STOMPING THROUGH 'GODZILLA X KING KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnIxWx9ap7LYu4dHnuPME8V35ssQJGK-TVixSKAQ1f0t9dN2vqw8lzmK_LUDllvOIvKy1TLMT75v9VBCE8tsmH3tz80V-OvOaypbVkJu7yhS41ruN6-Y_lmxT7ipAMBoK6pR_U0-692VeWzWDuM1r8Vf9MkJbUZ_HkNANmTK1qIsxJnfiTcg4-PzYD6gbm/s1366/Screen%20Shot%202024-12-24%20at%2012.18.25%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnIxWx9ap7LYu4dHnuPME8V35ssQJGK-TVixSKAQ1f0t9dN2vqw8lzmK_LUDllvOIvKy1TLMT75v9VBCE8tsmH3tz80V-OvOaypbVkJu7yhS41ruN6-Y_lmxT7ipAMBoK6pR_U0-692VeWzWDuM1r8Vf9MkJbUZ_HkNANmTK1qIsxJnfiTcg4-PzYD6gbm/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-12-24%20at%2012.18.25%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>From GODZILLA X KING KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE Year: 2024 Rating: B</u>—</td></tr></tbody></table><p>One of the worst things about these new GODZILLA and KING KONG or GODZILLA <i>and</i> KING KONG movies are the humans, and someone must have sent a memo to the director, because people take the backseat here...<br><br>But this is not really a GODZILLA picture despite him getting first-billed... it's really a KING KONG adventure as he traipses around Hollow Earth (which is basically the same deep-underground/inner-earth portal from the original LAND OF THE LOST), trying to survive a horde of competing apes before finding one youngster he can partner with... while leading to the main "titan" antagonist, which is a let-down, only because it takes over half the screen-time to anticipate what's basically a red-headed Kong on ozempic (with an angry expression like Caesar from the new PLANET OF THE APES franchise), trashing a magical whip with an enslaved giant dragon-like creature and...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><span></span>

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STOMPING THROUGH 'GODZILLA X KING KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE'

From GODZILLA X KING KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE Year: 2024 Rating: B — One of the worst things about these new GODZILLA and KING KONG or GODZILLA ...

