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King Kong (Blu-ray Book) Manufacturer: Warner Home Video List price: $34.99 1 new available from $24.99. |
| Captured on Blu-ray at last comes "the greatest of all horror films" with "masterly special effects" (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic). Memorable moments abound: a moviemaking expedition on a fantastic isle filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures; the giant simian's lovestruck obsession with the film shoot's blonde starlet (scream queen Fay Wray); Kong's capture; his Manhattan rampage; and the fateful finale atop the Empire State Building, where Kong cradles his palm-sized beloved and swats at machine-gunning airplanes. "It was beauty killed the beast." But in these and other great scenes, King Kong lives forever. |
| "Now you see it. You're amazed. You can't believe it. Your eyes open wider. It's horrible, but you can't look away. There's no chance for you. No escape. You're helpless, helpless. There's just one chance, if you can scream. Throw your arms across your eyes and scream, scream for your life!" And scream Fay Wray does most famously in this monster classic, one of the greatest adventure films of all time, which even in an era of computer-generated wizardry remains a marvel of stop-motion animation. Robert Armstrong stars as famed adventurer Carl Denham, who is leading a "crazy voyage" to a mysterious, uncharted island to photograph "something monstrous ... neither beast nor man." Also aboard is waif Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) and Bruce Cabot as big lug John Driscoll, the ship's first mate. King Kong's first half-hour is steady going, with engagingly corny dialogue ("Some big, hard-boiled egg gets a look at a pretty face and bang, he cracks up and goes sappy") and ominous portent that sets the stage for the horror to come. Once our heroes reach Skull Island, the movie comes to roaring, chest-thumping, T. rex-slamming, snake-throttling, pterodactyl-tearing, native-stomping life. King Kong was ranked by the American Film Institute as among the 50 best films of the 20th century. Kong making his last stand atop the Empire State Building is one of the movies' most indelible and iconic images. --Donald Liebenson |
King Kong (Blu-ray Book)
Customer Reviews / King Kong (Blu-ray Book)
| If you are John Driscoll, then you are the first mate on the Venture - an old steamer about to get underway. The New York tugboats are backing away. You are shouting commands and waving your arms about, when, unexpectedly, your hand smacks something behind you; it felt soft. You turn and find a young woman rubbing her chin.
It's Ann Darrow. She's that woman that Carl Denham brought aboard last night. She is to star in his new picture. The trouble is, women aboard a ship are a nuisance, but then Denham is paying for this trip. You brusquely tell her to stay out of the way; however, for all your gruffness, you are secretly pleased that she is aboard. It took more than six weeks to reach the Indian Ocean and find Denham's uncharted isle. Masses of rock jut skyward from its jungle floor; sea cliffs overlook the breakers; the only access is a sandy beach along a tapering peninsula; and separating it from the jungle is an enormous stone wall. Upon landing, you find the villager's preparing a girl for sacrifice, but when they offer a trade for Ann, you retreat to the ship. That night, you finally tell Ann that you love her. You are called away. The next time you see her, she is in the clutches of an enormous beast. You chase it through the jungles, swamps, canyons, and cliffs; your ears ring with the screams of your mates and the roars of the dinosaurs. Oh Ann! Overall: The best adventure-monster movie ever made! It's a well-crafted story, chock full of suspense and action. Listen closely to the dialog; it's loaded with preludes of actions to come. This movie defines the word: classic. Picture (DVD): 3, a few minor defects. |
| I first watched this movie when I was about 7 years old. After watching it I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I mean, for a black and white movie... oh man. It's as good today as it was when I first watched it, and I've watched it many times in between. Highly recommended for lovers of old time classics. |
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| My dad and I love the older movies. This movie is great to watch. The effects and the scene are well put together and very real looking. The jungle parts of the scene are great to watch, it feels like your right there in the scene with them. |
King Kong (Blu-ray Book)
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