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Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Theodore Zuckerman The dark-skinned inhabitants of skull island apparently have long been trying to appease the huge, fearsome Kong, by sending him beautiful dark-skinned ladies to do with as he pleases. But we never find out what Kong does with them. They seem to just disappear. What - what - has Kong done with them? It looks like the islanders are thinking that maybe a white lady will get better results? Make Kong happier? Appease him more? So they kidnap one from a ship that has happend to moor in their harbor. Wow! Wow! That did the trick. Kong is obviously keen on this particular lady. He carries her around everywhere. He protects her from every danger that presents itself. He undresses her. Not sure what he's thinking - she is awfully small.Few reviewers seem to realize that the last words, spoken by Carl Denham, "it was beauty killed the beast," are spoken disingenuously. He came up with the idea just a short while before, when speaking to "the boys from the press." One of the reporters, after hearing how the Kong followed Miss Darrow back to the village, looks at Miss Darrow and says "beauty and the beast, huh?" To which Mr Denham replies: "that's it; play up that angle. Kong could have stayed safe where he was, but he couldn't stay away from beauty." It is spin, propaganda, said more to pique the public's interest, sell papers, and sell tickets to see Kong, rather than to inform the public of the truth.It's a Barnham and Baily world; just as phony as it could be. It was people in airplanes, with guns, that killed Kong. If Kong hadn't been so stuck on a white woman, who knows, they might have found some Other way to kill him.

justinmethe I am a huge fan of thrillers and the original KING KONG is one of the classic greats in my opinion. So much suspense and build up in this movie. And sure it may not have the greatest actors or special effects ever used but I feel like it didn't need to in order to still create the amazing suspense that it did and keep you on edge the whole time. Whenever I think of this movie I think about the truly incredible build up to the actual reveal of the gorilla himself. You're wondering whats going to be on the island and then you're wondering whats behind the wall and so on and its just a really well done build up. This reminds me of many of Alfred Hitchcock's movies since they always seemed to take their time with the build up to enhance that suspenseful feeling. Overall I feel this is one of the better and easily most classic KING KONG movies ever made and maybe even one of my favorite thrillers made especially for the time period and the effects they had to work with.

jarrod2661 King Kong was never that interesting to me. I was never really a big fan of the character and I was hoping that this film would change my mind. However, this is a good film just not one for my taste. I just do not understand the appeal of these kinds of movies. I like the bond between the woman and Kong himself but everything else around them is just very uninteresting. However, the closing scene with Kong on top of the Empire State Building is a engaging scene but again, the film as a whole just doesn't really work for me.

letitbe18 Whether it's the movie poster or the year that it was made that makes you think twice, don't let it. This movie truly is a must watch because I think it beats Jack Black and his 3 and half hour movie out of the park. It's so simple yet complex because for the time period this is a tough movie to pull off and they did. Yeah, the story may be rushed compared to the newer one but that's because it's only an hour and forty minutes. The story still brings you right into the action and keeps you interested, the monkey may not be all that realistic but for how early in film history it is, it's decent. The camera staying stationary for the entire film makes it easy for us follow along and watch the scene as a whole and not forcing us to focus on one thing. I also recommend watching the color version of it, it makes it so much more appealing because the costumes and colors in it are very pretty.