Which King Kong movie is your favorite?

[Ultron-5]

1933, 1976 or 2005? Which one is your favorite?

 

[jf300]

I was thinking about this and I am still quite shocked that people don't like Peter Jackson's King Kong.

I think it's probably one of my favourite films and it never fails to make me cry at the end. It may be over the top and long, but I still think it's a marvelous piece of film-making.

 

[Boom]

1933 version, and it's not even close.

 

[spiderman2]

I was thinking about this and I am still quite shocked that people don't like Peter Jackson's King Kong.

I think it's probably one of my favourite films and it never fails to make me cry at the end. It may be over the top and long, but I still think it's a marvelous piece of film-making.

Are you sure that people didn't really like it? It is at an 84 on RT.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Yeah I think Peter Jackson's film is pretty good. Andy Serkis killed it.

 

[spiderman2]

Yeah I think Peter Jackson's film is pretty good. Andy Serkis killed it.

It was pretty good. It was to long though made the movie kind of drag. The part when kong fights the T-REX was just awesome.

 

[AnneFan]

Just voted for '33 problems but Peter Jackson ain't one.

 

[psylockolussus]

2005! I enjoyed it!

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

I like the 1933 version best. But the 2005 version is very, very good.

The 1976 version is crap, though. Boring and stupid.

 

[Fallen Angel]

1933's version still the king.

 

[Jochimus]

Of that group, the original 1933 version.

Of course, the one I've watched the most is King Kong vs. Godzilla, even though the Kong suit looks really bad (as does the puppet head in the close-ups). I do wish somebody would finally release the original Japanese version of it here in the States.

 

[Drizzle]

The 2005 version is my favorite. The original is great, but it's really just a run of the mill monster movie. Peter Jackson's Kong was an actual character that I felt for, and not just a big brute.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Yeah, the original is truly a classic, but the 2005 movie has much more dimension to in terms of character and story. My favorite line of the movie is when the cabin boy asks his mentor about heart of darkness: "this isn't an adventure story, is it?" Perfect way of describing the film itself. It may look like a big loud monster movie with a damsel in distress and dashing heroes, but it's really a loss of innocence story. Nobody came back from that island the same.

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

No, no, no. Everything is better in the 1933 version. It's perfect! The special effects haven't aged a bit...I'm almost afraid to watch it. I don't buy the "stop motion" nonsense...it's a conspiracy. The gorilla is clearly real!

 

[PalmerTheThing]

1976.

Just because my favorite ride of all time is based on that film. RIP Kongfrontation ride at Universal Studios

 

[marcvader]

Wow, no love for 76. First movie I vaguely remember seeing in a theater. Was 5 and was traumatized for years.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

1976.
Never saw the original, I liked the 2005 version as well.

 

[Quasimod0]

The 2005 version feels like a modern classic to me.

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

Wow, no love for 76. First movie I vaguely remember seeing in a theater. Was 5 and was traumatized for years.

Yeah, I saw some of it as a kid, before I saw the 33 version. It traumatized me as well...the part with the ass-shaking native dude...

 

[Pink Ranger]

IMO, King Kong (1933) is to American cinema what The Seven Samurai is to Japanese cinema.

 

[C. Lee]

The 1933 version is my favorite...I have seen it a hundred times over the decades, it's a fond part of my childhood. The 2005 Jackson version comes in a close second. It's a beautiful film with fantastic effects, but it's hard to beat your first love. The '76 film has some moments, and Rick Baker is great in the suit....but it lacks something.

I also recommend 1986's KING KONG LIVES (the sequel to '76 KONG with Linda Hamilton) it's goofy fun, not to be taken seriously, but not as outrageous as 1967's KING KONG ESCAPES.

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

I also recommend 1986's KING KONG LIVES (the sequel to '76 KONG with Linda Hamilton) it's goofy fun, not to be taken seriously, but not as outrageous as 1967's KING KONG ESCAPES.

I like King Kong Lives (maybe I should post that in the unpopular movie opinions thread?). The concept is so sillyt:

 

[C. Lee]

I like King Kong Lives (maybe I should post that in the unpopular movie opinions thread?). The concept is so sillyt:

Silly? A giant horny ape recuperating from a mechanical heart transplant rampaging across the countryside in search of the giant female ape he smells.....what's silly about that?

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

Silly? A giant horny ape recuperating from a mechanical heart transplant rampaging across the countryside in search of the giant female ape he smells.....what's silly about that?

Happens all the time

 

[Destructus86]

The 2005 version was really fantastic.