The Legacy of Kong – Big Gorilla goes Ape! – movie reviews

Posted: September 3, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: *Macabre Media, Guest Posts & Reblogs, Movies & Films | Tags: , , , , | 2 Comments

I’ve been reading Michael Thomas-Knight – over at http://parlorofhorror.wordpress.com/ – for a while now, and I enjoy every post. When the following article showed up in his feed, I was especially impressed by the thoroughness of his work. I asked for permission to reblog it, and he said sure.

In the next few days, I’m going to spend as much time as possible banking some fresh posts and spiffing up the blog, so don’t be surprised if a few more reblogs pop up.

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The Legacy of Kong – Big Gorilla goes Ape!

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A complete list and short reviews of giant ape films

King Kong (1933)
RKO Studios
Directed by Ernest B. Shoedsack & Merian C. Cooper

Starring:
Fay Wray
Robert Armstrong
Bruce Cabot

The fact that this epic adventure is still watch-able today is a testament to its achievement. King Kong heralded the dawn of big special effects in Hollywood movies. Willis O’Brien’s use of stop-motion animation, which would dominate sci-fi and horror for the next fifty years, influenced a great many future filmmakers, most notably, Ray Harryhausen and Tim Burton.

King Kong also featured the most ferocious and authentic looking Tyrannosaurus Rex ever to grace the screen, perhaps only second to Steven Spielberg’s T. Rex in Jurassic Park. The snapping, hissing, fast-moving beast is still a marvel to watch in action, today.

Naturally, there is not much to say that hasn’t…

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