King Kong Goes Wrong: Skull Island Makes a Monkey Out of Great Ape... A 'Gigantic Disappointment'

The London Daily Mail ^ | 1 hour ago | Brian Viner

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Best:
KING KONG the original 1933.
SON OF KONG, 1933.
Peter Jackson version from 2005.

Worst:
The atrocious 1976 version. Jeff Bridges runs around looking like a washed up Jesus Freak Hippie. They made a mistake naming the EVIL Oil Company, PETROX at a time when the Pet rock nonsense was sweeping America.

OK for one viewing:
The Japanese versions King Kong VS Godzilla and others.

[9422WMR]

Grow, grow
Day say he’s got to grow
Grow grow godzirra!!!

Couldn’t resist.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Mediocre? The 1933 movie was ground-breaking with visuals and special-effects. That scene of Kong towering over NYC skyscrapers is still impressive by today’s standards.

[cardinal4]

Just saw a pic of the spider in the movie. Nope..

[Lee Enfield]

This is not a sequel to the 2005 movie, but actually a prequel to the 2014 Godzilla. They are setting up King Kong v Godzilla as the third in the Legendary Godzilla series.

[Fiddlstix]

LOL

[Kickass Conservative]

In the Dino Delaurentis (sic?) version with Jessica Lange, the Movie Advertising Poster showed Kong on top of the WTC Towers, one foot on each tower being attacked by a Jet Fighters.

People felt misled when Kong wasn’t big enough to straddle both Towers and he was attacked by Helicopters, not Jets.

[PLMerite]

I thought the trailer had its moments.

“Is that a monkey?”

[minnesota_bound]

Taylor Swift must have made him switch sides : )

[DesertRhino]

1976 was pretty good.

[BillyBoy]

>> This is not a sequel to the 2005 movie <<

2005 movie: events take place on skull island in 1933.

2017 movie: events take place on skull island in 1973.

It's a sequel, even if it doesn't reference any of the events of the previous movie.

>> They are setting up King Kong v Godzilla as the third in the Legendary Godzilla series. <<

In other words, ANOTHER remake.

[Arthur McGowan]

Are you calling the 1933 version mediocre?!?!?

[Secret Agent Man]

The plot, yes.

[Secret Agent Man]

The plot, yes.

[Arthur McGowan]

Kong was that tall only on a poster.

[Boomer]

Asexual but has now transitioned into a female who isn’t sure what to do with her/his neck beard and can’t find a boob installer for his/her massive bust size. Thinking more and more about being a zir.

Oh; the drama!

[alexander_busek]

I liked the first one with Joan Crawford and Bette Davis and tubby giant Victor Hugo.

Confusing the French author ("Les Miserables") with Victor Buono?

Regards,

[Political Junkie Too]

She almost killed her career by acting in one of these Monkey Movies.

I thought she began her career in King Kong.

-PJ

[lee martell]

Oops! Une petit aux pas. Well, he was named Victor. At least I got that part right.

[alexander_busek]

Une petit aux pas.

You want me to correct your French, too?

:-)

Regards,