☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ½
King Kong (1933) – M. Cooper & E. Schoedsack
Re-watching this on
Blu-Ray has forced me to revise fond childhood TV memories to incorporate a lot
more violence and scariness than I remembered. Willis O'Brien's stop motion
animation (of the big ape -- you know the story) is better than recalled. Plus
Fay Wray in pre-Hays code outfits really does seem that she could attract Kong.
Some of the acting is a bit flat but all told this is a ripping yarn.
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