The original black-and-white "King Kong," a mix of live action and stop-motion animation, still maintains remarkable power and emotion after more than 70 years. Sure, the gigantic Kong has an outrageous affection for a tiny female human, and he does destroy half of Manhattan while trying to get her back in his grip. But in the end — especially when those planes shoot him down from the top of the Empire State Building — your heart goes out to the big ape. When a film can make you care as much — or more — about an overgrown monkey as its human characters, well, that's moviemaking at its best. [More]