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* HilariousInHindsight: One of the film's iconic scenes is Kong wrecking an elevated train somewhere in Midtown Manhattan. Decades later, the entire elevated train system in Midtown Manhattan would no longer exist.
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* HilariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight:
** One of the film's iconic scenes is Kong wrecking an elevated train somewhere in Midtown Manhattan. Decades later, the entire elevated train system in Midtown Manhattan would no longerexist.exist.
** Kong's fight with the Tyrannosaurus sees him using various techniques from boxing, Greco-Roman wrestling, and even a shoulder flip from judo. King Kong was an MMA fighter before MMA was even a discipline.
** One of the film's iconic scenes is Kong wrecking an elevated train somewhere in Midtown Manhattan. Decades later, the entire elevated train system in Midtown Manhattan would no longer
** Kong's fight with the Tyrannosaurus sees him using various techniques from boxing, Greco-Roman wrestling, and even a shoulder flip from judo. King Kong was an MMA fighter before MMA was even a discipline.
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* EthnicScrappy: Charlie the cook, whose actor was credited as "Victor Wong" and ''may'' have actually been Chinese-American, but whose portrayal is still considered offensive. Still doesn't prevent him from being competent ([[HyperCompetentSidekick noticing Ann's missing first and immediately raising the alarm]]) or brave ([[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome challenging a dinosaur in the sequel with nothing but a meat cleaver and coming out on top]]).
* FairForItsDay: While the natives of Skull Island are full, [[HollywoodNatives Hollywood Native]] racist stereotypes, during Kong's rampage through their village there are few moments where the audience is clearly meant to sympathise with them, emphasising how they're just victims of Kong rather than actually evil. In this way, they're probably ''less'' racist than TheSavageIndian style natives featured in the [[Film/KingKong2005 2005 film]] who are basically indisguishable from [[Film/LordOfTheRings orcs]] and who eventually disappear from the film without comment.
* FirstInstallmentWins: While there have been many sequels and remakes, this is the version most often spoken of by fans, with ''Film/KingKong2005'' at a respectable second place.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The film has been hugely popular in Japan from the moment of its release. Unauthorized cash-in films began to pop up immediately (most famously ''Wasei Kingu Kongu'' (1933) and ''King Kong Appears in Edo'' (1938), both now lost), and decades down the line, Creator/{{Toho}} licensed the character to appear in ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' - which remains their most successful {{Kaiju}} film ''to this very day'' - as well an unrelated film called ''Film/KingKongEscapes''. It has been said that ''Film/Godzilla1954'' was itself directly inspired by the original ''Kong'', making it potentially the most important movie in giant-monster history. Additionally he was the inspiration for the very pillar of Creator/{{Nintendo}}, Franchise/DonkeyKong.
* FairForItsDay: While the natives of Skull Island are full, [[HollywoodNatives Hollywood Native]] racist stereotypes, during Kong's rampage through their village there are few moments where the audience is clearly meant to sympathise with them, emphasising how they're just victims of Kong rather than actually evil. In this way, they're probably ''less'' racist than TheSavageIndian style natives featured in the [[Film/KingKong2005 2005 film]] who are basically indisguishable from [[Film/LordOfTheRings orcs]] and who eventually disappear from the film without comment.
* FirstInstallmentWins: While there have been many sequels and remakes, this is the version most often spoken of by fans, with ''Film/KingKong2005'' at a respectable second place.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The film has been hugely popular in Japan from the moment of its release. Unauthorized cash-in films began to pop up immediately (most famously ''Wasei Kingu Kongu'' (1933) and ''King Kong Appears in Edo'' (1938), both now lost), and decades down the line, Creator/{{Toho}} licensed the character to appear in ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' - which remains their most successful {{Kaiju}} film ''to this very day'' - as well an unrelated film called ''Film/KingKongEscapes''. It has been said that ''Film/Godzilla1954'' was itself directly inspired by the original ''Kong'', making it potentially the most important movie in giant-monster history. Additionally he was the inspiration for the very pillar of Creator/{{Nintendo}}, Franchise/DonkeyKong.
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* EthnicScrappy: Charlie the cook, whose who was played by Chinese-American actor was credited as "Victor Wong" and ''may'' have actually been Chinese-American, Victor Wong but whose portrayal is still considered offensive. Still doesn't prevent offensive in spite of him from being competent ([[HyperCompetentSidekick noticing Ann's missing first and immediately raising the alarm]]) or brave ([[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome challenging a dinosaur in the sequel with nothing but a meat cleaver and coming out on top]]).
