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Robert
feels there was something not quite right about the ambush; the
apes didn’t act like apes at
all, and it was like they had a
plan of attack. And when the film
gets even more cryptic as Ursula
warns them against violating any
ancient jungle taboos, we,
as an audience, give up and pop
open another cold one, hoping less
sobriety will somehow help this
film make more sense... |
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When
his plant extract bubbles over
onto the floor, where the family
cat pounces and begins to lap it
up, a horrified Decker shoots the
animal dead. Now Margaret is the
one horrified as he explains,
in all seriousness, that
the world isn’t ready for a cat
the size of leopard running loose
in London. No, not a
giant feline; Decker
wants a Konga to be the inaugural
test-subject for his diabolical accelerated
growth experiments... |
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When
the Peking Man makes his first
public appearance, the giant
man-ape causes a panic. But the
scattering crowd calms down once
they realize that Samantha can
control the beast. Lu Tiem then
makes arrangements to take the behemoth
to Hong Kong and put him on
exhibition, and we already know
that this is a real bad idea that
will only end in fire... |
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Getting
our first full body shot of
Kong, we are struck by the
strangely odd proportions of the
animal. And if the huge head,
broad shoulders, and really long
arms perched on those tiny little
legs doesn’t bring a smile to
your face, then check your pulse
'cuz you may be dead... |
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Cradled
in the monkey’s paw, Marilyn
pleads "Be gentle big
fella" and then strikes a
disturbingly prostate pose across
his palm. When
the ape sits her down, she
scrambles into a narrow crevice,
where his hand won't fit. Now is
the film trying to tell us
something here? Man, I hope not.
Paging Dr. Innuendo ... Code Blue
... Dr Innuendo
... You're needed in the
mismatched metaphor room. Stat! |
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