King Kong (1976)

If it's not bad enough that John Guillermin's 1976 adaptation of King Kong replaces the iconic Empire State Building climax with one at the World Trade Center, the fact that Guillermin seems more interested in aiming his crosshairs squarely at big business instead of the subtle nuance of Carl Denham's more interesting search for artistic exploitation by any means necessary should be enough to get any fan's feathers ruffled. Though its attempt at re-contextualizing the original's Hollywood-themed premise into something new (Denham and his exotic movie are replaced by Fred Wilson, an executive at a petroleum company who is looking for oil) is an honorable distinction, the corporate evilness and its ties to the financial district are an oversimplified, devolution of the antagonist that accomplishes nothing.