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Have you seen the original King Kong (1933)?
06-26-05, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Jalizarin
Many times... more than I really needed to. 
Our youngest son, who's 13, is infatuated with classic monster and B-movie monster films. Kong is one of his absolute favorites. His room is totally decorated with vintage posters and monsters --
Our youngest son, who's 13, is infatuated with classic monster and B-movie monster films. Kong is one of his absolute favorites. His room is totally decorated with vintage posters and monsters --
thats an awesome room, loved all them posters
06-26-05, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Crocker Jarmen
Quite a few times.
Some of my fondest memories are of growing up in Niagara Falls.
Some of my fondest memories are of growing up in Niagara Falls.
06-26-05, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Jalizarin
Many times... more than I really needed to.
Our youngest son, who's 13, is infatuated with classic monster and B-movie monster films. Kong is one of his absolute favorites. His room is totally decorated with vintage posters and monsters --
Our youngest son, who's 13, is infatuated with classic monster and B-movie monster films. Kong is one of his absolute favorites. His room is totally decorated with vintage posters and monsters --
06-26-05, 04:41 PM
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Jalzarin: you must have one cool kid with an interest in movies that old and then collects the material related to them. The fact that he knows so much about them at such a young age indicates he must like doing research on the topic.
THO- what is that exactly? Something about her losing her top a lot?
Originally Posted by caligulathegod
Also, Fay Wray has THO the whole movie. Now I see it on tv, but didn't notice it until I saw it in a theater.
THO- what is that exactly? Something about her losing her top a lot?
06-26-05, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr. DVD
THO- what is that exactly? Something about her losing her top a lot?
THO =
Spoiler:
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06-26-05, 11:12 PM
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I really like the original, the parts where they're on the island are the best. I find it more scary, the idea of these people from the 30's with no internet or good radios being out in the middle of nowhere on this forbidding jungle island. Awesome atmosphere.
06-27-05, 06:04 AM
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Thanks, fellas.
Dr. -- Yeah, he's a pretty cool little guy. I don't know many (any) 13 year olds that can have a conversation about Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Cheney, et al.
Dr. -- Yeah, he's a pretty cool little guy. I don't know many (any) 13 year olds that can have a conversation about Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Cheney, et al.
06-27-05, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by rw2516
I am amazed there are people who haven't seen this.
06-27-05, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by maingon
thats an awesome room, loved all them posters
meanwhile back on topic:
The first time I saw King Kong was on TV at my Uncle's house one Thanksgiving weekend. I was about 7 (as I recall) and I was simply transfixed by it all - the dinos, Kong, the rampage in NYC (all on a itty bitty TV). For being 7 - it actually gave me nightmares.
06-27-05, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Jalizarin
Our youngest son, who's 13, is infatuated with classic monster and B-movie monster films. Kong is one of his absolute favorites. His room is totally decorated with vintage posters and monsters --
ok, so you probably had something to do with it, but the wall colors, lighting and posters seem to work well together. and good to see good framing too. lol.
06-27-05, 12:04 PM
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Saw numerous times as a kid, plus my kids love it now, so I've seen it repeatedly in the past years.
Well, let me step back a bit. My kids love the film from the point Fay Wray is tied up by the natives to the end of the flick. They get bored of the opening exposition, but as long as Kong or any of the other creatures are around, they are transfixed.
Just had a discussion with them about it this weekend trying to convince them that Kong wasn't a bad creature. They think he was bad for kidnapping someone but I tried to tell him that he lived by the rules of the jungle. At ages 8 and 5, they just stared at me blankly and thought I was crazy.
Well, let me step back a bit. My kids love the film from the point Fay Wray is tied up by the natives to the end of the flick. They get bored of the opening exposition, but as long as Kong or any of the other creatures are around, they are transfixed.
Just had a discussion with them about it this weekend trying to convince them that Kong wasn't a bad creature. They think he was bad for kidnapping someone but I tried to tell him that he lived by the rules of the jungle. At ages 8 and 5, they just stared at me blankly and thought I was crazy.
06-27-05, 06:17 PM
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Why are people surprised that many people haven't seen it? It isn't the most accessible movie. I saw it but that must have been at least 15 years ago. I believe we rented it from the library or something like that. I would very much like to watch it again though.
06-29-05, 12:04 AM
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Maybe it's not as accessable as "The Johnson Family Vacation" is on HBO, but it is as accessible as any other film. TBS used to show it every Thanksgiving when I was a kid, Turner Classic shows it a few times during the year, it's been on video nearly since the first commercial VHS players were sold (it was in the first ad I ever saw for a VCR in the late 70s), it was out on Laser Disc, etc. Did anyone watch movies before DVD?
06-29-05, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by caligulathegod
Maybe it's not as accessable as "The Johnson Family Vacation" is on HBO, but it is as accessible as any other film. TBS used to show it every Thanksgiving when I was a kid, Turner Classic shows it a few times during the year, it's been on video nearly since the first commercial VHS players were sold (it was in the first ad I ever saw for a VCR in the late 70s), it was out on Laser Disc, etc. Did anyone watch movies before DVD?
You probably hit it on the head. Of course I definately watched movies before DVD but I think most of the general population and even most on this board have watched significantly more movies since the advent of DVD. It is cheaper and there is more available. Sadly this means that movies that aren't available on DVD yet are overlooked simply because everyone is watching movies on DVD now. How many people had a sizable collection of VHS back then? How many of us skipped the Laser Disc format altogether?