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Title: What was the purpose?
Review: I first saw King Kong back in the early 50's when i was a kid. Then i saw the 1933 version again back in the 70's at a revival on the big screen. That was impressive. But this new version with it's special effects totally take away from the story line and is way over done. I'll never understand what and why Hollywood has this obsession with special effects. I much rather see a film for it's acting and who can beat the old way of special effects before computers. You call computers creative? Anyone can do this type of thing but in the older films it took TALENT to make a film like "King Kong" something that Hollywood doesn't believe in anymore. Save your money and get the newly restored 1933 version. Much much better.
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