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Summary: Fun, Funny, Plus Charleton Heston
Review: Yes, he appears in a small role as the father of the evil General Thade. I expected just another action movie when I went to see this movie, but I enjoyed it a lot. Mark Wahlberg is Air Force Captain Leo Davidson, a man very unlike Heston's Taylor from the original. Whereas Taylor was easily made to depart from humanity, Davidson has friends on Earth, and one day he gets sent to a distant place where Apes rule humans. It is a more faithful remake than I thought, it ends with a similar ending as the original, but with a twist. Not only is it visually stunning and very entertaining, it is very humorous and full of insights into the nature of man. Simply, this is the best movie out right now, and it is worth seeing.
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Summary: A Tim Burton Film?
Review: I've been waiting for this one for a long time. It wasn't bad.Usually, there's that alienated character that Johnny Depp plays so well in Tim Burton's films. I think Helena Bonham Carter's chimp was meant to be the alienated misfit, but since Mark Wahlberg's astronaut is the central character, the movie seemed skewed in the wrong direction. Perhaps I just shouldn't have looked at it as a Tim Burton film. Perhaps Mark Wahlberg was the wrong person to star in a Tim Burton film. Perhaps Carter's character should have been the central one. In the end, it didn't really feel like Tim Burton directed it, and that bothers me. It may not matter to other viewers. Giamatti, Carter and Roth were great. The story was pretty good. I had fun watching it and plan to see it again. I recommend seeing it.
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Summary: Mixed Feelings
Review: This movie is a visual masterpiece. It is unfortunate that the dialogue is lacking and the ending makes no sense. I enjoyed the movie as a whole and recommend you see it once. However, I was generally disappointed and will not go for a second viewing. The original was certainly more thought provoking.
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Summary: Damn them, damn then all
Review: I can't give you an objective view on it as there are WAY too much factors that makes me highly biased:- It's a Tim Burton film. Tim Roth is in it. Rick Baker Danny Elfman did the score. Charlton Heston is in it. I enjoyed the original but was not possesive of it. The orginal is still more technically experimental (aren't all 70s Hollywood films more experimental than their sucessors), Jerry Goldsmith atonal score still kicks, Elfman's is more "dramatic" in a trad Hollywood kind of way but still "out" when compared to John Williams or today's Goldsmith. The makeup save for their attempt to prettify Helena Bonham Carter's character is amazing. Sets and art direction are amazing in a Burton-esque kinda way (highly stylized). It's Burton's most commerical venture since Batman, less quirky, more hollywood in a one-liner kinda way. I've enjoyed it but less so than Sleepy Hollow (a real fan's hommage to Hammer films). Most Yanks prob. would not enjoy it as they usually can't take extreme stylisation or mannerism. It's thankfully preach-message free, much to the chargrin to yank film critics -- who crave for films to embody some sort of "message" of social significance in order for it to be "praise worthy". At the same time, it's not adrenalin pumping enough for the mainstream audience either. My wife liked it but prefer other Burton flicks as well as the origninal. I enjoyed it, i loved the aesthetics, the inversion and appropriation of dialogue used in the original film. Roth is great and meanacing. Wahlberg is Wahlberg. I liked it enough to want to buy a DVD without hesistation, but not enough to watch it twice in one sitting at the cinema.
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Summary: Apes Go Ape! Loved it. Action Packed!
Review: Hey new and old ape fans! Don't miss this one. If you are a diehard origanl POTA fan, please be flexible and open minded to this new Burton version. You won't be sorry and you won't feel unloyal. Its truly a great new version, not a remake. Thanks, Alison
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Summary: Apes is utter disaster
Review: Boy, I've read some of the reviews on this page and I'm stunned. What did the people who liked this movie see in it? I'm a science-fiction fan and a fan of the original movie and I have to say that this remake is a complete failure. I didn't go in expecting to see the original movie nor did I want to. What I got instead was a horrible mish-mash of a story, zero character development, very poor action scenes, and an ending that defied all logic. I was looking forward to Tim Roth playing the villian in this movie, but instead he's given no character. I wasn't frightened by him, I didn't hate him, in fact I felt nothing for him. He walks around for most of the movie grunting and growling out his lines while the rest of the apes talked normally. The same goes for the rest of the cast: I didn't care if they lived or died because the filmmakers gave me no reason too. The special effects, production design, cinematography, and Danny Elfman's score are all good, but this was hardly enough to save a movie that suffered from a nonexistant screenplay. And that ending...man. This one will definitely go down in my book as one of the worst remakes ever made.
