![]() ![]() No matter how loud Kong roars, the machine guns of three helicopter gunships are louder. What really scares you is the almost overwhelming power and destructive force of the movie's true monster: modern civilization. Kong is not really the source of the fear, though he does some terrible things. He likes her because she tries to talk to him and doesn't try to hurt him. We like her because she looks and sounds like a Marilyn Monroe clone. He is loyal to the death to the one who fulfills his emotional need, Jessica Lange. Kong is more of an oversized, misunderstood pet, than a marauding monster. By God, it IS Rick Baker in that ape suit, lumbering along to John Barry's emotionally moving music. It's something that goes beyond awkwardly dated special effects and trespassing upon classic cinema. True, I do LOVE both versions, being a bit of a MONSTER JONES, but it's Kong '76 that pushes buttons for me that other monster movies don't. After recently rewatching King Kong '76, I was able to reconnect with why this movie haunts me to this day.
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