mlariosc-00551 Obviously the original will be one of the best films of all time but this reboot is an interesting point of view of the classic story. But, why does so many people hate this film? maybe because in most of the descriptions of this film say its a "remake" instead of a re imagine.

Hitchcoc We so fondly remember the classic 1931 film with Robert Armstrong and Fay Wray. This is pretty much the same movie, in color, with different motivations, using modern iconic structures (the World Trade Centers). But it all gets down to the invasion of an island by outsiders where a primitive tribe continues to sacrifice young women to a god (King Kong). Unfortunately, the gorgeous young Jessica Lange, who has been picked up on the open sea (certainly one of the great cinematic contrivances), is captured and about to become a snack for the big monkey. Along the way, Kong falls in love with her. Maybe he saw the original movie and Fay was a bit long in the tooth. Lange is rescued and the big gorillas strapped to an empty oil tanker and brought to New York where he is going to be exhibited for big bucks. Well, hope many horror stories have you seen. I'm not going to spoil the fun, but nature takes its course. It's not a bad movie. It just doesn't have any surprises.

utgard14 Dino de Laurentiis' terrible remake of the 1933 classic that stands as a pretty big turd stain on his reputation. The plot to the original film is mostly the same here, with some minor (unnecessary) changes. This one starts out with an expedition led by Charles Grodin to find oil on an island that remains perpetually shrouded in fog. Along the way stowaway paleontologist Jeff Bridges and rescued castaway Jessica Lange join the expedition. Soon they're on the island and, well, you probably know what happens next.The script is courtesy of Lorenzo Semple, a writer of some respectability who dabbled in camp (he wrote for the '60s Batman TV series and also wrote the screenplays for Flash Gordon, Sheena, and the Raquel Welch "classic" Fathom). So throughout the film there's a not-so-subtle amount of nose-thumbing going on that's kind of insulting to fans of the original movie. To add more insult, the special effects for Kong basically consist of Rick Baker in an ape suit and an overpriced mechanical ape seen briefly here and there. Of the cast, Jeff Bridges comes out best. Which is to say he's the only one who goes through the motions without embarrassing himself. Charles Grodin chews scenery as he almost always does. The worst acting by far comes from Jessica Lange in her film debut. Her ditzy actress character "Dwan" is pretty bad on paper but Lange's breathlessly vapid performance just makes it all that much worse. Every scene with her is cringeworthy. The biggest thing that kills the movie is the sheer lack of wonder and imagination. You shouldn't do a movie about King Kong sarcastically or tongue-in-cheek or any of that stuff. It's a fantastic concept and you have to lose yourself in it or it just won't work like it should. 1933 as well as 2005 got it right, but 1976 shat the bed.

SnoopyStyle Oil executive Fred Wilson (Charles Grodin) leads an expedition to a cloud shrouded island in the Indian Ocean. He thinks the cloud is from huge deposits of hydrocarbons. Primate paleontologist Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges) stowaway on the ship and tells them that the cloud is caused by an unseen creature. On the way to lock up Prescott, they rescue unconscious starlet wannabe Dwan (Jessica Lange) on a life raft. Wilson brings Prescott and Dwan on shore. They are confronted by a primitive tribe who then kidnaps Dwan to be sacrificed to the great ape.I like the change of the expedition to oil exploration. However they kept Dwan as a flaky starlet. Jessica Lange is absolutely beautiful and she's funny at times. However she's way too flighty and I can see criticism of her acting. I guess it's impossible back in the day to have her be a scientist. Nevertheless it's stupid to have her be literally the damsel in distress. The special effects are basically an ape suit and well shoot cinematography. The giant ape hand looks way too mechanical. The best part is King Kong rolling the tree. While it's great to have the World Trade Center, the movie doesn't take full advantage of its height to instill fear. This is a passable light weight remake at best. It just has too many problems to be great.