STOMPING THROUGH THE LEGENDARY ORIGINAL 'KING KONG'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV6tnJ0lfGdUx_R0lC8u3Ifksk9Do0tmIfZmuNxgCkZRuVonNu95vSCGd28ueLStXxyBo83wN1YRvy4C6ZzqQD0PEYgIQ0LzRU-ychZIRbAIhB1jMUujlbILMfT-rkHqMHWOlmOLCkOp5/s1600/33%252B1.06.07%252BPM.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="813" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV6tnJ0lfGdUx_R0lC8u3Ifksk9Do0tmIfZmuNxgCkZRuVonNu95vSCGd28ueLStXxyBo83wN1YRvy4C6ZzqQD0PEYgIQ0LzRU-ychZIRbAIhB1jMUujlbILMfT-rkHqMHWOlmOLCkOp5/s400/33%252B1.06.07%252BPM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Fay Wray as Ann Darrow in KING KONG Year: 1933</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> If you discovered prehistoric/extremely instinct dinosaurs roaming on an uncharted island, would a giant gorilla really matter? Well in this case it’s personal as the legendary simian is ticked off with brutal fists flying, razor-sharp teeth, and he’s captured Ann Darrow, the street girl turned makeshift actress hired by maverick cinema auteur Carl Denham to star in his next picture shot entirely at Skull Island, a location that doesn’t even appear on the map and, shrouded by a wall of thick, ominous, forbodeing fog, it's place you don’t want to spend your vacation…<br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphVylFKEkYuav_a_S1g04fCFwDN2MR4lovuPhVD3TuQBBs7USxAVz1iYgfMMPo-fEK7SK3OpUnamyiINaYbWv_SWe8W7qnEzbQw_jYKPHWiGFtCsRdBZ-EW7lemGgLHU3X9-dVn-IvTZN/s1600/MPW-28028.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="307" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphVylFKEkYuav_a_S1g04fCFwDN2MR4lovuPhVD3TuQBBs7USxAVz1iYgfMMPo-fEK7SK3OpUnamyiINaYbWv_SWe8W7qnEzbQw_jYKPHWiGFtCsRdBZ-EW7lemGgLHU3X9-dVn-IvTZN/s320/MPW-28028.jpeg" width="152"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>King Kong Rates: *****</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Natives dot the shoreline and reside mostly behind a giant fortress protected from the unseen god they live to fear… And King Kong Kong might not be impressively aesthetic to today’s standards. His hair moves with each movement, but we can suspend cinema disbelief by blaming wind. In reality, Willis O’Brien moved Kong by hand, and those are their very own imprints.<br> <br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6wXlNcb0Oc3JMNxS1r1q373r6k0RZKQERKKDBFim2AD4RxF3YgCTXigx1fwWgz9ssO4lpHx8i27NmN7yZg-a-gq7uGl-cx2Qs_H8483eSzZO_VgGN9BB4oCr19qDOgFYPr9b6kLvRy3u/s1600/35705343540_fa13e7375b_b.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="692" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6wXlNcb0Oc3JMNxS1r1q373r6k0RZKQERKKDBFim2AD4RxF3YgCTXigx1fwWgz9ssO4lpHx8i27NmN7yZg-a-gq7uGl-cx2Qs_H8483eSzZO_VgGN9BB4oCr19qDOgFYPr9b6kLvRy3u/s320/35705343540_fa13e7375b_b.jpeg" width="254"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Timeless beauty Fay Wray as Ann</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> As later on, the famously fake looking shark in JAWS didn’t matter or distract from the well-told story, either does a model-clay gorilla... There's enough build-up to get to know the characters, beginning with a middleman telling Robert Armstrong’s headstrong director no studio will allow an actress to risk such a venture: So Denhman hits the New York Depression-era streets and finds his dame in the form of Faye Wray’s Darrow…<br> <br> With pale skin, longing eyes, a windswept countenance and an almost primal, haunting beauty, Wray, who even at the time was no stranger to horror film roles, was given her big break – she's the perfectly suited scream queen and boy can she holler… After the forty-five minute mark, when she’s kidnapped by the natives and sacrificed to a giddy Kong, her wailing never really ceases and, unlike the two remakes, the human ingénue doesn’t fall in subliminal love with her giant captor… It’s an unrequited, one-sided obsession, and that makes the titular ape even more formidable and sinister. <br> <br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgypU-_xWBSsP0U5VhfJ0GvGPDlTT-QCWXbKsqq95QpiYZsxW3kvpftiD4-_RTVERDoCINPcgO7Wc0gjmmWiUZ6WDsyZ_rg6cPpIP8IWafvoyxvOWtInWJYGjQBXSebFj54YTfz0fMDDSc/s1600/6.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgypU-_xWBSsP0U5VhfJ0GvGPDlTT-QCWXbKsqq95QpiYZsxW3kvpftiD4-_RTVERDoCINPcgO7Wc0gjmmWiUZ6WDsyZ_rg6cPpIP8IWafvoyxvOWtInWJYGjQBXSebFj54YTfz0fMDDSc/s320/6.jpg" width="228"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Terrific Pulpy Artwork</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> As Kong battles a giant snake, a menacing pterodactyl and a  romping and raging, tail-wagging T-Rex to protect his new discovery, he becomes a savior/bodyguard, but most likely for territorial reasons...<br> <br> Although, Bruce Cabot’s John Driscoll is perpetually shadowing Kong to get his lady back... One great camera-gliding visual has Driscoll and a weary Darrow running for safety as an unseen Kong approaches... And although Cabot is the heroic lead, Armstrong’s Denham is the main male character...<br> <br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTl4kU2RbpONAO-fzZIkM2yXc2M2s72lU1_1LkgMucTWLdF5n7FWiwpRdejuh6F4g5a5fjvj7nG_OmC9IdrcywlRgn33E36_jh4CnHd9QS_3WQrL291cz-DiPofPGygM31lUBrvXYMioW0/s1600/king-kong-poster-1933-granger.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="380" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTl4kU2RbpONAO-fzZIkM2yXc2M2s72lU1_1LkgMucTWLdF5n7FWiwpRdejuh6F4g5a5fjvj7nG_OmC9IdrcywlRgn33E36_jh4CnHd9QS_3WQrL291cz-DiPofPGygM31lUBrvXYMioW0/s400/king-kong-poster-1933-granger.jpeg" width="246"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Original King Kong Poster Art </u></td></tr> </tbody></table> In the modern era, never would a man responsible for capturing and exploiting an extremely rare species be considered a hero of any kind… In fact, Charles Grodin and Jack Black, basically playing the same guy in both sequels, were villains and/or jerks. Either way, “It was beauty that killed the beast" lends more cruel irony than anything else. But perhaps this line can be explained when, on the Island, Kong breaks down the native's wall that, most likely, couldn't be penetrated under normal circumstances...<br> <br> It took Darrow to give him the extra strength to fulfill his tragic destiny. And despite ravaging the native village and following the Americans to shore with loathsome vengeance, Kong is no match against gas bombs being hurled at his feet, cutting quickly from Skull Island back to New York, where Kong’s on display for a theater of impatient sophisticates, resulting in a barrage of the city leading to the famous Empire State Building standoff where Kong battles airplanes with machine guns, the unfair slaying of an iconic creature beloved by audiences, still, even though, in the original movie and in his original form, KING KONG was a lethal monster to both respect and fear.<br>