* FairForItsDay: While the natives of Skull Island are full, [[HollywoodNatives Hollywood Native]] racist stereotypes, during Kong's rampage through their village there are few moments where the audience is clearly meant tosympathise sympathize with them, emphasising emphasizing how they're just victims of Kong rather than actually evil. evil, with many scenes showing them rather despondent but resigned to the sacrificial ceremony to appease Kong, showing they really wouldn't do this if there was any other way to stop Kong from killing them. In this way, they're probably ''less'' racist than TheSavageIndian style natives featured in the [[Film/KingKong2005 2005 film]] who are basically indisguishable indistinguishable from [[Film/LordOfTheRings orcs]] as primitive, sadistic and demonic humanoids and who eventually disappear from the film without comment.
comment after they kidnap and sacrifice Ann to Kong.
* FirstInstallmentWins: While there have been many sequels and remakes, this is the version most often spoken of byfans, fans and the one where virtually all other instalments in the franchise and stories pick up from or at least are heavily inspired by, with ''Film/KingKong2005'' at a respectable second place.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The film has been hugely popular in Japan from the moment of its release. Unauthorized cash-in films began to pop up immediately (most famously ''Wasei Kingu Kongu'' (1933) and ''King Kong Appears in Edo'' (1938), both now lost), and decades down the line, Creator/{{Toho}} licensed the character to appear in ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' - which remains their most successful {{Kaiju}} film ''to this very day'' - as well an unrelated film called ''Film/KingKongEscapes''. It has been said that ''Film/Godzilla1954'' was itself directly inspired by the original ''Kong'', making it potentially the most important movie in giant-monster history.Additionally Additionally, he was the inspiration for the very pillar of Creator/{{Nintendo}}, Franchise/DonkeyKong.
* FairForItsDay: While the natives of Skull Island are full, [[HollywoodNatives Hollywood Native]] racist stereotypes, during Kong's rampage through their village there are few moments where the audience is clearly meant to
* FirstInstallmentWins: While there have been many sequels and remakes, this is the version most often spoken of by
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The film has been hugely popular in Japan from the moment of its release. Unauthorized cash-in films began to pop up immediately (most famously ''Wasei Kingu Kongu'' (1933) and ''King Kong Appears in Edo'' (1938), both now lost), and decades down the line, Creator/{{Toho}} licensed the character to appear in ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' - which remains their most successful {{Kaiju}} film ''to this very day'' - as well an unrelated film called ''Film/KingKongEscapes''. It has been said that ''Film/Godzilla1954'' was itself directly inspired by the original ''Kong'', making it potentially the most important movie in giant-monster history.
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* MemeticMutation: The entire climax of the film involving King Kong and the planes.
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* MemeticMutation: The entire climax of the film involving King Kong and the planes.planes has been parodied to death and back again in virtually everything. From cartoons, movies and the likes to common internet memes. Either by changing the ending to be more comedic or have a different outcome such as Kong winning or quitting the fight.
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* SpecialEffectFailure: While most of the special effects have aged [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome like fine wine]], alot of the non-stop motion stuff haven't nearly as well.
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* SpecialEffectFailure: While most of the special effects have aged [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome like fine wine]], alot a lot of the non-stop motion stuff haven't nearly as well.
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* FairForItsDay: While the natives of Skull Island are full, [[HollywoodNatives Hollywood Native]] racist stereotypes, during Kong's rampage through their village there are few moments where the audience is clearly meant to sympathise with them, emphasising how they're just victims of Kong rather than actually evil. In this way, they're probably ''less'' racist than TheSavageIndian style natives featured in the [[Film/KingKong2005 2005 film]] who are basically indisguishable from [[Film/LordOfTheRings orcs]] and who eventually disappear from the film without comment.
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** The novelization ramps up all the problematic aspects of the film even further, including casual use of the “n-word”.
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The stop-motion effects were so impressive they got a kid named Creator/RayHarryhausen interested in making that a career. There are still cinephiles and affects experts impressed with how Willis O'Brien made his effects, especially when considering the technology available to him.
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The stop-motion effects were so impressive they got a kid named Creator/RayHarryhausen interested in making that a career. There are still ''still'' many cinephiles and affects effects experts impressed with how Willis O'Brien made his effects, especially when considering the technology available to him.
