005 version is far superior to our 21st century sensibilities, but what this film accomplished is nothing short of amazing. I’ll never forget showing this to my 5 and 6 year olds, their first monster…
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Não há dúvida de que o ataque de fúria de Kong em Nova York no final do clássico filme de 1933, “King Kong”, é icônico. Para um filme com 93 anos, os efeitos especiais de “King Kong” resistem surpreendentemente bem ao tempo. Claro, eles parecem datados e a animação em stop motion é um pouco desajeitada, mas a grandiosidade e a escala do filme em si ainda são de tirar o fôlego, mesmo hoje. No entanto, não é o clímax…
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Insanely fast-paced, especially when compared to the Peter Jackson remake. There’s a lot that simply takes place off-screen, probably because no one cares about how exactly they got the monkey to New York and where exactly they got all these airplanes from in a matter of minutes. Despite the short runtime, some of the stuff on the island still went on for too long. This is a popcorn flick, and a lot of scenes expect the audience to be wowed…
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Toujours autant impressionnée
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Did you ever hear the tragedy of Kong, King of Skull Island?
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Quand tu vois que les effets du Kong sont encore pas trop mal, c’est que t’as fait du bon taff
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Beautiful, impressive, kind of batshit. Clenching my fists and shaking with rage every time they mistreat Kong. Why’d they do him like a freshman in a frat hazing! Dragged him out of his crib, tied him to a flagpole and called him bitchless! Certainly dated in some aspects, but as everyone says those special effects are absolutely nuts. Don’t know how they did it. Seeing this in theaters in the 30s probably went insane
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Стоп-моушн анимация динозавров и Кинг Конга и её интеграция в кадры с живыми актёрами выглядит невероятно круто. Экшн сцены и сейчас поражают здесь, а в 30-е это наверное было совсем невероятно — Думаю, я люблю вас.. — Но, Джек, вы же ненавидите женщин! — Это так… ✋️😩🤚
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I loved that more than I thought I would
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A marvel of cinema. It is everything that makes watching movies exciting. A product of its time and yet timeless all the same. King Kong is deserving of his throne. Willis O’Brien’s model work would become the template for generations of stop-motion, but beyond that, even the likes of Eiji Tsuburaya, the legendary effects designer and director at TOHO, the man behind Godzilla, initially wanted his 1954 creation to be Stop-Motion, but realised the undertaking would be too much and…
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There’s a really interesting contextual difference between this Kong and Jackson’s. Here, when Carl Denham says, “It was beauty killed the beast,” he’s saying that beauty distracts great figures from their discipline, makes them forget their nature, their strength. Ann Darrow kills Kong because he becomes obsessed with her. It was beauty killed the beast. In Jackson’s Kong, when Denham says, “It was beauty killed the beast,” it’s one more indicator of his delusion and detachment from reality. He’s a con man…
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Some stories are eternal and simple. He’s just a monkey, standing on top of the Empire State, asking a girl to love him.
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Really great for 1933
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‘Twas beauty that killed the beast
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Just a handful of years after the earliest sound films, it’s hard to understate the impact of 1933’s pre-Code King Kong. The film revolutionized spectacle with pioneering optical compositing, stop-motion animation, and symphonic score at a time when some viewers hadn’t ever seen a talkie. This is the foundation of modern blockbuster filmmaking. Flashy showman and filmmaker Carl Denham takes a crew and new starlet Ann Darrow, played by Fay Wray, to the uncharted Skull Island, where locals kidnap Ann…
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Honestly really surprised by this. Didn’t think I’d be into the monster movie style. Every shot of kong is just so iconic.
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Yeah it looks goofy in our age, but it’s such a good look into how movies were made at the time and to see how much the Peter Jackson remake took from this It’s exhilarating and sad, and that ending line is 🔥🔥🔥
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heheh monkey, big ape stomp through New York heheh In all seriousness, the effects and practicality of it all are beautiful. I loved Kong’s scary look, and for him to be tearing monsters apart on Skull Island and it look as brutal as it did. Safe to say I was shocked. It is a classic Monster movie but I definitely prefer my big Kaiju with more scales. also BULLETS?! THATS HIS WEAKNESS?! BULLETS? It was Beauty, who killed the Beast.