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STOMPING THROUGH THE LEGENDARY ORIGINAL 'KING KONG'

Fay Wray as Ann Darrow in KING KONG Year: 1933 If you discovered prehistoric/extremely instinct dinosaurs roaming on an uncharted islan...

ROBERT ARMSTRONG RETURNS IN 'SON OF KONG' WITH HELEN MACK

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hWbwzERdRDB-qRlAV7TDwsXIsvNz0ZbVdNrXBERMF0DfdOEWMVD_2Kv7qcytp3xLCs4KHvJAwuCk_9y83Tbc_VC-dl1be9CPPB7kknQtwWmcwLHCmVIgRahSI5a7aWEIm0Z8p5em99UL/s1600/the-son-of-kong-affiche_158192_23698.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="413" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hWbwzERdRDB-qRlAV7TDwsXIsvNz0ZbVdNrXBERMF0DfdOEWMVD_2Kv7qcytp3xLCs4KHvJAwuCk_9y83Tbc_VC-dl1be9CPPB7kknQtwWmcwLHCmVIgRahSI5a7aWEIm0Z8p5em99UL/s400/the-son-of-kong-affiche_158192_23698.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Artwork for SON OF KONG Year of Release and Capture: 1933</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Skull Island… But why return to a place full of carnivorous monstrosities? And you thought forced sequels were a new concept... yet SON is actually not that bad, and Carl Denham, again played by Merien Cooper doppelganger Robert Armstrong, had a lousy year… His giant attraction ruined most of New York City...<br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> From tossing a woman off a building to stepping on residents to damaging a subway car, the once great filmmaker is facing lawsuits that will put him in debt for centuries. Then he gets a shamelessly convenient second chance in the form of the original charter Captain Englehorn (Frank Reicher along with Victor the Chinese Cook) to hitch a ride and become partners in the freight business… Denham sets out on the same boat for a far off location to seek new customers, and just happens to catch a low-rent stage show including an insanely adorable Helen Mack as Hilda, who's just as girl-next-girl cute as Fay Wray was bombshell-gorgeous.<br>

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ROBERT ARMSTRONG RETURNS IN 'SON OF KONG' WITH HELEN MACK

Artwork for SON OF KONG Year of Release and Capture: 1933 Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Skull Island… But why return t...

