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Film · RKO · 1933

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King Kong

31Leave it.

Pity the ape if you watch, and don't pretend the islanders are drawn as people.

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The review

A film crew sails to an island, takes a giant ape, and brings him to the city. He wants the woman. A building is the finish. People name this picture for the year, later runs swelled it, and I'm No Angel was close behind. A child can watch and will be frightened. I'd sit there. The ape is the one you pity. I'm not lingering on the deaths.

The islanders are a caricature. Say so and don't turn it into a speech. The crew's work is the capture, and the city pays to stare. They took a creature who wanted the woman and made him a ticket. Famous doesn't fix the drawing of those people, and the fright isn't a reason to cheer. If a child sees it, the pity is the part worth keeping, and the island faces are the part you name.

Journal

Keep King Kong in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 31. Yours can differ.

The glance

Household and Piety and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Is a marriage, a parent, or a child a real life here, or just a prop?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

The Birds

43 instead of 31

The Birds is still a horror film, and it scores 43 instead of 31. What you gain is household: A mother, a younger sister, and a suitor are the household under the attack.

The eight

5
Industry
The crew's job is to capture the ape and sell him as a show in the city.
2
Household
He wants the woman, and she is the prize, not a wife or a parent.
3
Piety
Pity for the ape comes late, and it never stops the crew from taking him.
5
Courage
The crew risks the sail, and the ape loses the island life he had.
3
Republic
The islanders are a caricature, so that place is paid nothing it is owed.
2
Temperance
The city buys the fright, and the show is built to make you want another look.
3
Truth
His want for the woman is plain; the islanders are drawn as a caricature.
2
Stewardship
A stolen ape, a frightened city, and a caricature are what the show leaves.

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Film · Prime Video · 2026

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Buddy

31Leave it.

A mascot is not a companion. Wait for a story before you clear a Saturday.

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The review

The poster is a face designed to be kept. Films like this sometimes hide a real loneliness under the plush, and sometimes they are only the plush. The desk cannot see which from the tile, and will not invent a lesson the marketing department did not bother to print.

If you play it, watch the adult in the frame. A story where a creature teaches a man to stay is worth a conversation. A story where the toy is the point is an advertisement. You do not owe an advertisement your evening.

Journal

Keep Buddy in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 41. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Goosebumps

54 instead of 41

Goosebumps is still a horror film, and it scores 54 instead of 41. What you gain is temperance: Meddling is how it starts.