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c’est pour faire la cinéphile que j’le note sur letterboxd
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Definitely a horror movie Discussing the score on our Vinyl Edition of Horror Flix and Music Mix
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at that point you’d just stop being surprised by what was in that jungle
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Inutile de tenir compte de la note car, c’est le plus vieux film de toute ma culture cinéphile, je n’avais encore jamais vu aucun King Kong et, de base, je n’aime vraiment pas les films de monstres. Pourtant, il faut reconnaître que les techniques utilisées pour l’époque sont impressionnantes, surtout pour un film qui a quasiment 100 ans. Bon, après, il y a un accent chinois qui ferait passer demi lune pour un symbole contre le racisme anti asiatique. Et…
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Men dancing in gorilla costumes must have been a top 10 scenes of all time back in the 1930’s. Praying for your redemption Kong, you deserve it.
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não Sr. Denham, não foi beauty que matou a beast, foi você porra
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This was actually really really cool!!! I’m so bummed out that I didn’t watch it beforehand though because WHYYYY?! I thought that the practical stuff was awesomeee!! The stop motion was phenomenal!! The performances were amazing and I also really really loved how it wasn’t just Kong introduced but also other monsters alongside Kongg!!! Did I mention the practical work and the stop motion? Because WOWWW!!!! I also believe that Denham deciding to bring Kong back with them with the risk of putting other people’s lives in jeopardy was probably one of the most realistic things about this film… because of capitalism ofcourse!!
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“Oh no, it wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.” Time to watch the OG Kong! I’ll say right away that this is one of those franchises that got better over time. With that being said, this is the “weakest” King Kong movie I’ve seen, at least visually. Story-wise, it’s pretty well known what happens, since so many other movies have retold it over the years. The practical effects in this 1933 movie are insane! Like, really. We’re…
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This movie was very very well made for its time, but Anne was so annoying I couldn’t enjoy it
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TCM Wine Club #87: This might be the first King Kong movie I’ve ever actually sat down and watched. My appreciation for large-scale filmmaking increases as I watch these older films. I understand studios are all about the bottom line now, but nothing draws an audience in like the grandiose. With King Kong, It’s the ultimate beauty and the beast story, so you have to go big. It’s honestly a great blend of stop-motion and live action. This was also…
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This shit is crazy racist omg but the effects are really good.
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The racism and sexism at the beginning is kind of a lot watching in 2026.
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The Eighth Wonder of the World King Kong is one of the most iconic films of the 1930s, and it’s easy to see why. The special effects, stop-motion animation, miniatures, and the way Kong interacts with the live-action actors were groundbreaking for their time. Obviously, the effects don’t look especially convincing by today’s standards, but they were still far more impressive than I expected and remain fascinating to watch. The film does take far too long to get going, with…
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les effets spéciaux pour l’époque mdrrrrrrr azy juste bravo
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stop motion big monkey? this automatically gets an immediate hell yeah from me. i actually have a lot of thoughts about this movie but unfortunately i watched it through a bad and increasingly worsening migraine, so it was not an easy watch experience.. but not at all because of the movie which i liked a bunch EXCEPT for the overt sexism… i always know to expect it in older movies, but idk, it was more jarring than expected (perhaps so…
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When they say movie magic, this is what they were talking about. Great effects, I loved how King Kong was the star of the movie. Rightfully so, besides Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong the acting left a bit to be desired. Glad I watched this classic. “Oh, no, it wasn’t the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast!”
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Classic
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5/10 Classic but there’s a couple flaws.
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I’m pretty sure 75% of this movie’s script after the halfway mark is “AHHHHHHHH”.
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Tem mais grito do que fala mds…
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My childhood classic and a timeless story that still is as imaginative and adventurous as it was in 1933. Though some might be put off at first by the relatively slow start and exposition, from the moment Ann gets kidnapped back to the island the movie shifts gears into a relentless pace with prehistoric dinosaurs, creepy crawlers and terrifying monsters. Kong looks incredible, has heart and soul, and the set designs are out of this world, along with the brilliant…
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watched on anticipation of godzilla vs king kong perhaps a kong deep dive is in order
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A very strange case of being “from the times” with the racial and sexist portrayals and dialogues, but that’s also the theme of the movie as a whole. With king Kong being a alagory for the slaves and the woman representing purity, made in a time with Jim Crow and rampant sexism. You can flip from interesting introspective scene to blatant mysoganistic or racist scene at a moments notice. A technically amazing achievement with amazing writing that is also very much of the times.
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Pure spectacle!! It is simply fantastic when the ape is huge!!
