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Summary: plot holes! plot holes! plot holes!
Review: As you can guess from the title I thought the movie had a few plot holes. :) The movie was still worth seeing however, especially if you haven't read the book. I hope this doesn't spoil the ending, but a big disappointment to me was that the ending wasn't that original - if you read the book! I felt the monkeys (or apes as is preferred) were much more realistic however. If you've seen any previews or 'making of' specials then you have some ideas about the detail put into these monkeys (jumping, walking, makeup, speech). The movie had good irony, but the "intentional" humor was a tad bit cheesy. This movie was good, as far as remakes can go! Tim Burton made a wise choice to change the story from the original movie so you didn't know what was going to happen (or weren't supposed to know what was going to happen). If you have the money and time I would recommend seeing this movie (especially if you haven't read the book). I would also like to recommend you read the book because it gives much more information about the apes and their independence.
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Summary: The Best Movie I've Seen This Summer
Review: Tim Burton did an excellent job of re-imagining the 1968 sci-fi classic. It is much more of a re-imagination than a remake, seeing as the only similarities between this movie and the original are 1) they both have a spaceman 2) they both have apes ruling over humans and 3) they both have Charlton Heston. The movie starts out aboard a U.S. airforce ship that looks like space dock from the star trek movies. There, the airforce is training genitically enhanced apes to operate spaceships. When the ship comes upon an electro-magnetic storm, the general sends the chimpanzee trained by Captain Leo (i forgot his last name) (Marky Mark) out in a small space pod to investigate it. The pod disappears, and Leo goes out in a pod of the same kind to investigate. He goes trough some kind of worm-hole in the storm and ends up crashing down on the planet of the apes. He eventually finds himself held as a slave by the apes. He then escapes, and goes on a journey with three apes and a human into the "forbidden area" (another similarity) to the place where he thinks the ship he came from has landed to rescue him. I cannot give out any more information, or it wuld ruin the movie. Almost everything about this movie is great (well, as great as a remake of a movie called planet of the apes in 2001 can be). The highlight of this movie is the apes. The makeup application is brilliant, making them look almost exactly like real apes. The best makeup is on the evil General Thade (Tim Roth) who looks like he really is an evil chimpanzee. Roth gives an incredible performance as the general who wishes to destroy all jumans and conceal the secret of the apes true origin. A significant aspect of his performance is how he moves almost exactly like a chimp, when he run, walks, jumps, and interacts with others. Charlton Heston is breifly in the movie as Thade's wise father, who knows the true origins of apes, and warns his son of the true power of humans. Also good in the movie was academy award nominee Michael Clark Duncan (The Green Mile) as a huge Gorilla who is second in comand of the ape army. ... Marky Mark was good until his role called for him to be a leader and rally the troops, at which time he sounded like a little kid. ... See the movie. You'll enjoy it. Oh yeah, this movie also has a great suprise ending.
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Summary: You Damn Dirty Apes
Review: after seeing this excellent film i think it is time that we do something we should have done a long time ago, get rid of all the apes. in this movie they show their true colors, cruel, mean, and inhumane. good thing we had a good person like mark walberg to help us from when the apes tried to kill all the humans in the big battle in the end, the ending was cool obviously meaning that there will be a sequel
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Summary: P.O.A.= Piece of Absolute Crap
Review: This movie is as insulting as it is pointless. The film treats the audience as a bunch of unevolved, well, chimps. It's really really bad. Their is no character development at all. Their is no plot at all. Their is nothing worthwhile about this movie. Maybe the make-up is a saving grace, but that's it. Tim Burton has finally confirmed how bad a director he really is. He should stick to design. That's it. However after witnessing this insult to humanity if I even see Burton's name attached to a film I will avoid it at all costs. Save your money. Rent the original. It is vastly superior. out alanS.
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Summary: Top notch production! Thinking man's ending?
Review: I can see why the studio chose a visionary director like Tim Burton late in the game. The overall sensation takes this story to an entirely new level. From Mark Wahlberg passing through time portals, to landing on an unknown planet inhabited by "damn dirty apes" to the final battle scene-totally top notch! From an Anthropological perspective the creators and producers really did their homework as well as the actors taking direction from them. What you see on the screen is more than just people in monkey suits acting, you see a brilliant display of some of the finest performances ever put on film! The apes are far more interesting than the humans in this film which makes sort of an irony since the original made audiences love the humans more than the apes. Hmmmm. And what about that ending? A true Tim Burton signature if you ask me, completely off the wall and completely contemplative. Tim Burton is the only director who can pull off an ending like that and still keep a straight face the next day. My suggestion in viewing this film, steer clear of spoiler reviews and anyone who has seen the film because it will ruin the overall effect of your experience. The ending is confusing but it opens huge doors for further sequels; which, if this movie is successful will no doubt spawn more visits to the ever-present Planet of the Apes, no matter which planet they decide to visit!
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Summary: A MONKEY JUNKY
Review: I loved the original series of Planet of the Apes films and this 2001 version is superb. It's almost two-hours long but when you leave the theatre it feels like less than an hour. The casting is near perfection and the apes are SO believable. The ending is definitely a new twist, and to see Charlton Heston as "one of them" is a treat. I foresee Academy nominations for makeup and costumes, and possibly Tim Roth for his role as General Thade. The set designs are awesome...the soundtrack is gripping...and the scene where the apes are blown away by the spaceshift exhaust is incredible. A must for Apes' fans. Much better than Jurassic Park III.
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Summary: I loved it, ...
Review: I loved this film. The sets were wonderful. The story was great. The actors were fun to watch. The movie flew by but the ending was so dumb that I really felt cheated. There is so much more that this movie needed, that was left out. It was almost as if they just ran out of cash and let a high school student finish it.
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Summary: Hackneyed trash
Review: This movie rates two stars for the visuals. Maybe if you watched with the sound off, it would rate more, seeing as how you wouldn't have to listen to evolved apes thousands of years in the future making cutesy pop-culture references such as "I'm having a bad hair day" and "Can't we all just get along?". Add the completely nonsensical characterizations (Why does Marky Mark want to risk his life, his career and likely his freedom steal a ship to rescue the monkey?? I don't know. Neither do the screenwriters, I imagine), deliberately campy apes (Apes with dentures and toupees...HAW HAW), and other random bad bits of dialogue ("ALL THE DIGITAL CLOCKS HAVE STOPPED!!")and you have yet another movie with a great trailer and an abyssmal execution. What a disappointment.
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Summary: Yeah.. the apes are back!
Review: I enjoyed the original, and I enjoyed the re-make. The most exciting film I've seen this summer!
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Summary: Good Movie But Not Better than the Original
Review: Tim Burton did a great job with this movie. I liked the ending on this one better than the ending on the second one. This one has alot more action and adventure than the first one did though. And I thought the Zira like ape on this one was better. And I thought Mark Wahlberg was a good replacement for Heston. The Apes were alot more menacing on this one and more scary. Anyway I'm gonna buy this movie when it's available.
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