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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 1, 2012
Pros: People dressed as apes walking around and talking. Excellent sci-fi.
Cons: Some not-so-good acting. Effects are dated, but who cares about that?
Summary: Preface For the longest time I have wanted to make a list of my favorite movies in my favorite genre of movies, which is easily the Post-Apocalypse genre. My approach for this list is going to be much different than my lists for ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 13, 2012
Pros: Fantastic, haunting story
Cons: Dated ape makeup
Summary: So, no one ever told me the original Planet of the Apes movie was about religion! Now I can finally see what everyone had against the Tim Burton remake which came out a few years ago. (I was not a fan of the remake myself.) Movies revolving around ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 23, 2012
Pros: It will appeal to the subconscious mind, and make you think.
Cons: There are none that I can think of. :-)
Summary: Released in 1968, "Planet of the Apes" is a science fiction film directed by Frankin J. Schaffner, based on the 1963 novel by Pierre Boulle. The film stars Charlton Heston, Maurice Evans, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, James Whitemore, James Daly, Linda ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 6, 2011
Pros: Excellent movie all around.
Cons: None.
Summary: Astronaut George Taylor (Charlton Heston, THE OMEGA MAN) and the rest of his crew, Landon, Dodge and Stewart, are in suspended animation when their ship crash lands on an alien planet 2000 in the future. The crew wakes up and realizes their ship is ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 21, 2009
Pros: Charlton Heston, good storyline, good acting, good directing
Cons: None, really.
Summary: In 1968....Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were shot.U.S. forces were fighting in Southeast Asia.The Warsaw Pact invaded Czechoslovakia.There were riots and protests all over the world.The Apollo 8 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 6, 2009
Pros: Fun, good special effects and socially relevant!
Cons: The DVD I wound up with isn't as good as later releases.
Summary: Long on my To-Do list is the Planet of the Apes series. Top to bottom, stem to stern from "Get your STINKING paws OFF me you DAMN DIRTY APES!!" to the rise of the new lawgiver, I've been wanting to but never found the time to rewatch and scribe up ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 28, 2007
Pros: Fascinating allegory, great acting, wonderful costumes and sets.
Cons: None come to mind.
Summary: Supremely confident of his mastery of all things, man rarely pauses to reflect on the tenuous nature of his existence. And yet, as the dinosaurs once ruled the Earth and were in time supplanted as the dominant species of the planet, so too is it possible ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 7, 2005
Pros: …
Cons: …
Summary: This is one of those movies that I kept hearing about, but never really got around to watching. I’m sure by now, everyone’s heard of Planet of the Apes and is at least somewhat aware of what it’s about and how it ends. If this assumption doesn’t apply ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 5, 2004
Pros: Charton Heston is wonderful.
Cons: I really can't think of any.
Summary: Three astronauts in the 1960's, four if you add one woman, decide on a special experiment, how long a human can stay in stasis without aging. After drifting off into space, they encase themselves in a space capsule and end up surviving fifty years. When ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 6, 2003
Pros: Great footage and storyline for this type of movie! The best i've seen yet!
Cons: Pretty extreme for a movie
Summary: Monkeys intelligent? Nah but this movie sure makes it seem
so! This was not Mark Wahlberg's best work, so please don't go expecting a reimagined Charleston Heston (who makes a cameo appearance as Thade's ailing father). Daena, (Estella Warren) is ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 26, 2002
Pros: great story, good pacing, excellent makeup, performances by Roddy McDowell and Kim Hunter
Cons: pretty much everyone already knows the ending before they view it
Summary: I can remember my parents first allowing me to view this film when I was about 7 or 8 and it came onto television for the first time. Although they had seen it before, they were quiet, allowing me to experience the surprise plot twist in its original, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 13, 2002
Pros: Solid direction; engaging sci-fi story; music; the surprise ending
Cons: Some campy moments in production design and acting
Summary: ****
There was a voyage that departed some time ago in late 1831. Charles Darwin accepted an invitation to come along as an unpaid naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle, whereupon he toured the Galapagos Islands as a part of the five-year scientific ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 15, 2002
Pros: Linda Harrison, outstanding story, brilliant ending, Kim Hunter
Cons: None
Summary: Especially the sex appeal of Linda Harrison as primitive young lady Nova. As for the great story itself, it (of course) concerns some astronauts who crash land in the future on a strange planet. The leader of the U.S. space men is Col. Taylor (Charlton ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 7, 2001
Pros: Great Sci-Fi from the late 60's!
