King Kong (1933)

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Star Rating- 4
Length of Film- 100 minutes
Director- Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast- Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher, Sam Hardy, Noble Johnson, Steve Clemente, & James Flavin












When I was watching this film, I decided to text my dad to tell him what I was watching and also get some feedback from him. This was our conversation...

L- Watching King Kong (1933). Peter Jackson did an amazing job with the remake. It's practically the same. It's unrealistic to see the brontosaurus (plant eater) attacking the men. You can tell there's a screen anytime the actors are in the same shot as Kong.

L- Holy shit! Kong just broke the t-rex's jaw! That was pretty intense! I couldn't imagine what the audience thought, 80 years ago.

D- The 1933 King Kong is a great movie. Kind of corny, but how they did it was fascinating. I guess they had scenes of him eating people but they had to cut it out. Really surprised how sexual Fay Wray was with Kong.

L- Yes...she wasn't wearing much for the time period.

D- True, that time period of movie was very provocative. Which really surprises me.

"Censors took scissors to several scenes, including one in which Kong removes some of Wray's clothes, tickles her, then sniffs his finger". -The Greatest Movies Ever

Going along with my texts I sent my father, I enjoyed this movie. It was suspenseful and it shocked me! There were parts that were corny, but for it being 1933, the "special effects" were off the charts!

"Willis O'Brien a pioneer in the use of stop-motion photography, used an 18 inch model of King Kong covered in rabbit fur. The miniature was shot frame by frame, repositioned each time, then edited together as animation. O'Brien then perfected rear-projection techniques that used animation and actual footage of Fay Wray to make them appear to be in the same shot". -The Greatest Movies Ever

Everything about this film was impressive. I could not believe how much they were able to accomplish for 1933. If you can get over the screen that separates the actors from Kong in a few scenes, you're watching a gem of a movie.

This movies DESERVES to be on the list and it DESERVES to be a part of Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 list and The Ultimate Ranked List of the 101 Best films of all time! (Gail Kinn & Jim Piazza)


" 'Twas beauty killed the beast."