The Thrill and Uniqueness of the King Kong Remake

At the first glance, the movie remake may seem no different from the original film. But the peculiar nature of relationship they establish with their earlier models. And with their audience makes them unique. The uniqueness of the film remake, a movie based on another movie, or competing With another movie based on same property is indicated by the word property. It is always clear that remake necessarily entails adaptation to new medium, for remake in the same model would risk charges for plagiarism. In this essay, I will be comparing the movie “KING KONG” which was originally released in 1933 with that of its remake released in 2005. The most awesome thriller of all the time Ernest B. Schoedsak and Merain C.cooper’s 1933 Classic movie King Kong has thrilled and galvanized audiences and critics for decades was Remade in the year 2005. The original king Kong (1933) starred Fay Wray as Anne Darrow, Robert Armstrong as Carl Denham and Bruce Cabot as Jack Dricoll. In the remake the story was based on the original but was re-written by peter Jackson who also directed the film.Ann Darrow was played by Naomi Watts with jack Black as Carl Denham and Adrian Brody as Jack Driscoll and there were also Some new side characters. The King of the movie is shown very differently in remake than original. In the original Kong is shown as a half human and half ape creature that is probably a lot more human then he Is ape. The writer has shown him very curious and more protecting and exploring Character In the remake Kong is definitely more ape then human. He roars like a real king, for me the Kong in remake is much more better than the original one.

The use of technology in both the original and remake also differs due to time difference or money we can say, the 1933 film is widely renowned for being one of the first full length films to use stop motion animation. In the remake of King Kong in 2005 the crew had access to more latest technology so CGI and computer animations were used to create animals and locations of the movie. But the remake in 2005 also reflects the 1933 era where there was great depression in the country and this is shown in both the movies. I have seen both the movie the 1933 and 2005, and would like to say that the original movie was created as a movie to convey a story and entertain the audience, the Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake took the foundations for King Kong and expanded upon it in almost every way in order to make again the amazement of the original for the modern audience but the audience received the original Kong well. Studios know that if a movie do well for the first time then it will do the same Second time and third time too and KING KONG is no exception. A lot of people tend to focus on what is being filmed instead of how it is Being filmed, this difference is remarkable in the two films the 1933 and its remake 2005.

In the original movie, the KONG is portrayed as a violent beast which is threat to the civilisation and in the remake its opposite. It’s understandable that at the time when original film was shot the technology was Outdated and less special effects were there. Let’s discuss the effect these 2 movies had on audiences- when the original Kong 1st appeared in cinemas people were terrified by this movie because they were thinking that it was all real, some women also fainted when Kong was revealed for the first because of his terrifying look, but the 2005 remake gained some advantage over it as by this time the audience were used to scary films, it only had a mild scary effect. After watching the remake the people were feeling emotional. The editors have done a great job in the remake of the film, the use of sound Effects, and other things are upto the mark and showing the film as a reality But in the original Kong the movie was seeing more of the dramatic the reality. Both the films did good at their time but remake in 2005 won many hearts It also won 3 awards in Oscar for sound editing, mixing and sound design.