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Is this film a JOKE??

posted 19 years ago by tomtkh
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The director of "King Kong Lives" didn't even bother to study real apes. The gorilla suits were well-made, but the humans inside just acted like -- HUMANS! It made it very unbelievable that these were huge apes. Watch how the 2 apes sit, walk, and move in general. Also---the male apes breaks the female ape loose from chains?? HOW does an ape know how to do this?? And the lovey-dovey looks the 2 apes give each other is OUTRAGEOUSLY stupid, making this a potential "Mystery Science 3000" possibility!! This director did not know what he was doing -- at ALL.

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[–] tomtkh 19 years ago

The funniest part of this movie is the humans didn't bother to even act like GORILLAS...they moved around in a very human way and it looked STUPID!

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[–] spinwit 19 years ago

There are many types of bad movies.The mediocre movies,the unintentionally funny movies,the so-bad-it's-good movies,and the so-bad-you-want-to-destroy-the-TV-set movies.King Kong Lives belongs in the last category in my book.

Excellent post. King Kong Lives is not a fun movie, it is ugly and represents the worst aspects of 80's cinema.

I don't understand people who find anything about it "fun". It's a fairly depressing bit of garbage not worth much attention. I actually like the 76 Kong but this thing is inert and comes across as if nobody cared to even try.

There are bad movies that are made with gusto and enthusiasm and there are sad little misfires made by people who are just going through the motions. KKL falls into the latter category.

The movie commits the worst sin imaginable... it's boring.

[–] marisa_girl 19 years ago

"The movie commits the worst sin imaginable... it's boring."

Great score, though...

"From thy wedding with the creature who touches Heaven, lady God preserve thee..." - KING KONG

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[–] marisa_girl 19 years ago

"When watching a bad movie,you don't notice how good the score is."

Unless of course you're listening to the soundtrack album instead of watching the film...

"From thy wedding with the creature who touches Heaven, lady God preserve thee..." - KING KONG

[–] The_Keeper_of_Angela_Baker 14 years ago

Absolutely not. A good score can make a bad movie tolerable. And a bad score can sink a good movie.

Also, Peter Elliot walks and behaves exponentially more like a gorilla than Rick Baker (who was forced by De Laurentiis to move as he did) did in the 1976 film this is a sequel to.

[–] Forgotten_Hero 11 years ago

"The movie commits the worst sin imaginable... it's boring."

Great score, though...

The theme that plays during the credits sounds like it belongs in a much, much better film. I had to pause and ask myself if I'd accidentally changed the channel to see another movie's credits.

[–] Forgotten_Hero 11 years ago

Getting back to the actors in the gorilla costumes, I asked myself repeatedly "Who thought this was entertaining?" during the scenes where it was just the Kongs. They grunt, they roar, Kong pretends to be hurt and then cops a feel of Lady Kong's butt as she looks over his wounds... It's like, who thought attempts at college humor would be funny if it was being done by 60 ft gorillas?

It just seems like filler because they didn't have any action or real story to cut back to.

[–] dialrralph 19 years ago

I konw. They could have hunched their backs and walk on their knuckles or something. Total lack of effort.

[–] jamieleefan1 17 years ago

This is the single worst thing about this movie. If they acted like apes it would ALMOST be tolerable. Suddenly, the Kongs understand english ("Reach for him" and "Show him your son") and i especially hate the end when Lady Kong makes a "Hunh?" and then "Ohh yeah" type of grunt. WTF!!!

[–] qlhologram 14 years ago

No King Kong movie is about actually having King Kong actually walking like a gorrilla does in real life.

Somebody writes male apes breaks the female ape loose from chains?? HOW does an ape know how to do this??

I am not sure but it does not matter to me

King Kong would be boring if he acted just like apes do in real life.

Use your imagination or keep an open mind when watching all of The King Kong Movies, Straight To DVD Movies and TV series.

[–] silvercometred1 10 years ago

"And the lovey-dovey looks the 2 apes give each other is OUTRAGEOUSLY stupid,"

If you read cast list both of the humans instead the monkey suits were men!

Wild, hairy, gay gorilla sex!

[–] tomtkh 10 years ago

Well that's cool...2 men in ape suits flirting....HOT!

[–] millsey72 (10939) 3 years ago

They acted like real apes. When I see Kong with Lady Kong, it has a documentary type feel with their actions. I always thought this was the most realistic version of Kong on the big screen and I was so happy he got to share screen time with his love. This movie was a big step up for Linda Hamilton after doing The Terminator