5/10. Here's why:
KING KONG showed that the title character was a victim, but only at the end. Throughout the rest, he was a monster. KING KONG 1976 emphazises more on the idea that he’s a victim and on the idea that he loves ANN--I mean DWAN. So it easily could’ve been on the same level (if not better) than the original movie... if it wasn’t for the special effetcs. I mean, the suit and the giant robot look real separately, but they don't look similar enough, which is distracting. The makers didn’t want the title character to be seen as a regular gorilla, so they asked actor/make-up artist Rick Baker to walk like a human. No problem there, but why did he walk like a human who had just woken up? I can buy that the earth doesn’t move everytime KONG walks, but what about when he falls down? And when he jumps from one building to another? Speaking of that, there wasn’t even a scratch on the ledge when he landed.
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