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No one can get past Kong. That’s the law ! Ça a peut-être vieilli comme effets, mais n’empêche que quand je vois Kong, j’ai vraiment l’impression de voir un personnage. « when it’s CGI, it looks real but it feels fake. When it’s practical, it looks fake, but it feels real » -Boomer, 2026
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Ça devait être quelque chose pour l’époque
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Timed runtime: 01:38:52 Imdb : Absolutely magic memories from my childhood.
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No começo parece que vai ser só Machismo – O Filme, mas aí o macaco gigante tá lutando com dinossauros em stop motion e vira a melhor coisa do mundo.
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Something went wrong for Fay Wray and King Kong? I should say so, they got caught in a celluloid jam for God’s sake!
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“Say, I guess I love you.” “Why Jack! You hate women!” I’m a bit embarrassed at how much this exchange of dialogue made me laugh. The 30’s! Truly a different time lol I think I’m always going to prefer the Peter Jackson remake as it was such a formative film for me but the original is still a great monster movie. The effects are dated by modern standards but are still extremely charming and I can imagine that people seeing…
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NNic386 8 月 16, 2026
Bit boring imo, good score tho
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((the) Meg 8 月 16, 2026
The animation is pretty crazy to see, for an almost 100-year-old film. Also crazy to see veggie dinosaurs munching people But can’t deny the many issues watching from our perspective 93 years on, very racist and typically sexist, difficult to stomach when the film isn’t focused on the monsters
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This must’ve been like watching Avatar for people in 1933.
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It was wild how the ultra famous 3rd act is like… 10 minutes? 2nd act is just pure technical showcase and bar for bar godzilla inspiration in every possible way. The story is very mid, 1930s had better writing than this, but they were selling sci fi, not plot, clearly. The 3rd act quotable phrases are delivered with the LITERAL in-universe intent of being quoted. I could imagine being in the 1933 audience and being absolutely wowed by it. Shoutout to my friend Alfredo who in the middle of the movie hit me with the “Every person here is already dead” deadpan nihilism that killed me.
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Every time I watch this I wonder why they even bothered making monster movies for the next 90+ years when they already got it perfect. Tons of monsters, fun stuff to look at (even the New York City opening has nice shots of the city), and thrilling action. Showed it to L for the first time and he loved it. Kong’s fight with the snake monster was his favorite because it looked like Kong was trying to make the snake…
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First time watching the original as I loved watching the Peter Jackson version as a kid and seeing a clip of it recently has me wanting to get into the older Kong movies and even older Godzilla movies as well in anticipation of Minus Zero since I loved Minus One, honestly mostly watched this to see how the remake is and Peter Jackson did a great job at honoring the original and giving the characters some more development and just making skull island and the creatures feel so real and look amazing. I’ll give the original a 7.5/10.
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Yeah yeah, incredible stop motion and all that but why were all the dinosaurs, including herbivores, so aggressive? Is this some kind of alternative universe with only carnivores in it? And even then the dinos should’ve known better than to attack all those armed men at once just by themselves. No survival instinct 🙄
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e misto cum e făcut dar goddamn mă doare capul de la tipete
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Обожаю стопмоушн
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If I watched this is 1933 I’m sure my mind would have been blown, as it stands I still really enjoyed it but it’s weird in that it does kind of feel like an abridged version of the 2005 film because Peter Jackson somehow managed to literally double the runtime 2026 Movie Challenge
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Dachte es geht hier um nen großen Affen, plötzlich taucht nen Dino und Nessi auf wtf Und dann wurde es zwischendurch einfach zum kompletten MMF Kampf Effekte besser als bei den neuen Marvel Serien Wie hatte die Frau nach dem Dreh noch Stimmbänder?!
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This is the oldest film that I have ever seen, and it is also one of the best movies that I have ever seen. One of the main reasons why this movie is so good is because of the whole idea. I mean come on this is what started King Kong, one of the most influential creatures ever created. The way they made King Kong look so real for 1933 is just incredible and so ahead of it’s time. An absolute masterpiece and one of my favourites. I also heard there was a Peter Jackson remake of this, so I will watch that soon.
