The Movie Journal

  King Kong (1933) If you are someone who loves movies, you can easily answer this question. Do you like horrifying and adventurous creature movies like Alien or Jurassic Park ? Are you in awe when mind-blowing special effects take over the screen and make these creatures realistic and horrifying as possible? If you (most likely) answered yes to any of these questions, then you have 1933’s spectacle King Kong to watch. Despite my lifelong passion for cinema, this is the first time I have ever seen the film. I am familiar with the story because I saw Peter Jackson’s remake, but it was about time that I became familiar with this movie. I felt like a kid again. I watched the battle scenes with such intensity. I became invested, once more, into the Kong character. He is more than just the big, bad monster. I sympathized with his plight. I felt these array of emotions even after thinking how outdated the special effects are. Sometimes, I could not help but giggle watching Kong. But in 1...

Duck Soup (1933) Duck Soup is a movie that is nearly ninety years old, yet it remains more relevant than ever thanks to the buffoonery that is present in the world’s political spectrum. The movie, the Marx Brother’s best, is hilarious and feature some prominent visual gags. Groucho Marx did say they were not aiming to create a political satire, but they did so anyhow. The brothers were pleased when Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist dictator banned this film in his country. The plot is silly and flimsy, but the brothers do what they do best to carry the movie-to make people laugh and laugh until they cry tears of laughter. This film was to be the last film the Marx Brothers made with Paramount. The studio was going through some costly restructuring and the brothers feared they would not get paid for their work. Thankfully, their contract dispute ended, and they were able to get the film to work. This film is also the last film that the fourth brother, Zeppo worked on. He ...