JESSICA LANGE 'KING KONG: THE LEGEND REBORN' JEFF BRIDGES

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFK7M8sQ18uzTzkB3Q_96v300DqpGTiC_7-SA8_zLVcIPnSYPPcfiESaZDsQbq-gpW2SWr1nBaGQKZHUhUYwjgPgCMlP1_1H7AjmG_4e3TxIxtztaljskHJkYchhAuOuCa4TKYiGOAjKNRm1TB9xg8TiPsSzW06H6xiO-3xuZOuuyqctsA5pYNFmlvJMI/s2110/Screen%20Shot%202024-08-01%20at%2010.43.12%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="2110" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFK7M8sQ18uzTzkB3Q_96v300DqpGTiC_7-SA8_zLVcIPnSYPPcfiESaZDsQbq-gpW2SWr1nBaGQKZHUhUYwjgPgCMlP1_1H7AjmG_4e3TxIxtztaljskHJkYchhAuOuCa4TKYiGOAjKNRm1TB9xg8TiPsSzW06H6xiO-3xuZOuuyqctsA5pYNFmlvJMI/w400-h276/Screen%20Shot%202024-08-01%20at%2010.43.12%20AM.png" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table>The first half is fantastic: a creative set-up with the famous story altered where oil speculator Charles Grodin seeks the fog-surrounded island as a possible origin for that gushy stuff that keeps planes flying and cars running...<br> <br> Jeff Bridges, as a "hippie" stowaway turned trek's photographer, who had bribed his way aboard the freighter, knows the island has a big secret, and yet even he's not sure exactly what's there... And had another actor been cast in this preachy, idealistic photographer role, liking and even thinking he understands simians over humans, it would be annoying and/or pretentious, even cliché given the progressive 1970's era: But given his film credits before and after, it's no surprise that Bridges can be just cool enough to add a tinge of pulpy action hero to the hairy modern dogooder...<br>

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JESSICA LANGE 'KING KONG: THE LEGEND REBORN' JEFF BRIDGES

Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2 The first half is fantastic: a creative set-up with the famous story altered where oil speculator Charles Grodin ...

TOHO KONG TWO OF TWO: KING KONG ESCAPES & KONG CARTOON

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxgrt7tlZaYvPGyklOOwQ-CF1aG-VyQSjQ-aGTG7zpJm53sr5kBaVOgQix-5-8-cIHXc8U8AeRkqoi4uU08XNT-Nbl90ek8632nzPNTHj6s2liCqr2Wf1ZFYK8ASiY54ut6wYAmlFcfKz/s1600/maxresdefault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxgrt7tlZaYvPGyklOOwQ-CF1aG-VyQSjQ-aGTG7zpJm53sr5kBaVOgQix-5-8-cIHXc8U8AeRkqoi4uU08XNT-Nbl90ek8632nzPNTHj6s2liCqr2Wf1ZFYK8ASiY54ut6wYAmlFcfKz/s400/maxresdefault.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>King Kong battles Dr. Who's MetalliKong YEAR: 1967</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> KING KONG ESCAPES is an exciting title but not entirely befitting the story at hand...<br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZF-S938iH4VOX55IMEDalGAXTqt-YdDPFgtMRgZJBPFK8X6GAjYhKp_NcJL90In2uQMrOatb8MkzsB09vx-WrT3BjbEiPlT1QAKXfN9h5BbuTkx9VeFVyxWIjCdEQq2BRjo2ndGNZy3R/s1600/Screen+Shot+2017-04-08+at+12.26.50+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZF-S938iH4VOX55IMEDalGAXTqt-YdDPFgtMRgZJBPFK8X6GAjYhKp_NcJL90In2uQMrOatb8MkzsB09vx-WrT3BjbEiPlT1QAKXfN9h5BbuTkx9VeFVyxWIjCdEQq2BRjo2ndGNZy3R/s320/Screen+Shot+2017-04-08+at+12.26.50+PM.jpg" width="134"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>TRex on the Cartoon</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> A live action progression of the Rankin & Bass cartoon, THE KING KONG SHOW, one of the first Japanese anime productions (that also included a miniature, inch-high secret service agent named TOM OF T.H.U.M.B). The KONG toon centered on a stalwart scientist, his moping teen daughter and a little boy who hangs with Kong like the mouse in the Grape Ape cartoon. When the cartoon was cancelled, ESCAPES, produced by Rankin and Bass, was possibly intended to continue under the Toho Films canvas: the geniuses that created and perpetuated Godzilla and a host of other classic monstrosities where Kong, despite being on Skull Island, or what's called Mondo Island, is a groundbreaking American representation in the creature-feature foray since, as everyone knows, he's based on a classic American film. When going up against Godzilla, he might as well be Uncle Sam.<br>

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TOHO KONG TWO OF TWO: KING KONG ESCAPES & KONG CARTOON

King Kong battles Dr. Who's MetalliKong YEAR: 1967 KING KONG ESCAPES is an exciting title but not entirely befitting the story at ha...