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De esas pelis que medio ya conoces antes de ver porque por favor, es KONG; también además con más elementos icónicos como la escalada al empire state o la isla calavera, igual más allá de eso sigue siendo una pochoclera de su época, una buena obvio, pero que prioriza el espectáculo. Desde el inicio está claro hacia donde va, siembra una alegoría al rededor del gorila y el poder del amor que por más boludo que suene es un tropo…
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I have a distinct memory of first watching this in history class of all places. It was the final day of school term before the holidays and the TV had been wheeled out by Mr Owen on a heavy trolley. Rather than watch something historically relevant along the lines of Schindlers List or Gandhi, we watched a giant ape run amok in New York instead. It has been so long since I last saw King Kong that this may as…
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Прекрасный фильм с любимым стоп моушном и аллегорией на негров и типо того
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The then-stunning special effects notwithstanding, the film’s thematic expression already far surpasses the depth inherent in its genre. On the surface, it seems to be just repeating the stereotypical prejudices of misogyny, racism, and anthropocentrism. However, the film’s true brilliance lies in its self-conscious, self-reflecting backtracking at every turn. While unabashedly presenting acts of symbolic violence, it also leaves the audience with room for criticism: Is what the character does truly the right thing to do? Who is ultimately responsible…
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Effects-wise, it is amazing to think this was made in 1933. Script-wise, it is very easy to believe this was made in 1933.
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pov: you’re a blond woman visiting India/Africa
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Aside from the story itself, which is, of course, iconic, there are some really innovative techniques here for the time. The stop-action, process shots, and cinematography are all unique. For the time period, an outstanding monster movie. Still, it’s silly, and much of it is Kong chasing and people running away and hiding.
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This is so impressive for 1933 not for a second does it feel like they shy away from king kong being on screen and instead they opted for a dynamic mix of foreground characters interacting with kong. This is such a good starting place for the kaiju format.
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The first plot point of this film was literally ‘There’s a woman on this boat?!!’ And then the rest was awesome stop motion action and some crazy death scenes! The body dummy work on this film was top quality!
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Magic of the movies and all that, but what’s Kong really planning to do with these “wives”?
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Awesome, I think it would be pretty cool if King Kong had a kid and there was some sort of Son of Kong!
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mon coeur est brisé en mille morceaux
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I’m not quite sure why a 50 foot ape monster is attracted to a 5 foot human, but I’m here for it.
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Zohran would have stopped King Kong
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Holy fuck. I have no idea how so many people are putting this film at more than 2 1/2 stars because WHAT?! I know it was made in the 1930s and whatever but still. The main man quite literally says ‘I hate women’ and doesn’t shut up about it and the main woman OF COURSE falls in love with him. And also the racism was so loud. I hate the fact that Anne was a woman that couldn’t help herself.…
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Man being a prick at the expense of nature never bodes well with my emotional experience of a movie. It certainly a time capsule of repressive attitudes, yet visually impressive, but the Jack Driscoll fella went from not liking to female lead to telling her loved her in no time, it just took me out of it. In the end I found it a bit of a drag outside of the dinosaur action, still for movie from the 1930s you have to give it credit.
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even though this movie is obviously very old, it’s a very fun adventure that keeps your attention. and i wasn’t expecting it to be that brutal lol
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“Los helicópteros no fueron, la belleza mató a la bestia!” Para los efectos de la época, se lo trabajaron mucho, tendrá que haber sido genial ver estos efectos en los años 30. P.D: Por algún motivo la actriz principal se parece a Chappel Roan.
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Limited technically but still pulls through with some great world building, cool asf monsters, seriously entertaining and a good allegory. Some of the wide practice fx/shots are so horrible even considering the time. The weird clay doll animation is seriously shite. It lacked a depth in its cinematography for me, some lazily shot scenes particularly on the boat made it feel small scale. Weird racial implications too but whateva
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Imagine going to the movie theatre on a saturday night with your fine shyt just to discover one of the biggest horror movies of all the time… OUH OUH AH AH
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Those spears aren’t gonna save you from the big Kong bro ✌️😭
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Another film that is a testament to why the art of filmmaking will forever be my favorite. Even in 1933 filmmakers were pioneering the creative experiments that led to creating genuine magic on screen. The use of stop motion and forced perspective in this film is still some of the most impressive I have ever experienced. Our creatures feel alive. Our actors feel terrified and hopeful and in awe of these wonders. Even the dangerous environments feel truly dangerous. The…
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A movie about a guy who just wants to film cool monsters but gets forced to include a dame by the execs that has ground-breaking VFX of monsters and also a dame to hook your attention *chef kiss*. In all seriousness, the monster VFX really is extraordinary for 1933. But what made it 5 stars for me is that the action direction is is extraordinary *for any year*. The fights between Kong and the T Rex and Kong and the…
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Did not realize this movie had dinosaurs in it. Absolute banger
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I didn’t think I’d enjoy this as I don’t really have an affinity for older films, but this was actually really good! You already know I love to see a man yearning, so this scratched my itch while also keeping me on my toes. The visuals for the dinosaur and Kong are obviously dated a century later, but I can only imagine how thrilling it must have felt to experience this in real time. This also makes the Universal ride make much more sense.
