Speaking of the king of monsters ranked first in the world, everyone will definitely say Godzilla, then speaking of King Kong, the second-ranked king of monsters, how much do you know? In 1933, since the first film of "King Kong" came out, the world film industry has since added a category, that is, monster movies, and King Kong has also been successfully elected as the king of monsters on the big screen.
Since then, countless remakes of "King Kong" have appeared in the film history. King Kong has also evolved from the initial height of 3 meters to 102 meters today, especially the monster universe created by the legend, which made King Kong become the king of the center of the earth, and can sit on an equal footing with Godzilla. Therefore, the director deliberately selected ten typical King Kong, and ranked their combat effectiveness in terms of tonnage, strength and ability.
NO.10 Shanzhai King Kong
Shanzhai King Kong is an unofficial imitation work. There are many works and uneven combat power. Therefore, it is placed in the tenth place for systematic analysis.
In 1949, Hollywood gave birth to the first copycat King Kong, "Giant Ape Qiao Yang". It is written on the poster of the film that Qiao Yang is the real King Kong. But the audience was not stupid at that time, and the box office of the film was not ideal. Ten years later, filmmakers in Hong Kong, China, not to be outdone, launched the " gorilla king " series, "gorilla king havoc in heaven" and " Huang Feihong vs gorilla king ". The King Kong in the movie is not a giant, but the King Kong played by an actor, who is also the actor in the 33rd version of Hollywood. In 1976, with the first remake of "King Kong", the Koreans also launched "Ape". In the same year, British filmmakers on the other side of the ocean also launched their copycat King Kong - "Queen of King Kong".
In 1977, Shaw Brothers began to think about transformation in its heyday, so there was Hong Kong's only special feature film "King of the Gorilla". The plot of the film combines the two completely different stories of "King Kong" and "Tarzan of the Apes". The scenes and props are extremely beautiful, and King Kong has reached an astonishing 20 meters. However, it is a pity that Shaw felt that the cost of special photography was too high and did not insist on it.
2018's " behemoth " is the most familiar version of Shanzhai King Kong. It is only about 12 meters tall, neither too big nor too small. Unlike King Kong who likes to run after beautiful women, it prefers bald-headed macho Johnson, and is extremely unfriendly to star beauties. The above ten Shanzhai King Kong are all classified and ranked tenth.
NO.09: Son of King Kong
After the first edition of King Kong was released in 1933. The film party struck while the iron was hot and filmed its sequel, Son of King Kong. It's just that they didn't expect that this opportunistic sequel directly hit King Kong to the bottom.
"Son of King Kong" tells the story of the big villain Carl, after his rampage in King Kong New York, ended in disgrace, and he was not reconciled, so he went to Skull Island to explore again, so he discovered the son of King Kong. Little King Kong is half as tall as his father, and his fighting power is naturally weak. However, the prop master of "King Kong" may have mistaken the scale when filming, resulting in the original set of 15 meters of King Kong only 7.6 meters high. In "Son of King Kong",
should only refer to King Kong who is about 7 meters, so the little King Kong in the movie is only about 3 meters. This kind of size is similar to that of a gorilla, therefore, the combat power of Little King Kong can only be the weakest in all dynasties.
NO.08The first generation of King Kong
In 1933, mankind made the first version of "King Kong" in film history, one of its most famous monster movies. Although there are serious scale errors in the movie, whether King Kong is 15 meters or 7 meters, it cannot be denied the fact that it is an invincible monster. In order to make King Kong scary, the choreographer not only used excellent editing techniques, but also the story is a series of links, trying to make it exciting. For example, in order to explain how scary King Kong is, they chose the most powerful weapon of human beings at that time - fighter jets, and selected the , the tallest Empire State Building in New York at that time, as the background, so as to highlight the strength of King Kong.
is actually the prototype of the first generation of King Kong, just simply refer to the appearance of the gorilla, the body is very huge, without any special abilities at all. But it is said that martial arts are not enough for literary drama, and what impresses the audience is not only his huge body, but also his emotions. Although Hollywood at that time did not have the support of film technology, it was definitely a miracle that an actor in a costume could make the audience feel King Kong's emotions through his own performance. The birth of
King Kong determines the basic theory of monster movies, first of all, it must be big enough, and secondly, it must have human feelings. Although twelve years later, the title of King Kong Monster King was replaced by Godzilla, but in Godzilla, we can still see the emotional side similar to King Kong. This is also the reason why King Kong is still affectionately called "the ancestor of monsters" by the audience.
