King kong movie reveiw
The film "King Kong" was released in 1933 by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Scholedsack. The film contained racist and sexist actions as the film followed a film producer Carl and his crew as they went to skull island in search of a tribe which ultimately lead to the capture of the lead female of the crew. After Jack saved Ann they met with the surviving crew members leading to the capture of Kong then transitioned into a theatre in new york, where they parade Kong to the public leading to his escape and iconic climb up the empire state building and then his death.The film as a whole delved into themes that back then seemed fine, but now the public would find questionable. Firstly, the stereotypical representation of other cultures like the Asian man who was part of the ships crew or the tribe representing the African based cultures.
Another extreme feature was the use of Ann as a female character in the movie being greatly underrepresented in the film along with other women as they would be expected to live at home and only raise their children mainly ; keeping up appearances and being fragile: nothing than lower classed objects in the film while the male characters in the film have been overrated and had a large freedom to do anything.
In conclusion, while the film was great it had large flaws that would have been acceptable during the 1930's which reflects the time that it was made in; In today's standards, the film would be quite unethical on all fronts. while you could also say that skull island it's self could be used a psychological representation of "Id"(King Kong) and Ego(Other large creatures), when the tribe offers up a bride it can be taken as an appeasement to the Id so it wouldn't take down the wall.
image reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kingkongposter.jpg
Hi Coyle!
ReplyDeleteThis review is so much better! :)
You have discussed several of the underlying themes and issues that the film introduces...well done. Now it is time to support your discussions with evidence from other reputable published sources. You are asked to have at least 3 quotes in support of your own writing, so you need to be looking at film theory books, journal articles etc.; for example, lots has been written on the portrayal of Race in 'King Kong', so you could easily have found a quote to back up what you have written about the island's inhabitants...likewise, the portrayal of the female character.
You should also include some images to back up your discussions.
On a final note, I see you have sourced your image from Wikipedia - that's not generally a problem where images are concerned, but it is not a reliable source for quotes, so only use it as a 'springboard' to find other more reputable sources.