TOHO FILMS KONG ONE OF TWO: KING KONG VS GODZILLA

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWpMb6a1Bj4Wdcy7fwxJmMHihlsCP-Xd9WuLFRukh0pf84szBz7mYYXzGJid8CwgiegEK84-YTHXTZmJEI1Jhw7JC0OKntqUz1vNuLi9l63U_MpF5Z_ZHk1DPcQiYbuMprTxR5rfuaZFy/s1600/939aae7ef21f7a84574406d0520b4890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWpMb6a1Bj4Wdcy7fwxJmMHihlsCP-Xd9WuLFRukh0pf84szBz7mYYXzGJid8CwgiegEK84-YTHXTZmJEI1Jhw7JC0OKntqUz1vNuLi9l63U_MpF5Z_ZHk1DPcQiYbuMprTxR5rfuaZFy/s320/939aae7ef21f7a84574406d0520b4890.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u> Especially unique is the artwork at the bottomYEAR: 1962</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> It was the 1960's, and Bob Dylan was right, "Everybody must get stoned..." King Kong on some kind of treasured berry juice, which sure beats those gas bombs director Carl Denham lobbed in the original 1933 classic....<br> <br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfM-6o82GunCzSCAEdI-2x5uhVvUIcL0qoA7rT24WObdPJgMROJ1V1PD7htlA0c5ugontfu99cNwQD6KOKM3knZU0RtzBNGCJyhiROpTmhs1K5zbb56B6CFb-omwW8gahPsPkZAOkWsJUd/s1600/2_king-kong-vs-godzilla-three-sheet-19631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfM-6o82GunCzSCAEdI-2x5uhVvUIcL0qoA7rT24WObdPJgMROJ1V1PD7htlA0c5ugontfu99cNwQD6KOKM3knZU0RtzBNGCJyhiROpTmhs1K5zbb56B6CFb-omwW8gahPsPkZAOkWsJUd/s320/2_king-kong-vs-godzilla-three-sheet-19631.jpg" width="160"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Insert Artwork</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> And Skull Island, referred to as Kong Island, has a different kind of native: grooving to the same juicy drug, and after the giant ape saves their tribe by battling a slick and oozy octopus (which is paid homage to in the current KONG film), what was a somewhat dull forty minutes leads to a somewhat intriguing plot at hand... finally...<br> <br> Kong's brought to Tokyo, and, possibly depending on which version, a group of American newscasters provide universal exposition for The English audience...<br> <br> With the exception of an extremely quick shot of Godzilla screeching through a broken iceberg, he doesn't have much time on his own: it's all about the face-off/smackdown between monstrosities, or in this case, the anticipation of what the title gives away: KING KONG VS GODZILLA.<br>

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TOHO FILMS KONG ONE OF TWO: KING KONG VS GODZILLA

 Especially unique is the artwork at the bottomYEAR: 1962 It was the 1960's, and Bob Dylan was right, "Everybody must get stone...

EXTREMELY BELATED REVIEW OF KONG: SKULL ISLAND

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7ezskArwpNXq18iNF9YkVOin0BMC6UAJRAA8Zu2q1OPpN8YfdOpORh1IHB9GEsV74eseeV1R7edwWWBQQvW8W1cmEbOYCUn0NBIk2Ifm41-Ol9duGOBUOJx_JCwrr5LL5MQwzR9Vfcn5/s1600/two-new-kong-skull-island-posters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7ezskArwpNXq18iNF9YkVOin0BMC6UAJRAA8Zu2q1OPpN8YfdOpORh1IHB9GEsV74eseeV1R7edwWWBQQvW8W1cmEbOYCUn0NBIk2Ifm41-Ol9duGOBUOJx_JCwrr5LL5MQwzR9Vfcn5/s400/two-new-kong-skull-island-posters.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Apocalypse Now style poster for Skull Island YEAR: 2017</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Being a rabid fan of KING KONG, from the original 1933 Fay Wray adventure classic to the 1976 Jessica Lange action-packed modernized reboot, KONG: SKULL ISLAND throws the usual damsel in distress template out the window, replaced with a group of soldiers, their mission never quite explained, even by exposition bearer John Goodman, occurring right after Vietnam where Sam Jackson's character is still sore from losing, or as he puts it, abandoning the war...<br> <br> Between the Thirties and Seventies, Toho films (along with Rankin/Bass) kept Kong alive as a protagonist adversary verses Godzilla and other monsters, and in KING KONG VS GODZILLA the giant ape battles an octopus that, as you can imagine, paying homage with today's technology, looks pretty cool despite having little to do with what SKULL ISLAND lacks completely: an actual plot...<br> <br>

