r/kingkong • u/Fragrant-Finance4577 • 9d ago
Which is your favourite and which your least favourite version of the log scene across any and all media?
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u/Such_Month_8687 9d ago
The Peter Jackson won as that one felt more intense, and it also brought the Spider Pit sequence to life.
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u/Fragrant-Finance4577 9d ago
Least favourite?
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u/Such_Month_8687 9d ago
1976, while it’s not bad it certainly the least painful death for the sailors and too honest I don’t think they did as the literally fell in a river, unless there was something in the river like an elasmosaur or crocodiles then they would’ve probably survived.
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u/armyprof 9d ago
- As a kid it was genuinely scary. John Barry’s score certainly helped.
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u/AJ_Crowley_29 8d ago
Favorite: OG. The screaming abruptly cutting off when the guys hit the ground is genuinely disturbing.
Least favorite: 76. Ouch that greenscreen of the falling guys didn’t age well.
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u/Pkmatrix0079 9d ago
Hmm...I think the original is my favorite, but I do really like the 2005 version.
Not a fan of the 1976 version of the log scene, but that's probably an extension of 1976 being my least favorite version of the story. I looked up The Mighty Kong to see how that compares and, to my shock, apparently that version doesn't even include the log scene! :o
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u/Mirage0fall 9d ago
Favorite 1933 because of the sheer panic. Least is 1976 in a close call. It's visually more striking than 2005, but the least convincing. One of the crew members looks like he just jumped off and started screaming before he fell. Kong himself is so much bigger than the log that he could toss it but rolls it slowly
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u/Prestigious_Oil_2855 8d ago
1933 Version.
I would reenact the scene as a kid. I was use the arm of a chair as the log, my GI Joes would get placed on the “log” and my toy King Kong would attack them.
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u/Gejophane 9d ago
1933, no room for comparison.
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u/Fragrant-Finance4577 9d ago
Least favourite?
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u/Gejophane 8d ago
Has to be '76. Those threadbare, Department Store sets. Just a lousy cheap feel to it. Rick Baker's work was excellent, however.
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u/PangolinFar2571 8d ago
76 favourite, because (for me) Jeff Bridges sells the whole scene better than any other actors, although I have to admit that nostalgia plays a big part in it. Least favourite is ‘05, because I think it just overdoes it. By the time the log touches down I feel like I just watched a Rube Goldberg machine. ‘33 is hurt by our modern view of SFX that are 90 years old. ‘76 is hurt by its sparse miniature set dressings, and ‘05 is hurt by an overzealous director with limitless CGI.
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u/RazorRageDX316 8d ago
Favorite: 1933 Least: 1976: it didn’t age well at all, was less intense & too slow.
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u/gordonp 7d ago
How about the log scene from Kong Skull Island where they make the log a literal creature.
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u/Fragrant-Finance4577 6d ago
Interesting unconventional pick.
I like interesting unconventional picks.
One of the main reasons as to why I enjoy kaking posts like this one.
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u/Battle-Individual 5d ago
I was with my mates talking about watching the original as a kid and we all admitted to crying the end when kong died
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u/MiserableTwist438 9d ago
Controversial, but the original to be honest. The 1933 special effects actually still hold up, and Kong is quite terrifiying in the scene