Thursday, May 6, 2010
The Eight Wonder of the World
Although not nearly in the same league as the Pyramids of Giza, or for that matter any of other seven wonders of the world, King Kong remains a monumental achievement in the art of film making. While watching the movie I continuously reminded myself of the date 1933. If you keep in mind how old the film is, King Kong becomes a terrifying adventure filled with spectacular special effects. While I couldn’t help picking apart the flaws in the animation, I could appreciate how much effort was put into this movie to make it as seamless as possible. Never before has a special effect become the star of a movie. This film paved the way for an entire brand of films, ranging from Alien to Space Jam. King Kong set up many norms in the movie business, many of which I am thankful for. One norm I am not thankful for is the screaming damsel in distress. Fay Wray’s iconic scream is annoying.
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Well said; Fay Wray's obnoxious screaming was very difficult to put up with the entire movie. However, I have to disagree with one thing you said: the trouble that the producers went through to make King Kong (1933) surely stacks up to the Pyramids at Giza.
ReplyDeleteagreed with the screaming, i was about to scream when i realized how annoying she was, and i still dont understand why they added her screaming MORE to the original film... that was definitely unnecessary.
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