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EXTREMELY BELATED REVIEW OF KONG: SKULL ISLAND

Apocalypse Now style poster for Skull Island YEAR: 2017 Being a rabid fan of KING KONG, from the original 1933 Fay Wray adventure classi...

JOHN GUILLERMIN RETURNS TO DIRECT 'KING KONG LIVES'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GDvMqyTHwBe1m5f7PsqVngtWMDToeqovxl0dtjP0jasqgnfIm_icVMEgMyggTBItRgywwpTnCjAYdjn5k2vbNEVS3v3jNakpzdDYzXZPfk5pJVvJ5A9PGgAVus5xrVdaagYZB1cVBkHj/s1600/kk2_box_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GDvMqyTHwBe1m5f7PsqVngtWMDToeqovxl0dtjP0jasqgnfIm_icVMEgMyggTBItRgywwpTnCjAYdjn5k2vbNEVS3v3jNakpzdDYzXZPfk5pJVvJ5A9PGgAVus5xrVdaagYZB1cVBkHj/s400/kk2_box_front.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Foreign Poster to King Kong Lives YEAR: 1986</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> A rather unnecessary sequel of a remake for the 1976 Dino DeLaurantis's epic, which made a decent profit but wasn't embraced by fans of the classic original, and it's fitfully titled KING KONG LIVES, again directed by John Guillermin, an otherwise adventurous filmmaker who doesn't take his characters on the edge in this one-dimensional outing...<br> <br> Kong, it turns out, following his New York Twin Towers fall, is in a top secret coma, and soon-enough saved by a heart transplant by our lovely ingenue, THE TERMINATOR actress Linda Hamilton, less of a scream queen and providing both the brains and brawn... And on the flipside is a relatively unknown actor only fans of the series SHERIFF LOBO would recognize by name; although Brian Kerwin is probably best remembered as Sally Field's flakey ex-husband in MURPHY'S ROMANCE, or the guy who smooches TORCH SONG TRILOGY star Matthew Broderick (who'd headline the infamous 1990's GODZILLA, which made this film seem like THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK). Kerwin is somewhat similar to Jeff Bridges in the 1976 environmentally conscious, anti big oil company version, only more of a self-serving rogue; sarcastically described by Hamilton as "Indiana Jones" he's not respected as a animal activist, but is more of a capitalist and yet, like every leading man, he too has a heart of gold...<br>

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JOHN GUILLERMIN RETURNS TO DIRECT 'KING KONG LIVES'

Foreign Poster to King Kong Lives YEAR: 1986 A rather unnecessary sequel of a remake for the 1976 Dino DeLaurantis's epic, which mad...

REVIEW OF THE ORIGINAL KING KONG

<span style="font-size: x-large;">KING KONG<a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2019/11/classic-kong.html"> REVIEW HAS MOVED HERE</a></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NTGGy86e7PolsG3Hcyy1BuJhlNSCqLkz0hblt-JiBCi0m9cW7n8QmtAABE-UTf6IuwIl564Mj5q1r4m1caL7gqC-ivmR_dNv7t-0GMOplka9OBLtRACGA2Se_1eSF2CdfhuzjV502Ko/s1600/1.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NTGGy86e7PolsG3Hcyy1BuJhlNSCqLkz0hblt-JiBCi0m9cW7n8QmtAABE-UTf6IuwIl564Mj5q1r4m1caL7gqC-ivmR_dNv7t-0GMOplka9OBLtRACGA2Se_1eSF2CdfhuzjV502Ko/s320/1.jpg" width="236" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Fantastic King Kong poster</span></u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br />

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REVIEW OF THE ORIGINAL KING KONG

KING KONG REVIEW HAS MOVED HERE Fantastic King Kong poster