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Summary: Nice Ending
Review: When I watched the original of this movie as a 10 year old, I was so impressed with the ending. Well, by doing a remake and making it ever so different, I have to say that I liked the ending of this movie. While watching the pre-premiere of this movie in Japan, my first thought when I saw the apes was a feeling that the original make-up was better. But, as the film went on, I soon got used to it and didn't think about it much. But Helena Bonham Carter was certainly beautiful even as a "damn, dirty ape." I didn't really like how overly ferocious the apes were and how much they jumped through the air. As a friend noted, it seems more an action movie than a science fiction movie. But, maybe that's the difference between the 70's and the new century.
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Summary: See it for the Apes
Review: I really enjoyed The Planet of The Apes, if for nothing more than the dark and brilliant world created by Tim Burton. Every frame is packed with so much detail and so much action you won't want to blink. What Burton paints with images, Danny Elfman matches with sound with yet another excellent score. But it's clear from the get-go that the real stars here are the apes who look and move so wonderfully realistically, you'll forget that they're not. The makeup is so good in The Planet of The Apes it's hard to see the actor behind the mask. But this seems more an asset than a liability for the ape actors who all put in very strong performances. Unfortunately the 'human' actors are another story: Mark Wahlberg is clearly out of his league and depth here and really struggles to carry the lead. There's a scene where Wahlberg tries to rally the troops and he was so bad, it's funny. Estella Warren looks great but does very little in a role that is really not much more than window dressing. As with many visually stunning films, more care and attention was paid to the look of The Planet of The Apes than the script, so we're asked to make some pretty big leaps of faith. The Planet of The Apes it's definitely NOT a movie to think a lot about when you leave the theater, as many plot points don't hold up well on re-examination. That said, I recommend The Planet of The Apes; it's a very enjoyable movie with a look you won't soon forget!...
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Summary: Pre-release screening Planet of the Apes
Review: PLANET OF THE APES WILL BE HUGE HIT. Get in line now for your opening night tickets. Start ordering ape costumes for Halloween. Mark Walhberg may rate the cover of Vanity Fair but it's Tim Burton's signature lush, dark and wrily comic take on Planet of the Apes that will make it the huge success of the summer. In his recent interview with Playboy Burton praised the original film and said he had to make a different movie. That he did from the nightmare settings that are vintage Burton to the wildly elaborate make-up that should guarantee at least one Academy Award. Helen Bonham Carter surely deserves an Academy nod as well. Burton's film is far more militaristic than anthropological; no '60s anti-war sentiment here. The most applauded difference will be the enormous effort -- including ape school for all the simian impersonators -- that went into making the apes so apelike in movement and behavior traits including upside-down grooming, mating rituals and infantry chimps charging on all fours. There is far more action in the 2001 version and the flying fights of the apes make Crouching Tiger look like child's play which is as good as it gets for mere humans. In case you are lulled into expecting a happy ending, the writers have a great twist, playing homage to the original while rendering moot the usual problems of time travel. This may be as apt a subject for Burtion's outsider consciousness as Edward Scissorhands since the actors portraying apes are certainly more magnetic and masterful than the those relegated to human roles. Screened film 7/19/01
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Summary: There's no comparison between the two films
Review: From what I've seen about the Tim Burton's remake of 'Planet of the Apes' (MTV recently showed a brief 'behind the scenes' for the making of Tim Burton's 'Planet of the Apes') it looks to me like he definitely is going to do it justice. But what I want to know is how can anyone really compare the original with the remake? Both seem like two, totally different films and Tim Burton himself stated that he wasn't trying to 'remake' this sci-fi classic, but rather provide his own perspective and make a distinctly unique film from the original. Also, the make-up effects in both films involved the same individual creative genius, Rick Baker (if I'm not mistaken). OF COURSE what you see today is going to be better than previously in 1967 (we are talking about more than 30 years ago!!!!). The original film was ahead of it's time, both in terms of its look and message and I look forward to seeing how Tim Burton is going to do justice to this classic sci-fi film.
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