The film begins with Ann Darrow (voiced by Jodi Benson from The Little Mermaid) as a down-on-her-luck actress looking for work. Meeting film director Carl Denham (oh wait I should say CB Denham, voiced by Dudley Moore) who offers her job in a new movie. They board the Venture, oh wait never mind it, I guess it's called the Java Queen! Anyway they board the ship and leave for the film shoot. Oh by the way there's a monkey who lives on board causing trouble throughout the trip. He's really kind of like the snark of the group. They arrive at the island and the natives who are friendly to the crew asked them to leave so that Ann can be used to sacrifice and is then sacrificed to the giant ape King Kong, oh wait sorry the Mighty Kong, who makes off with her to the jungle. Together they fight a dinosaur and are off the island in five minutes. No really really they only end up on the island for like five to ten minutes is real stupid. The film then falls Kong's rampage of New York City, Kong then retrieves Ann and takes her to the top of the Empire State Building. The biplanes of course come in to attack Kong with their guns, but miss most of the time. (Well it is a cartoon) When all the planes have knocked down, the army sends two blimps with a net between them to catch Kong and they do catch him successfully. King tries to get out of the net, but the net rips when Carl reaches for Ann and he falls from the net. He bangs into a balcony and plummets to the ground. Kong's mightiness ends when he slams into the streets of New York, however Kong survives the fall to make more of a family-friendly ending.
This is what the animated Titanic movies are to the nostalgia critic for me. A cheap and lazy animated feature to cash in on Mighty Joe Young and Godzilla. Not much is known about the making of the film, but from what I've seen. The animation looks cruddy and the music by the infamous Sherman Brothers is not that great and it's really annoying. What is it with most calling productions where the musical numbers are real stupid? Hope that's not the case for the King Kong musical right now.
Dudley Moore's Denham being the last role before his death is the only thing enjoyable about the film. He plays it very British and keeps switching characters from good to bad. Jodi Benson as Ann while a great choice for the animated version of the character is completely wasted here and has not much to do. Jack Driscoll in this version is even more bland and boring than in the original 1933 film. How does that work? Well Bruce Cabot had sort of a tough guy with a soft heart character. This guy is dull as rubbish. He doesn't do anything. He's mostly an idiot in this movie and every other scene, he restarts his line of what? God that's so annoying. Other characters like Englehorn, the cabin boy and the monkey, the crew and natives are really forgettable. Kong in this film looks like crap. They made him more manly than the other versions and it almost looks like he's on steroids.
The dinosaurs are completely wasted and only appear in brief seconds. That's right. If you're looking for a royal animated rumble between Kong and the T-Rex, it's five seconds.
Like the animated Titanic movies, the animation in this is horrible. Not even matching the lip movements and sometimes resort into restocking shots. Yep you get to see some of the shots twice.
Overall, the movie is bad, with horrible animation, bad dubbing and annoying music. I'd say again to get it if you're a hardcore fan, but only as an item and not for watch. Skip it, you'll be glad you did.
3/10.
This is what the animated Titanic movies are to the nostalgia critic for me. A cheap and lazy animated feature to cash in on Mighty Joe Young and Godzilla. Not much is known about the making of the film, but from what I've seen. The animation looks cruddy and the music by the infamous Sherman Brothers is not that great and it's really annoying. What is it with most calling productions where the musical numbers are real stupid? Hope that's not the case for the King Kong musical right now.
Dudley Moore's Denham being the last role before his death is the only thing enjoyable about the film. He plays it very British and keeps switching characters from good to bad. Jodi Benson as Ann while a great choice for the animated version of the character is completely wasted here and has not much to do. Jack Driscoll in this version is even more bland and boring than in the original 1933 film. How does that work? Well Bruce Cabot had sort of a tough guy with a soft heart character. This guy is dull as rubbish. He doesn't do anything. He's mostly an idiot in this movie and every other scene, he restarts his line of what? God that's so annoying. Other characters like Englehorn, the cabin boy and the monkey, the crew and natives are really forgettable. Kong in this film looks like crap. They made him more manly than the other versions and it almost looks like he's on steroids.
The dinosaurs are completely wasted and only appear in brief seconds. That's right. If you're looking for a royal animated rumble between Kong and the T-Rex, it's five seconds.
Like the animated Titanic movies, the animation in this is horrible. Not even matching the lip movements and sometimes resort into restocking shots. Yep you get to see some of the shots twice.
Overall, the movie is bad, with horrible animation, bad dubbing and annoying music. I'd say again to get it if you're a hardcore fan, but only as an item and not for watch. Skip it, you'll be glad you did.
3/10.