Comments on: “King Kong” Kicks Ass http://steelwhitetable.org/2009/03/11/king-kong Hello. Doctor. Name. Continue. Yesterday. Tomorrow. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:41:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mean Jean http://steelwhitetable.org/2009/03/11/king-kong/comment-page-1#comment-225273 Mean Jean Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:39:32 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/?p=4678#comment-225273 I like all 3 versions of this movie, but the original has such heart. I like all 3 versions of this movie, but the original has such heart.

]]> By: Bryan http://steelwhitetable.org/2009/03/11/king-kong/comment-page-1#comment-225247 Bryan Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:32:48 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/?p=4678#comment-225247 It is a classic in every sense of the word. It was revolutionary for its time. Stop-Motion, Rear Projection, extensive use of miniatures and dummies -all of these things hadn't been done to any great extent before this film. It firmly placed Willis O'Brien as the father of stop-motion. The acting is a bit campy, even for its time, which is my only complaint. I believe the film was edited a bit and was re-released later in the 1930's. Apparently gorillas biting off people's heads and stripping the clothes off young ladies was frowned upon back then. I show this film to my students each year when we study stop-motion and special effects. Most of them can't stand it because it so old but a few really like it and understand its place in cinema history. They always ask me to show Peter Jackson's remake. I have never seen that one so I don't know how it compares. It is a classic in every sense of the word. It was revolutionary for its time. Stop-Motion, Rear Projection, extensive use of miniatures and dummies -all of these things hadn’t been done to any great extent before this film. It firmly placed Willis O’Brien as the father of stop-motion. The acting is a bit campy, even for its time, which is my only complaint.

I believe the film was edited a bit and was re-released later in the 1930′s. Apparently gorillas biting off people’s heads and stripping the clothes off young ladies was frowned upon back then.

I show this film to my students each year when we study stop-motion and special effects. Most of them can’t stand it because it so old but a few really like it and understand its place in cinema history. They always ask me to show Peter Jackson’s remake. I have never seen that one so I don’t know how it compares.

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