Synopsis
A Monster of Creation’s Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today!
A film crew discovers the "eighth wonder of the world," a giant prehistoric ape, and brings him back to New York, where he wreaks havoc.
1933 Directed by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
A film crew discovers the "eighth wonder of the world," a giant prehistoric ape, and brings him back to New York, where he wreaks havoc.
Robert Armstrong Fay Wray Bruce Cabot Frank Reicher Victor Wong James Flavin Sam Hardy Noble Johnson Steve Clemente Roscoe Ates Merian C. Cooper Frances Curry Paul Porcasi Ernest B. Schoedsack Harry Strang Bill Williams Dick Curtis Reginald Barlow Roy Brent Edward Clark Harry Cornbleth James Dime Charlie Hall Allen Jenkins George Magrill John Northpole Gil Perkins Jack Perry Harry Tenbrook Show All…
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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
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.
Really disappointing that an otherwise enjoyable movie about how women should not be on boats suddenly becomes about giant monkey! Sad!
annoying guy leaving the theater in 1933: Ugh, i felt like that was just an ad for the empire state building
Watching the ‘33 King Kong again, it’s honestly pretty striking how well the effects all hold up even now. Willis O’Brien’s groundbreaking work with stop motion, matte and forced perspective paved the way for everything that came after, not only hugely influential but still nearly as impressive today as they would have been then.
I think the biggest thing is just how immersive it all feels, launching us into this “lost world” full of prehistoric creatures and sweeping sights in a way that genuinely brings you in. Even with a few slighly ropier moments in perspective and background it’s just easy to get swept up in the far-off adventure of it all, something about all these fantastical images that Merian…
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
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.