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Actors: Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about King Kong (1933) |
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Barnum-like showman Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) and a small crew including handsome Jack Driscoll (Cabot)visit remote Skull Island to make an adventure film and wind up in one themselves. They discover the natives worshipping a giant ape that takes a liking to star Ann Darrow (Wray).
Blonde and lithe, Wray is forever etched in our minds as perhaps the original damsel in distress (“scream, Ann. Scream for your life (scream).”
When the natives literally hand Ann to Kong, his violent antics through the jungle achieve a realism unknown at the time. Through stop-motion photography, we see Kong take on some believably proportionate T-Rexes and other prehistoric nasties, chew some unfortunate humans, and uproot some
indigenous trees and boulders, all with Ann safely in hand.
When Denham realizes Kong's sideshow potential, they somehow gas and bind the 38-ton behemoth and return to New York. There, Denham has promoted a sellout opening which combines the wedding of Jack and Ann while revealing
Kong as “The Eighth Wonder of the World.” Underestimating Kong's strength and protective instincts, Kong frees himself, grabs Ann and again runs amok through an island, only this time it's Manhattan, and with devastating
results.
Max Steiner's score, the pioneering effects and certainly the Empire State Building scenes still amaze and minimize the idiocy of Denham's closing line, “Ah no. It wasn't the airplane. It was beauty killed the beast.”
--Angry Jim Magin, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of King Kong (1933) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 60%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on present day Earth
Giant monster movie?
Yes
Kind of monster
- Giant Monster(s)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- very skinny (female)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- animal
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- is very quick
- super strength
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- muscular (man)
unclothed?
- full frontal
Ethnicity
- Other Asian
Intelligence
- Ordinary Dumb
Physical condition
- bulging muscles
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th Century (1900-1950)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Jungle?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Misc settings
- bar/restaurant
Kind of city
- Beautiful sparkling advanced city
Small Island?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Tone of movie
- fearful
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vauge references only
- touching of personal anatomy
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Kinds of F/X
- exotic aliens
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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