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All member reviews for King Kong (1933)

bubbo
adult
 
A Great Old Movie!
King Kong is a true classic, and one of the best adventure movies ever made. I prefer the 2005 version because it's a lot more intense, but the original must have been completely amazing back in 1933. Even by today's standards it's fairly fun and exciting. And as far as content goes, this is a great family movie. There's some violence. Kong breaks a T-Rex's jaw and then smashes in its skull (just like in the 2005 version), Kong snacks on people like popcorn and smashes them into the ground, and Kong destroys things and eats people in New York. This all would be very disturbing if Kong and the dinosaurs looked real, but it's not, you can tell they're puppets easily. Good for kids 7+

critic07
kid, 12 years old
 
king kong review by critic07
A classic, really good. but boring for kids who like just action movies. It is one of my favorite movies now.

 

MovieFan777
teen, 16 years old
 
The King of all Monster Flicks
This film right here is a MASTERPIECE! It is almost completely flawless, and is just one of the greatest motion pictures around. Actors Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong played their roles beautifully, and who can forget the wonderful scene in which Robert Armstrong directs Fay Wray in a screen test which ends in a horrifying scream that let's us know there destination, Skull Island, will be nothing close to a happy vacation! Also, I thought the stop-motion people did great with Kong and the other prehistoric creatures, especially Kong because they actually gave a lump of clay and hair genuine emotions, which makes us root for him while he famously swats at horrible bi-planes atop the Empire State Building. A spectacular piece of film history, this is one movie you will forever remember and love.

BestPicture1996
teen, 16 years old
 
Beauty and the Beast
I was blown away by this small yet enormous tale about the enormous gorilla Kong, which this groupn of film makers find on an island they had no business being on, but it was for the sake of making a movie. After a dozen deaths, they gas and ship Kong to Broadway where he breaks free, and the rest is history. This movie is so gripping even after being 75+ years old and because of that fact I think it is one of the finest films of all time.

Spielberg00
teen, 14 years old
 
A little scary for tweens; teens can most definitely handle--come on, it's a 1930's movie!
My rating: PG for scary images involving monster violence.

Jackson The King
teen, 14 years old
 
The Landmark in Monster movie history
I remember seeing this movie A long time ago. I remeber it was a cold friday night, happy that I did not have to go to pre-school the next day. I remember my dad watching a B&W movie. I thought it was boring till' the mighty Kong appeared. To my eyes the great beast looked so real and so animal like. I was glued to tv screen untill my mom sent me to bed. I remember hearing the movie. My mind running wild about what was going on. I had many dreams about the big ape. So one day a few weeks later at the local Blockbuster. I saw a VHS of the movie. I looked at the box so happy. I was 4 and did not know how to read but I knew the big ape from the next guy. So I begged my folks to rent it for me and they did. I was in such awe when I saw the Kong running around the city tearing up trains and building. I loved it. I did not see the movie again untill it showed on AMC the week before the big budgt remake. And at 7 i still loved it. I went to see the remake on Kong the week after its release. I loved it just as much. I did not learn how the special effect where done untill recently and now know what a landmark it was for movie FX. I am 14 and older. I watch horror movies all the time. But I love the classics the most: The Thing(1951), It came from beneath the sea(1955) and Dracula(1931). But when I think of monster movies I think of one of the first and best monsters: King Kong

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parent
 
Highly overrated.
A stupid and overly acclaimed film that may have been scary/effective around 80 years ago, but is little more than crappy trash these days. I couldn't give it a zero stars rating. Unfortunately that doesn't work.