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Planet of the Apes
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
Release : | 1968 |
Rating : | 8 |
Studio : | 20th Century Fox, APJAC Productions, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Art Direction, |
Cast : | Charlton Heston Roddy McDowall Kim Hunter Maurice Evans James Whitmore |
Genre : | Adventure Drama Action Science Fiction |
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Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
The second greatest film that came out in 1968. The first being Chitty Chitty Bang Bang of course.
This is the real Planet of the Apes - superior to the reboot in any sense and in any aspect - better acting, better story, better everything, I even like the ape-masks more (they look far more real) then this crap CGI-Apes of the new ones.Charlton Heston plays the lead role in three classics of sci-fi: Soylent Green, The Omega Man, and Planet of the Apes. Like Ben Hur these movies are top notch for their time and even still after all the time for the genre of sci-fi.Watch this one and the sequels (they are not with Heston and can't keep up with the level of the 1st movie but are still good) and skip the video games Hollywood tries to sell us as "movies".
Charlton Heston is part of a crew of astronauts who crash land on a planet where monkeys and apes have evolved into the dominant species and humans are the wild, mute creatures living in the wilderness. Written by Rod Serling, legendary host and creator of "The Twilight Zone," the film is fascinating science fiction that works on the surface as straightforward entertainment but also works on a subtextual level, raising questions about evolution, animal cruelty, and humanity's inclination towards war. My only complaints about the film are that the opening scenes in the desert seem to drag on for quite a while and don't serve to forward the story. Also, the films final scenes are rather slow paced and overly talky. SPOILER ALERT! Now I do love the extended scenes of Heston and Nova's surreal horseback ride along the beach before his surprise discovery ("You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!"), but it's the scenes preceding this in the archaeological dig site that seemed rather slow, though I do quite enjoy Heston's lecturing of Dr. Zaius ("Doctor, would an ape make a human doll that TALKS?" - although my kids have many talking animal toys, so it's a bit of an invalid argument, though no one can argue the point if Charlton Heston is shouting it at you.). Despite occasional pacing issues, Serling and director Franklin J. Schaffner ("Patton" "Papillon") create a world that becomes increasingly rich and fascinating as the film goes on. An imperfect film, but an undeniable classic, as well as a significant pop culture touchstone.
Planet of the Apes is one of the greatest classics in science fiction, a film that had a release close to another classic of the 2001 fiction of the master Stanley Kubrick, Planet of the Apes has a somewhat confusing storyline, since it uses time travel and etc. , The film impresses by your makeup, today you will find it bad, but at the time it was released it was something impressive, the monkeys were very well done, the cast is very well, has that at that time was at its peak Charlton Heston which is made The Twilight Saga: New Moon Plot Twist: The Twilight Saga: The Twilight Saga: New Moon Plot Twist: The Twilight Saga: The Twilight Saga: New Moon Great turnaround, has a good cast, has some problems in the script, but it is still a great movie. Note 8.7