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Kids these days all want to be rich and famous movie stars but none of them want to put in the hard work (trying to steal a fruit from a Time Square fruit stand in front of a frankly deranged filmmaker) anymore
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68 This movie was pretty cool. I liked how the story was interesting and straightforward too. I think how they made King Kong was funny in my opinion. Even tho this movie was like made in 1933 it still had some decent parts. I really liked when King Kong pieced up the T.Rex.
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Probably should’ve remembered the half a dozen incredibly violent and personal deaths that Kong metes out to the native people and, later, the New Yorkers. My kid was quite upset by how sad Kong’s death was and it really bothered him that he felt like Kong didn’t deserve it. Probably not gonna revisit this one soon because it bummed him out lol. However, my ongoing defense that this movie, while moored by the racism and misogyny of its time, also…
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I LOVE the stop-motion in this one.
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Que ha matado los aviones y ha matado a personitas. Muy bien
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Imagine seeing this back in the day.. The effort put into this to becoming the first actual blockbusters is admirable
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Awful racial stuff aside, I was not expecting this to hold up as much as it did. But the film is still completely thrilling and at some times can actually be scary. Besides a few parts, the stop-motion with Kong and the other creatures still look amazing and really add to the strangeness of Skull Island. Kong himself is animated so well and given so much personality just from how he moves and looks. The score is also amazing. I can’t imagine seeing this for the first time in 1933.
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When i watched this i thought it was weird that the big monkey only liked the blonde woman Completely unrelated someone told me that this was a certain antisemitist’s favourite film Anyway its bad
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It’s a classic for a reason. The special effects in this are insane for the age it was made. And forget the significance of the time. It’s just a good action adventure film.
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(Spies and Kaiju Marathon: Part 2 out of 79) Now the marathon properly begins. There really isn’t much for me to say about this movie that I’ve already said in the past. It definitely shows its age in a lot of ways (especially with the writing and some of the characterization in particular, which may make it awkward to watch depending on the person) for the most part, I still found plenty of enjoyment and appreciation out of this movie…
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King Kong pulling off his best German suplexes against a T-Rex? YES!
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Imponerende praktiske effekter for sin tid, fremstår ellers som en datert klone av DW Griffith.
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Watching the entire National Film Registry #64 What the Library has to say: “Since it first opened, “King Kong” has been an audience favorite, initially giving the troubled RKO much needed money to finance future projects. It has come to epitomize one of Hollywood’s best attempts at horror fantasy. Layered with obvious moralizing, the story has taken on the significance of a modern folk tale. Adventurer and movie director Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) takes an unknowing crew and newly found…
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Very disappointed in the racism in the first half hour of this film considering the rest is so amazing and inspiring
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Big Monkey Kong looked so awesome. Dino monsters so cool. Giant step in filmmaking history. A lot better than Jack Black kong that i saw half of 10 years ago. So problematic. Duh. Easy to follow. Dang can that lady scream. A lot. And flail around. She’s good at flailing.
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Pues vaya grata sorpresa. Me ha gustado un montón. No solo es una película súper dinámica y divertida de ver, sino que es muy madura y atrevida para la época: está bastante plagada de muertes muy duras que yo incluso calificaría de desagradables y las peleas del mono con los monstruos de la isla son magistrales, están todos hechos de una manera chulísima. Lo más especial que tiene está cinta es como el mono es posiblemente de los seres más…
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Alors enfaîte les Diplodocus ne mangent pas de la viande 🤓☝️ Mais hormis ça un classique (je suis et resterais vieux.)
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Just awful, awful, a waste of time. The woman in this movie, oh my … how uncomfortable to watch an actress play such a childish yet seemingly always aroused character. Yuck yuck yuck
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Timeless tension and stop motion and pulpborn wonder meets plentiful problematic relics of depression era America. It’s so overt with it that it almost feels like it’s doing it to make a point sometimes. We keep coming back to it for a reason.
