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  Review by kársten ★★★★ 5

  I watched this in a class when I was super young but I barely remember it so I figured I’d rewatch. 

  Such an entertaining time. Something about the shaky stop-motion still holds up really well and adds a lot to it. Oh but it is also very sexist AND racist.

  “I love you”
  “But Jack, I thought you hated women”
  “You aren’t women”
  L M F A O

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  Review by Ian West ★★★★★ 10

  The special effects in this movie are the real eighth wonder of the world.

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★★★ 4

  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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  Review by ciara ★★ 5

  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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  Review by josh lewis ★★★★ 2

  my sweet, large son.

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  Review by Owen ★★★★ 1

  simpanzee

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  Review by pd187 ★★★★★ 1

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  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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  Review by Joel Haver ★★★½ 1

  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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  Review by Den_of_geeks ★★½ 2

  “I guess I love you”
  “But Jack you hate women”

  Kong was down horribly bro

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  Review by Evan T ★★★★½ 4

  Unbridled creativity, so stuffed with technical sorcery you‘ll have to think up new adjectives just to describe it. Even when considering its world-dominating impact, King Kong’s contribution to the evolution of cinema is surprisingly more significant than one might first imagine. It’s widely known how Willis O’Brien’s pioneering animation directly inspired the magical work of the great Ray Harryhausen, but the real key to its importance lies in its record-breaking gross. Kong’s revenue is often credited as the reason for saving RKO from bankruptcy, rescuing the company set to produce what would become the world’s most critically revered picture. To put it simply, no King Kong, no Citizen Kane. 

  Wrapped neatly in a cautionary tale of the liberties artists take to…

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  Review by Tylot Lantern ★★★½ 4

  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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  Review by Justin Peterson ★★★★ 11

  (Criterion Laser Disc Collection)

  The original version of one of the greatest monsters in movie history.

  Some how I had never seen this movie, and I had a blast watching it with my 6 and 4 year old sons. The beginning did test their patience some with how it slowly it gets going with filmmaker Carl Denham looking for a leading lady to take with him to Skull Island.

  But once they make it to the island and Kong shows up they were glued to the screen, loving ever moment of the whirlwind of action that drives the story to its climax with Kong climbing the Empire State Building. I have always heard the special effects in this movie were…