This 40 year old B-movie has absolutely nothing to do with either King Kong (1933) the greatest adventure movie ever made, or with the Skull Mountain featured therein. It DOES have two or three guys in gorilla costumes causing mucho trouble under the influence of a mad scientist.
Besides that, it offers a halfway decent plot, lots of African wildlife shots, and three very pretty young women for us guys to gawk at. For the girls, both the hero and the bad guy are handsome and will show off enough bare chest to keep the females happy. What it DOES NOT have is anything to irritate the audience.....
.... which brings me to compare it to Peter Jackson's $150 million 2006 gorilla movie, wherein Jackson spent tons of money to make the most stupid adventure movie ever in history, and thus irritated this moviegoer to the boiling point.
In 1968, filmmakers knew that it did not take $ millions to make a good movie. In the post-2000 era, filmmakers have forgotten that fact, and we the audience suffer their mistakes. Kong Island is offered as a bonus second feature with the 1932 classic The Most Dangerous Game on DVD. The DVD is available with or without Kong Island. Take it with.
Besides that, it offers a halfway decent plot, lots of African wildlife shots, and three very pretty young women for us guys to gawk at. For the girls, both the hero and the bad guy are handsome and will show off enough bare chest to keep the females happy. What it DOES NOT have is anything to irritate the audience.....
.... which brings me to compare it to Peter Jackson's $150 million 2006 gorilla movie, wherein Jackson spent tons of money to make the most stupid adventure movie ever in history, and thus irritated this moviegoer to the boiling point.
In 1968, filmmakers knew that it did not take $ millions to make a good movie. In the post-2000 era, filmmakers have forgotten that fact, and we the audience suffer their mistakes. Kong Island is offered as a bonus second feature with the 1932 classic The Most Dangerous Game on DVD. The DVD is available with or without Kong Island. Take it with.