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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

Posted on 03/09/2017 7:21:28 PM PST by drewh

Kong: Skull Island (age 12+) Verdict: A gigantic disappointment Rating: two stars out of a possible five

More than eight decades have passed since former Daily Mail war correspondent Edgar Wallace created King Kong, but still the giant ape exerts a fierce grip on the collective imagination. What a shame, then, that Kong: Skull Island is so feebly plotted and scripted, monkeying around with the story and, in the biggest misjudgment of all, revealing Kong in all his hairy majesty even before the opening credits.

What a disappointing film this is. There are deliberate echoes of Jurassic Park, but they ring terribly hollow. There's scarcely any tension, no exciting narrative thrust and rather painfully strained attempts at humour, even by the always excellent John C. Reilly — whose character I won't divulge, just in case you really don't have anything better to do on Sunday afternoon. But I hope you do. In fact, you could fare a lot worse than staying at home and watching the DVD of The Hobbit director Peter Jackson's 2005 remake of King Kong. It is superior in every way.

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To: yarddog

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.


41 posted on 03/09/2017 7:53:36 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: drewh

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

Couldn’t resist.


42 posted on 03/09/2017 7:55:41 PM PST by 9422WMR (President Trump, I like the sound of that!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

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.


43 posted on 03/09/2017 7:58:52 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (STOP THE TAPE!)
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To: drewh

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


44 posted on 03/09/2017 8:04:34 PM PST by cardinal4 ("Sat stonefaced while the building burned..")
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To: BillyBoy

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.


45 posted on 03/09/2017 8:18:32 PM PST by Lee Enfield (Liberate East Prussia)
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To: Stentor

LOL


46 posted on 03/09/2017 8:32:19 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

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.


47 posted on 03/09/2017 8:35:21 PM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: drewh

I thought the trailer had its moments.

“Is that a monkey?”


48 posted on 03/09/2017 8:35:36 PM PST by PLMerite
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To: drewh

Taylor Swift must have made him switch sides : )


49 posted on 03/09/2017 8:42:32 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: drewh

1976 was pretty good.


50 posted on 03/09/2017 8:45:13 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: Lee Enfield
>> 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.

51 posted on 03/09/2017 8:46:07 PM PST by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

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


52 posted on 03/09/2017 9:07:26 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The plot, yes.


53 posted on 03/09/2017 9:10:09 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Arthur McGowan

The plot, yes.


54 posted on 03/09/2017 9:10:24 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Kong was that tall only on a poster.


55 posted on 03/09/2017 9:11:45 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: minnesota_bound

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!


56 posted on 03/09/2017 9:16:37 PM PST by Boomer (The modern day leftist dems are the party of criminally insane propagandists.)
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To: lee martell
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,

57 posted on 03/09/2017 9:19:17 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: lee martell
She almost killed her career by acting in one of these Monkey Movies.

I thought she began her career in King Kong.

-PJ

58 posted on 03/09/2017 9:19:52 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: alexander_busek

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


59 posted on 03/09/2017 9:22:13 PM PST by lee martell
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To: lee martell
Une petit aux pas.

You want me to correct your French, too?

:-)

Regards,

60 posted on 03/09/2017 9:28:22 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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