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What the hell man, why am I so sad at the end of this silly monster movie? They didn’t need to do our man Kong like that. Story of the human race though, we remove animals from their natural habitat then ruthlessly murder them. I’ll add to the plethora of reviews praising the special effects miracle that happened here. There was a scene where Driscoll is walking in front of what was obviously a painted canvas representing the jungle but…
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“i thought you hated women?” “yeah i do” — see if ann was just more of a monster fucker this would’ve been more interesting — no but like . very fascinating how this is set up as commentary on film industry and then divulges into anti-indigenous slop — composting is v cool tho, fwiw — this is just like my boy Kat Kong
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Visuell natürlich großartig, inhaltlich finde ich die Peter Jackson Verfilmung im Nachhinein ein bisschen weniger Plump
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When Kong is shown in New York City, someone remarks they paid $20 for tickets (I assume that’s two tickets at $10 each), and Denham notes a $10k box office opening night, which works out to about 1,000 tickets sold. With inflation, those tickets cost around $250 each, and the opening night box office was approximately $257,000. Saw in 35mm, and came to the realisation that when a film is this old, it’s not really so immediately noticeable whether it’s…
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Surement la meilleure version de King Kong. Les studios de la RKO dans ce qu’ils savent faire de mieux. Des effets mécaniques, de la stop-motion, un récit fantastique. Tout est culte dans ce film. Un vrai bon divertissant en moins de deux heures.
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The depiction of natives is very uncomfortable but I guess at least their beliefs are shown to be objectively correct and not childlike fantasy. What can you really say about the technical achievements of this movie that hasn’t been said a million times already. After a creaky start the movie kicks into high gear and never lets up once Kong shows up. Love that big goof.
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The stop motion and special effects were cool. This movie makes a big deal about how women shouldn’t be allowed on boats. I can’t tell how sexist it is though because maybe, for the time, this was progressive considering there was a woman on the boat. They also of that thing some old movies do where they repeatedly make it obvious to the audience that the film has some central meaningful theme, this being some beauty killed the beast type…
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grafik apa ini dawg
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A classic with a deeply engrossing first act that devolves into a back half so full of mindless action that your thoughts can’t help but wander to other things. Like the absolutely omnipresent racism.
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“Holy mackerel! What a show!” one of the leads says at one point, which could very well apply to the movie as a whole.
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คงไม่มีใครเชื่อแน่ถ้าจะบอกว่า King Kong คือเรื่องราวกี่งอัตชีวประวัติของสองผู้กำกับ Merian C. Cooper และ Ernest B. Schoedsack ด้วยจิตวิญญาณนักสำรวจ ก่อนหน้านี้เคยออกเดินทางไปยังดินแดนไม่มีใครรู้จัก บันทีกภาพ ถ่ายทำภาพยนตร์ แล้วนำกลับมาฉายให้ผู้ชมได้พานพบเห็น อี้งที่ง อ้าปากค้าง raremeat.blog/king-kong-1933/
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Rois du monde, bêtes féroces ou cumulards, toutes les victimes de la testostérone tombent pour une Fay Wray qui n’en demandait pas tant.
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C’est un film brillant pour l’époque rien à dire de plus, et la musique principale et a en frissonner
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Cinématographiquement sans intérêt à cause de ses personnages caricaturaux, son scénario simplet et sa mise en scène lourde, le film vaut pour le traitement du personnage de King Kong qui fait ressortir la petitesse morale des humains.
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A technical marvel even by todays standard, King Kong is a must watch for any cinephile
- Synopsis
- Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
- Director
- Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
- Writer
- Ruth Rose, James Ashmore Creelman
- Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1933
- Runtime
- 100 mins
- USA02 Mar 1933
- USA15 Mar 1933
- USA24 Mar 1933
- UK17 Apr 1933
- USA07 Apr 1933
- Canada13 Apr 1933
- Netherlands28 Apr 1933
- Indonesia12 May 1933
- Brazil26 May 1933
- UK23 Jun 1933
- Mexico27 Jul 1933
- Sweden08 Sep 1933
- Philippines13 Sep 1933
- Japan14 Sep 1933
- Hungary17 Oct 1933
- Germany01 Dec 1933
- Italy02 Dec 1933
- Singapore29 Dec 1933
- India09 Jan 1934
- UK13 Nov 1985
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