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Post #2,988

7/29/01 9:20:10 PM

I saw it friday. It was pretty good, four stars out of five. Good Special Effects, some good action scenes, and some funny lines. Some of the acting may have been better, but this was a good start. I hope they make another one.

Unlike the original movie, this one stays close to the novel. It is not Earth that the guy first lands on, it is another planet. How did the Apes get so evolved? I'll leave the movie to explain that. Also a shock ending, but not like the original.

Not all of the Apes are against the humans, Ari (if I got her name right) is a Chimp that seems to be a human rights activist. Thade, is of course the villian and is out to capture Leo, the human from space that landed on the planet. The humans on this planet talk, but are slaves of the Apes and kept as pets or killed. It seems the humans of this planet did not have invention beyond that of the caveman or broze age and the Apes took over.

"I can see if I want anything done right around here, I'll have to do it myself!"

Moe Howard

Post #3,063

by inthane-chan

7/30/01 2:06:14 PM

Alternate opinion

It sucked. It sucked badly. It was horrible. I STRONGLY disliked it.

In fact, it has caused me to make a new rule:

Tim Burton Can't Do Sci-Fi. I mean, look at Mars Attacks! (Or don't - it will save your sanity.) His other stuff is really good. But any time he ventures into science fiction, It Just Sucks.

The one good thing about the film was the costuming. Really good looking. Everything else (Mark Whalburg looks dazed 'n confused, plot was somewhat lacking in direction, heavy-handed social commentary, jokes that fell flat on their face) just sucked.

Post #3,067

by addison

7/30/01 2:12:38 PM

wh-wh-wh-WHAT?

Tim Burton Can't Do Sci-Fi. I mean, look at Mars Attacks! (Or don't - it will save your sanity.)

Errrrrr.....

I *liked* Mars Attacks.

But it wasn't sci-fi... it was a spoof *of* sci-fi.

And it was a hilarious spoof at that. :)

And the ending... was just too hilarious.

Addison

Post #3,070

by inthane-chan

7/30/01 2:19:09 PM

Different strokes...

Okay, I have to admit that the martians were hilarious. To me, that was about it - the rest of the film just didn't do it for me. Other than those two, though, I haven't seen a Tim Burton film that didn't appeal to me. Hell, even Sleepy Hollow, which a lot of people didn't like locally, was a great deal of fun for me.

Post #3,074

by orion

7/30/01 2:25:45 PM

Mars Attacks

It was supposed to be funny Sci-Fi as in a spoof based on some old Sci-Fi Bubblegum cards from the 1950's IIRC.

Sleepy Hollow had its momments, and was a weird and scary movie.

Planet Of The Apes could have been better, I admit that. But I really did enjoy it despite some of the acting that could have been better and the overuse of special effects tried to make up for the bad acting.

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