NO.07: 76 version of "King Kong"
43 years after the release of the first version of "King Kong", the film party shot the 1976 version of "King Kong" in order to dispel the idea of re-coloring. The prop master should have corrected King Kong's height of 15 meters, but this version of King Kong is still 7 meters tall. Although I don't know how much it weighs, the combat power of the 76 version of King Kong has risen. The film party thought that the old version was not enough to play planes in the Empire State Building, so they moved the stage of the final battle to the new era landmark building Twin Towers , this change , The audience's response was not very good. At the same time,
also remade the classic Skull Island Dinosaur War into a giant python war. To this day, this is still considered a failure. Although the word-of-mouth has just passed, the 76 version has been talked about by fans because of the birth of two legendary Hollywood stars. One of them is the legendary Hollywood actor Zunlong . The 76 version of "King Kong" is Zunlong's first Hollywood film. His character in the film has no name, but is marked as a Chinese chef.
Zunlong, like Jessica, another legendary superstar in the film, gradually shined after the remake of "King Kong" with his talent and hard work. Regarding the scream queen Jessica, the vast majority of young audiences know her through the American TV series " American Horror Story ". Because of the birth of these two legends, the 76 edition is not so bad, at least it has some commemorative value.
NO.06:05 version of "King Kong"
21 years after the release of the 1976 version of "King Kong", "King Kong" ushered in the second remake. The story of the 05 edition of "King Kong" goes back to 1933. The main plot is almost the same in the 33rd edition, but because of the most advanced special effects in Hollywood, the picture of the 05 edition has made a qualitative leap, and this generation of King Kong has also The unparalleled real facial details can match the subtle expressions of Biao's acting skills with Hollywood first-line superstars. It is precisely because of this technological advancement that the 05 version is the only remake that can be compared with the 33 version, and it is also one of the best monster films in the history of human cinema. In terms of combat effectiveness of
, the 05 version of King Kong has obviously regressed. This generation of King Kong is only 10 meters tall and weighs 3.6 tons. This adjustment result was obtained by the film party by recruiting biologists and based on the growth limit of terrestrial mammals. Although the results are very scientific, it is obviously not enough to make a movie! To objectively evaluate the 05 version of King Kong, to say that it is gentle enough and man enough, this generation of King Kong is definitely overfulfilled. To be wild and terrifying enough, this version of King Kong is obviously not as good as those giant insects on Skull Island.
NO.05: The 86 version of "King Kong"
86 version of "King Kong" is recognized as the worst remake. Because the 76 version of "King Kong" has a bad reputation, the filmmakers hesitated for ten years before deciding to make a sequel, but the filming turned out to be even worse, causing King Kong to be put into the cold palace, and it did not come back until 2005. The plot of this sequel takes place after the 76th edition, so King Kong's height is also 7 meters. The reason why the combat power of the 86 version of King Kong can be ranked in front of the 05 version is because there are two King Kong fights in the film.
talks about the plot of "King Kong: Resurrection", it's really weird! At the end of the 76th edition, King Kong did not die, but his heart was injured, so American scientists designed an artificial heart for it, but the operation required blood transfusion. The United States sent people back to Skull Island and caught a mother King Kong back. King Kong survived, but also with mother goldJust had a baby. Some people had the idea of a little King Kong, so they arrested the pregnant mother King Kong. Of course King Kong is not happy! He rushed out of the cage and made a scene, but was killed by the US military. In the end, under the condemnation, the mother King Kong and the little King Kong were sent back to their hometown of Skull Island. The
studio explained that they wanted to tell a dark humor story about King Kong. But as long as anyone who has seen this film will feel that the story of this film is purely dark, there is no humor at all! Therefore, the rating of this film is generally less than four stars, and the box office is also a mess.
NO.04: 67 version of "King Kong"
In 1962, since " King Kong vs. Godzilla " was released, the director of " Honda Pig Shiro " has experienced five years of precipitation, and once again introduced the copyright of King Kong, shooting "King Kong's Counterattack". Since the 67 version of King Kong came out, the 67 version of King Kong has been shrunk to 20 meters high. It stands to reason that its weight should also be reduced, but the parameters that can be found say that this generation is still 20,500 tons. This version of King Kong's costume, because the improvement is very obvious, allows the actors to make more complex movements, so it also makes this generation of King Kong appear more capable.
In addition, the 67 version of King Kong's opponents are also quite diverse. In addition to the multi-headed super monster to warm up the field, the final villain is still a mechanical King Kong. But these villains add up, and they can't be compared with a Godzilla, so the 67 edition's reputation and box office are very average. The worst thing in the whole film is the mechanical king. Without the help of computer special effects, this monster that was originally worth seeing is just a stupid mecha monkey. In a word, because of the failure of the movie "King Kong's Counterattack", this film has become the most easily forgotten work of director Ishiro Honda, and it is also the swan song of the Japanese King Kong series.
