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It might have been a little too 'King Kong-ish' but...

posted 10 years ago by kartoon-1
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What might have been a hoot is the woman should have shown baby Ymir kindness at the beginning of the film when he was a hatchling and then in the climax recognises her and scoops her up in his hand and carries her to the top of the coliseum making dealing with him more difficult.

[–] silovik812 10 years ago

I love it!

Harryhausen had a great deal of influence from Willis O'Brien, the animator of King Kong. I'm not sure how much say he had in the plotting of this movie, but I can definitely see Kong standing in the background.

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