King Kong (1933) - colorized

A scene from the 1989 colorized edition of the original King Kong, in which Kong fights the T-Rex. The "color update" was done by Ted Turner but was an extremely controversial move; colorization methods at the time were primitive compared to today's standards, and resulted in poor color choices that look fluorescent and unnatural--as you will see.

Film footage is copyrighted by Universal Pictures/RKO/Turner Entertainment.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• king
• kong
• 1933
• colorized

[FiraaKeitake]

If I was the king kong I would just slap the girl to shut up. Just saying. Her scream is way too creepy.

[Starscream66778]

2:56-enjoying ur "jawbreaker" V-rex?

[getback9691]

Damn you Ted Turner!!!!!!

[greyalien12]

@wesrandecker that is true

[greyalien12]

3:02 I think Kong was thinking of using the V-rex as a puppet.Lol

[donkeykong3051]

the color looks like shit

[poopmaster13]

@miryjur I saw it as a kid, and while it scared me, I was fine. Are you kidding? Gojira (1954) "isn't for kids" either, if you want to go there. Some of the things they show, paralleling the real effects our bombs had on poor Japanese civilians, is some very dark, and harsh shit. Plus Godzilla was just menacing and creepy as hell. But those movies WERE my childhood, and I loved them to death. Still do.

[poopmaster13]

@DragonTycoon They don't really compare. Jackson's film was a very good movie. But even he, a fan of the classics, would tell you that it doesn't compare with the original, which is a masterpiece, and was a landmark in filmmaking.

[poopmaster13]

Black and white films simply should not be colorized. They look WAY better in black and white. The fake colorization just looks tacky, and I feel like it takes a lot away from those classic films. And King Kong is, forgive the pun, a King among classics.

[luckypapi87]

@wesrandecker wow thats incredible...thanks for the info..makes for a good fun fact of the day joke in passing convo with someone lol

[wesrandecker]

@luckypapi87 Surprisingly, I've read that Kong's roar in this movie was a combination of a lion's and a tiger's roar... reversed!!!!!!!