Instead of the gorilla from Peter Jackson's version. I approve.
shareAnd you are right to approve.
shareI'm glad he's bipedal this time around.
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I would of preferred Kong walking like an actually gorilla so it would feel natural that he could support his massive body weight. I just don't want Kong to feel too human like he is a guy in a suit. As long as his mannerisms and movements still feel ape-like then I am willing to give the bipedal design a pass.
shareBut the classic Kong wasn't a gorilla. The beast only resembled one.
I still hope for the return of the ferocious monster-god.
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I found this leaked image
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ja51IYJlbws/S-2mehVEHtI/AAAAAAAAGtk/iiAW77voDe8/s1600/ape1.jpg
I'm excited to see this version of King Kong.
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Thank God! The 2005 film as awful and them portraying Kong as nothing more than a giant gorilla was so, so stupid. Kong is neither beast nor man, but monster. Walking upright helps drive that home. That's exactly how King Kong is supposed to be.
shareYou realize, of course, that the "classic" 1933 look was just another of the God awful primate depictions that Hollywood cranked out for over 70 years. Maybe the original was never meant to be an actual gorilla, that's one a lesser fanboy like myself wouldn't know, but considering how comical most ape suits and models were for most of the 20th century, I've always just chalked up the '33, '76, and Toho Kongs as par for the course in terms of the technology of the day. Personally I thought Jackson's Kong was very compelling BECAUSE of his realism. Have you ever wondered how a fight between a grizzly bear and a Siberian tiger would end up? A saltwater crocodile and a great white shark? A bull moose and a cape buffalo? Jackson's Kong had that same element of fantastic supposition because of the realism. But that's only one opinion.
shareMaybe the original was never meant to be an actual gorilla
Listen guys, I feel like you're insinuating Jackson did something wrong with his "Kong." Keep in mind, when dealing with a guy like Jackson, he will come to a project like King Kong with a single word in mind: restraint.
His Kong won't be 40 feet or a 100 feet tall. He shows restraint because he is a great director. He understands that isn't realistic.
His Kong won't look like a monster, but just like a gorilla, because people wouldn't sympathize with a monster. Again, the mark of a true master of the craft.
Jackson's mastery over restraint is the reason why a 4-9 hour movie about a 20 foot gorilla ice skating and falling in love with a woman in the 1930s works. Restraint is what makes a Brontosaurus avalanche really believable as a group of dirty sailors outrun the Brontosaurus avalanche.
When Kong has to fight three T-rexes that scene could have easily become a spectacle of special effects nonsense, but again, Jackson's restraint made it a cleverly paced action scene.
So lay off the dude.
And in case you couldn't tell, I was being sarcastic. FTG
Fits in with the classic Godzilla in the 2014 movie.
What's missing in movies is same as in society: a good sense of work ethic and living up to ideals.
Kong was still a giant gorilla even if he did walk more upright in previous films.
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