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* SpecialEffectFailure: While must of the special effects have aged [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome like fine wine]], alot of the non-stop motion stuff haven't nearly as well.
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* SpecialEffectFailure: While must most of the special effects have aged [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome like fine wine]], alot of the non-stop motion stuff haven't nearly as well.
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* SpecialEffectFailure: While must of the special effects have aged [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome like fine wine]], alot of the non-stop motion stuff haven't nearly as well.
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* SpecialEffectFailure: While must of the special effects have aged [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome like fine wine]], alot of the non-stop motion stuff haven't nearly as well.
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This seems very nit-picky and focused on a micro-details. The description is also a little bit accusatory. .
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** As tremendously impressive as they were in 1933, we humble tropers must be honest: to a [=21st=] century perspective, time has not been very kind to the StopMotion used for Kong and the dinosaurs. Doesn't stop people enjoying them, though.
** There's one bigger problem with the iconic "Kong vs. Rex" scene, though, and specifically in the otherwise gorgeous pulled-away sections that are so beautifully animated... because there's some ''non''-beautiful animation in there. Willis O'Brien focused a ton of attention on getting Kong and the T.Rex right, and assumed the viewer's attention would be on them... except that, unlike the rear projection cuts (mentioned below), Ann on the tree in the wide view scenes is ''herself'' another stop motion figure, and one with vastly less effort put into her appearance and animation. She's tiny and confined to a small bit of the top left of the scene, but once you notice that she's generally animating with fewer overall "frames" than Kong and Rex, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvD3X3RcK3Y you simply will not be able to unsee it]].
** As tremendously impressive as they were in 1933, we humble tropers must be honest: to a [=21st=] century perspective, time has not been very kind to the StopMotion used for Kong and the dinosaurs. Doesn't stop people enjoying them, though.
** There's one bigger problem with the iconic "Kong vs. Rex" scene, though, and specifically in the otherwise gorgeous pulled-away sections that are so beautifully animated... because there's some ''non''-beautiful animation in there. Willis O'Brien focused a ton of attention on getting Kong and the T.Rex right, and assumed the viewer's attention would be on them... except that, unlike the rear projection cuts (mentioned below), Ann on the tree in the wide view scenes is ''herself'' another stop motion figure, and one with vastly less effort put into her appearance and animation. She's tiny and confined to a small bit of the top left of the scene, but once you notice that she's generally animating with fewer overall "frames" than Kong and Rex, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvD3X3RcK3Y you simply will not be able to unsee it]].
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* SpecialEffectFailure:
** As tremendously impressive as they were in 1933, we humble tropersSpecialEffectFailure: While must be honest: to a [=21st=] century perspective, time has not been very kind to of the StopMotion used for Kong and special effects have aged [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome like fine wine]], alot of the dinosaurs. Doesn't stop people enjoying them, though.
** There's one bigger problem with the iconic "Kong vs. Rex" scene, though, and specifically in the otherwise gorgeous pulled-away sections that are so beautifully animated... because there's some ''non''-beautiful animation in there. Willis O'Brien focused a ton of attention on getting Kong and the T.Rex right, and assumed the viewer's attention would be on them... except that, unlike the rear projection cuts (mentioned below), Ann on the tree in the wide view scenes is ''herself'' another stopnon-stop motion figure, and one with vastly less effort put into her appearance and animation. She's tiny and confined to a small bit of the top left of the scene, but once you notice that she's generally animating with fewer overall "frames" than Kong and Rex, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvD3X3RcK3Y you simply will not be able to unsee it]].stuff haven't nearly as well.
** As tremendously impressive as they were in 1933, we humble tropers
** There's one bigger problem with the iconic "Kong vs. Rex" scene, though, and specifically in the otherwise gorgeous pulled-away sections that are so beautifully animated... because there's some ''non''-beautiful animation in there. Willis O'Brien focused a ton of attention on getting Kong and the T.Rex right, and assumed the viewer's attention would be on them... except that, unlike the rear projection cuts (mentioned below), Ann on the tree in the wide view scenes is ''herself'' another stop
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** While the StopMotion is respected even through a modern perspective, the rear projections are a more mixed deal; the scenes where Ann watches Kong battle dinosaurs have Fay Wray rather awkwardly pasted alongside the miniature set. Granted, this was half a century before ChromaKey was even a concept and everyone was halfway inventing this technology as they went, but it's still clear to a modern viewer that Wray has no idea what is going on in the full scene.
