In grade school, I did a reort on movie special effects. Prior to 2001: A Space Oddesy, the old King Kong was considered to be state of the art.
BTW - The most recent remake of King Kong was actually quite good and in almost every way, superior to the original. Long, but really well done.
I Agee. I didn’t at first understand why Peter Jackson was so hot to make the monkey movie. But after watching it I think I get it. I think he did a brilliant job of it.