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Originally Posted by Almighty Colin
If you admit the possibility of a classic being bested by a remake this was it.
If not, there is nothing to discuss. That would be a "religious" belief. ;-)
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Horseshit.
The original was made during the day when it was timely. This new movie is a nostalgic look back. When the original played, they used what was then technological solutions to beat Kong which were airplanes. The story took place in then present day. That's the major difference. I remember growing up and watching the original and people would say it really happened and us kids looking for it in the history books.
This version you know is a fantasy. The triumph is that it stays close as possible to the original and embellishes upon it with today's state-of-the-art technologies of cinema. In another 20 years there'll be another remake using technologies of then, BUT it will have to raise the bar in acting as this version of Kong was superiorly acted out by the actor who played Gollum in LOTR trilogy. He should get nominated for an Oscar for this performance. If any of you are fans of primatology and have studied the great apes, you can see how the actor and special effects duplicated the behavior of the mountain gorilla and then some. Just brilliant.