A Heaping Helping Of Old-Fashioned Gorilla
Dec. 5th, 2008 05:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frustratedpilotPaul said he didn't have a copy of Mighty Joe Young in his DVD collection, and I found a copy at Big Lots, so I bought it for him and we watched it this afternoon.
Yes, I'm talking about the 1949 Harryhausen movie.
And this is definitely a classic. It's not just the special effects--it's the choreography between the effects and the live-action around them. I'm sure that modern filmmakers still have lessons to learn from watching this and other Harryhausen movies.
Yes, I'm talking about the 1949 Harryhausen movie.
And this is definitely a classic. It's not just the special effects--it's the choreography between the effects and the live-action around them. I'm sure that modern filmmakers still have lessons to learn from watching this and other Harryhausen movies.
