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Buddy-Love63 — 10 years ago(May 09, 2015 02:32 AM)
True. I get what you mean. My least favourite Kong moments in '76 are when Rick Baker is seen in the full suit walking upright. It's far better when we just see him torso or head upwards, or sitting down like in the oil tanker hold.
I believe it was Dino de Laurentiis who insistent on a more manlike creature fully upright. Baker wanted Kong to be more of a knuckle walker, but even Kong 1933 wasn't one of those.
Agree about Kong 2005. Not much more than a souped up in size gorilla and not exactly a prehistoric ape creature like the original.
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Kawada_Kira — 10 years ago(June 26, 2015 03:40 AM)
Alas, I wasn't born until 13 years after this movie came out, so I couldn't. I wish I could have, though. I actually don't think it's that great (especially compared to the 1933 one), but I still think it would look good on the big screen.
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dannieboy20906 — 10 years ago(August 23, 2015 07:24 PM)
I was in Monterey, attending the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey. I saw the movie there in 1976 and considered it the then as I do now, the worst piece of junk that Hollywood ever spent so much money on. Thank God that Peter Jackson did his version to resurrect the franchise.
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lanceus — 10 years ago(September 05, 2015 06:16 PM)
My older sister took me to see this for my birthday; I don't remember if I had seen the original at that time even though it ran fairly often on the MetroMedia 11 (Los Angeles) Sunday afternoon movie fairly regularly.
I was in elementary school, and I remember being excited that I had seen such a big-deal movie. My teacher said something like "Eh, no big deal. For all the buildup, It was still just a man in a monkey suit!" -
edjavega — 10 years ago(September 30, 2015 08:36 PM)
I was 12 in early 1977 when I saw it. Believe it or not, it really was a big thing for its time. Most people my generation were introduced to King Kong through THIS movie, not the 1933 black and white version.
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jmillerdp — 10 years ago(October 01, 2015 02:53 AM)
I saw this in St. Louis at the Cypress Village when it was still one, 1,000-seat auditorium:
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6838
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rogun-35750 — 10 years ago(February 02, 2016 03:47 PM)
I did and it was wonderful. Saw it at a small, one-screen theater that had just been built a block from my house. It's where I spent every Saturday afternoon. The price of admission was probably $2 and I enjoyed it more then the original Star Wars at the same theater, although that was great too.
I don't remember if the theaters were crowded or the marketing campaign, but no movies were marketed as heavily back then and I doubt it was much. I do recall some marketing for Star Wars, though.
This version deserves a higher rating, imo. The original was the best, but when this one came out, it was modern, realistic and very suspenseful. The 2005 version wasn't bad, but it was too cheesy and unrealistic with it's special effects that went overboard. -
henrimaine — 9 years ago(May 08, 2016 06:44 AM)
The first time I saw it was in a theater. But it was in the eighties, so I didn't catch the big hype that surrounded the original release of the movie. Which is a pity because, as I now learn, the hype seems to be the most interesting thing about this movie. Dino de Laurentis really deserves respect for how well he was able to advertise his movie. I went to see it without any previous knowledge, I hadn't seen the 1933 version, I didn't even know what "king kong" is supposed to mean. I quite liked it. Especially the fight with the giant snake - that was a real treat for a young boy.
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Mike_Stockton — 9 years ago(May 20, 2016 01:12 AM)
I'm in Australia and this movie was heavily publicised when it came out. I remember a Sydney newspaper had a pull out poster which I put on my bedroom wall. I also bought a book on the making of the movie.
I saw it then at age 12 and have seen it many times since. I love movies with apes like King Kong and Planet of the Apes. Even my favourite episodes of Gilligan's Island were the ones where a gorilla showed up. -
prbronx5 — 9 years ago(July 13, 2016 12:31 PM)
http://flashbak.com/still-one-remembering-king-kong-hype-1976-59752/
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bearuk — 9 years ago(November 02, 2016 06:45 PM)
I saw it at the cinema. I seem to recall the poster had jet planes and the movie had helicopters and that annoyed me. Other than that I pretty much forgot about it until I saw something on the internet that mentioned it. So I watched it again today (partly for some World Trade Centre nostalgia) and thought it was pretty bad. I was wondering if Jessica Lange had (or her character was supposed to have) done a ton of drugs (and that's before the natives drugged her); but Langewas a model with no acting experience. Some really weird lighting changes. But at least I know where Pet Rocks come from now