NO.03: Legendary King Kong
The popular movie "King Kong: Skull Island" in 2017, the box office is not particularly good, but the world view of the movie comes from "Godzilla" jointly produced by Legend and Warner in 2014, because the legendary The continued popularity of the version of Godzilla after its release made the film party germinate the idea of pulling King Kong and establishing a monster universe. Therefore, the legendary version of King Kong
The legendary version of King Kong in 17 years, although still a cub, but already tall As high as 30 meters, estimated from the weight of 90,000 tons of Godzilla, the director believes that it weighs at least 20,000 tons, which is by no means the 158 tons of public data. Its size exceeds the previous versions of King Kong, and its combat power is also quite Awesome. This movie is actually not that bad, but after all, it is rubbing off the popularity of Godzilla, so the audience's recognition of it is not high. The movie also exposed an inherent problem of King Kong, that is, in addition to its strength, its fighting style is very simple, so the audience is easily bored. Fortunately, the filmmakers had expected this before shooting, so they didn't lose money at all, which was in line with the director's expectations.
NO.02: 62 version of "King Kong"
Godzilla was born in 1954 and swept the world from Japan at a very fast speed. Japanese filmmakers naturally hoped that the Godzilla series would last forever, so they filmed a monster movie "King Kong vs. Godzilla". The director of the first-generation "Godzilla" proposed a plan to introduce the copyright of King Kong. I hope this will be recognized by both Eastern and Western audiences. In order to cooperate with Godzilla, the height of the 62 version of King Kong was raised to 45 meters, and the weight also exceeded 10,000 tons, soaring to 20,500 tons. At the same time, they also gave King Kong a super self-healing ability, and the combat power was indeed the pinnacle.
Although the 62 version has not fully surpassed the 33 version in terms of special effects, Japanese filmmakers have developed their own set of special filming techniques with a pragmatic spirit. The 62 version also has many classic lenses. For example, the episode where King Kong makes nucleic acid for Godzilla comes from this movie.
In 1962, the relationship between Japan and the United States was still delicate. Originally, Dongbao Pictures spent money to introduce the copyright of King Kong in order to continue the Godzilla brand, but the title of the film is clearly that King Kong ranks ahead of Godzilla. What's more interesting is that the creators are also very cautious about which monster wins in the end. During the decisive battle in the film, Godzilla's atomic breath almost killed King Kong, and then King Kong used the energy of the lightning storm to pull back a round, and then two monsters fell together.Hai, King Kong crawled out, as if to represent its final victory, but Godzilla roared again in the dark. So it's still unclear who won.
After a lapse of many years, Japan's Toho Films has not made a statement as to which monster won. They only publicly stated that the 62 version did not have two versions with different endings, as rumored by the outside world. No matter what the truth is, Japanese fans are quite dissatisfied with the ending of the 62 edition, and so far they have collectively rated the film low. However, looking at the various monsters in the history of film, there are not many monsters that can be tied with Godzilla, so the 62 version of King Kong is definitely very strong.
NO.01: Tomahawk King Kong
Tomahawk King Kong is a legendary adult version of King Kong. It not only exceeds 102 meters in height, but also weighs more than 60,000 tons, winning the title of King Kong King. Since King Kong is a giant mammal, the gap with Godzilla, who can emit atomic breaths, is too great, so the film party started with the intelligence of primates and added an ancient battle axe to King Kong, which can absorb Godzilla. The breath energy can also be used to automatically charge the underground energy.
The origin of this axe is very mysterious, that is, the history of the ancient human beings who worshipped giant beasts as gods mentioned in the emperor's plan. In " Godzilla vs. King Kong ", it is also mentioned in more detail that super prehistoric civilizations and even alien technologies also exist.
But when the filming of "Godzilla vs. King Kong", Legend and Warner had discussed again with Japan's Toho, the issue after Godzilla's copyright expired, but Toho has always been very determined and intends to take back the copyright, Only shoot Japan's own Godzilla series, so Legend and Warner are in the film and continue to unfold various clues. Judging from the existing clues in the legendary series, it is likely that a group of ancestors from the ancient times of King Kong defeated Godzilla or its ancestors. Although I don't know that Godzilla was dead or alive in the end, it at least lost a large dorsal fin and was later turned into a battle axe.
If you play seriously, King Kong relies on the battle axe, and there should be a chance to defeat Godzilla. But the director did not want to make the two kings of monsters too bloodthirsty, so he arranged the final villain as mechanical Godzilla , in fact, its soul should be Ghidorah.
believes that in the future, King Kong will inevitably exceed the height of 102 meters, and the combat power will also increase steadily, and become the king monster on the big screen.
