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Summary: I'm Still Stunned
Review: I've finished seeing the movie a few minutes ago and i'm still stunned! What an overwhelming exprience! The only bad thing about this movie is that i rented it from a automatic DVD machine so i't only gave me the first DVD and not the features DVD...
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Summary: Good, not great
Review: This is a typical summer movie that will be enjoyed by average home theater enthusiasts. (...) This isn't The Godfather and Apes shouldn’t be treated as such. This is an FX film and if you like "all the budget spent on FX" flicks like Mission to Mars and JP3 then you'll probably like this remake. If you enjoy endless bore-fest art films that no one sees nor cares about, this would be a movie to skip.
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Summary: Planet of the Apes
Review: Anyone else find it Ironic that the Mensa member and "film critic" at large gives the movie a raving review, yet, only gives the movie 1 star? I hope to have the original TV series in my mail box tomorrow and the new movie soon afterward. I have the original "Evolution Series" already and have enjoyed the hours of quality entertainment it provides. It is definitely a keeper. I remember as a small boy watching in fear the original movies as they were released. Now, I have them to share and cherish forever.
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Summary: one of the worst movies ever
Review: This movie was so bad, words cannot describe it. The plot was non-existant, the acting was horrible and the ending was completely random. I usually like Tim Burton movies but felt this was just an excuse to make another movie. No redeeming qualities. The only reason I gave it one star was that I could not give it zero stars. Save your money.
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Summary: The Special FX alone are worth watching!
Review: Tim Burton is a master of visual movie making. From the original big screen Batman to the devilishly clever Sleepy Hollow he knows how to bring his imagination to life. Planet of the Apes is no exception. The special effects are nothing short of spectacular, and that almost makes up for the movies many short comings. The name alone helped carry this film when the script seemed to let it down. Outside of a few wonderfully placed lines out of the original film, the script seems to plod along and never gives the characters anything meaningful to say. The story does follow the original novel more closely than the original Charlton Heston vehicle, but the ending simply screams SEQUEL!!!! Another big problem is the voice work of Tim Roth. For some reason he seemed to speak with a low rasp that makes him very hard to understand. When everyone else seemed to use their normal speaking voice he seemed to want to make his character sound evil as well as look evil. Overall, it's a good action film that will give you plenty to look at, but much of the social commetary we are intended to hear gets trampled by the plodding stroy line.
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Summary: worst movie of the year
Review: Firstly, it's not fair to compare or contast this film agains the 1968 Heston film. New story, new characters. That said, this movie is a horrible, vomitous mass whose only saving graces are outstanding makeup effects and the best on-screen villain since Darth Maul. Mark Wahlberg can't act his way out of a paper bag. Burton, I fear, will lose Hollywood credibility for this snoozer, even though he's a tremendous visionary. Certainly, the dropped early Schwarzenegger/Stone treatment of this sounds more appealing.
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Summary: the best damn monkey movie
Review: From beginning to end this movie was excellent it is a tribute to the other movies in the planet of the apes series and the camio by hestein was brilliant on the part of tim
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Summary: best damn movie period
Review: this is the best movie it has aussmome special effects. It has a hot girl, great coustume makeup and good acting and it has humor so see this when it comes out it is
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Summary: A horrible movie! Has some great bonus stuff on it though.
Review: It looked like a pretty good movie at first glance, an action adventure with cool costumes and special effects. My friend went to go see it and said it was okay, and he liked the same movies I do (Romeo Must Die, other movies like that) And it was okay but the ending was SO BAD, I repeat SO BAD, that I wanted to hunt Mark Wahlberg and Tim Burton down and yell my head off for my money back. IT WAS THAT BAD! The origial ending to the eariler version was way better. But if you still might want to give it a go here's the story line: Mark is in a space program and they are exploring uncharted areas. When one of the test monkeys gets lost in space Mark's charater chases down the monkey in another ship. Mark then crashes into an unknown area, where he meets Estella Warren's charater who is running from the apes so she and the rest of the humans don't get taken for slaves. But they get caught, and find themselves running to get away. The only two actors in it are good are Estella Warren and the guy who play the head ape. If I have to see, or even hear about this movie again I swear I'll go bananas!
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Summary: It's Not The Original, But Who Cares?
Review: There are a lot of reviews that criticize this film on the sole point that it doesn't have the political satire that the original did. I have several rebuttals to this philosophy. First, This "re-imagination" obviously never intended for such a strong satirical edge, and so we should not reprimand it for what it was deliberately deprived of. Second, I think that those who fail to find any political criticism do so because they are looking for the WRONG message from the WRONG era. In my opinion, the only real sin that the filmmakers fell pray to in the "re-imagining" is by making the Human slaves talk. Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes is not intended to be thought provoking; it is intended to be fun. Perhaps, we as a culture have degraded in intellect and no longer desire such intelligence, but it remains a truth that people sometimes go to the movies just to be thrilled and entertained. If Planet of the Apes fails to make you think, it still doesn't deny one the thrills and entertainment expected of a summer sci-fi extravaganza. Yes, admittedly, this film has problems; but what big-budget nonsense summer film doesn't? The acting is oftentimes atrocious; some of the dialogue is beyond laughable; the film does, perhaps, rush into the conflict a little too fast; and yes, the ending is somewhat silly, but I must proclaim that if the filmmakers hadn't at least TRIED to do something to one-up the original, I would have been more disappointed than I am with the stupidity we have instead. But still, beyond all of its faults, Planet of the Apes remains--not entirely senseless--fun. There are a lot of good ideas in it, a lot of good visuals, CERTAINLY good make-up, and--to the films greatest benefit--not an overabundance of action to sap the audience their strength like every other high-adrenaline summer film. Let us all agree that it isn't as good as the original, but then let the two films rest separately and judge each for its own merits.
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