Cons: none!
Summary: The first, and best, of the five part series about the Planet of the Apes.
Heston, along with 3 other astronauts, are sent on a mission to the stars, moving faster than the speed of light. The 4 astronauts are placed in a state of suspended ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 17, 2001
Pros: Very cool intro, Exciting and Suspenseful. A Sci-Fi milestone.
Cons: Looking back now, some things look cheesy and cheap.
Summary: I was a kid when I first saw Planet of the Apes. I was spellbound by the intro of space travelers hurtling back to earth and not realizing that time on earth was moving much faster then they had realized. They soon learn that their home planet is now ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 4, 2001
Pros: A great concept and surprise ending; wonderful performance from Heston
Cons: Slightly dated, jazzy camerawork that takes away from some scenes
Summary: I bought "Planet of the Apes" on a whim. The new version with Marky Mark Wahlberg is still three weeks away, and I felt a need to see the original. As an ardent sci-fi fan, I felt embarrassed that I hadn't seen a classic like this one. But it was one ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 1, 2001
Pros: Awesome plot, great actors, great special effects
Cons: none
Summary: The Planet of the Apes, starring Charlton Heston, is a great movie that I watch over and over. I have never seen a better movie dealing with time travel. What great actors too. I love the makeup they used at the time, and how real they look!!! Not to ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 1, 2001
Pros: The ending
Cons: As far as I know, this was the only anti-war movie ever made by Charlton Heston
Summary: Of course, that hardly excuses him trying to suppress the whole truth about humans (which he already knew) for his civilization's sake. Not until the fifth and final "Apes" movie do we see that it might be possible for humans and apes to build ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 5, 2000
Pros: Classic storytelling, Fun movie -- including Charton Heston's cheesy acting, Great makeup and costumes, Building suspense and a memorable ending
Cons: Too many already know the ending before watching the original film
Summary:
I wish I could take anyone born during the past thirty years into a time machine that would erase all movie references during that time, so that they could see Planet of the Apes in pristine condition as I did when it was first released in ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 2, 2000
Pros: Noble apes
Cons: Filthy apes!
Summary: The Planet of the Apes movies posed a question nobody in their right mind had ever asked themselves before: what would a world be like if primates ran the joint and we were their prey? Now, after having watched the original plus all of its sequels ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 1, 2000
Pros: Concepts, characters, ending, scenery
Cons: none
Summary: I'm not one for deep concepts in movies, but i think this is due to the fact that most of the concepts touched in movies are played out and boring and couldn't get me thinking even if I wanted to. The Planet of the Apes is far from these other movies. ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 4, 2000
Pros: The writing and directing
Cons: ?????
Summary: A great story. Chuck Heston is as good as one would expect in the role of a leader of a team of astronauts who believe they have landed on a distant planet. They soon learn that the role of man and ape has been reversed on this planet. Chuck is the only ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 25, 2000
Pros: Great acting, and costumes
Cons: to many sequels
Summary: This might be an oldie but it's a goodie.
It all begins when astronauts crash on a planet unknown to them, that ends
up being a crazy upside down world where Apes rule and humans are mute and
slaves to the apes.
Charlton ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 12, 2000
Pros: Excellent theory
Cons: none
Summary: This movie came out when I was just a little girl. I loved it then and to this day still love it. I have always learned that humans evolved from apes and this movie just blew me away. I just could not believe it when I saw the Apes and how they acted ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 22, 2000
Pros: Futureist with past
Cons: none
Summary: Why not dude? LEt's just say that the human race just desrtoys each other and everything just goes ass backwards. The Apes rule and we can't even talk. That is one hell of a concept. I love this movie for that reason and many others. The irony of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 15, 2000
Pros: GREAT concept
Cons: scary to think what could happen
Summary: When this movie came out, I had just been born. I was about 6 when I first saw this movie. At the time the craze was still going on. From the first time on, I loved this movie. Because it was futuristic, the idea of man falling from grace intrigued me. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 6, 2000
Pros: great acting, and film of its day
Cons: I mean, apes? come on!
Summary: When these movies first came out, I was scared of the violence in them so I didn't pay much attention. Now that I'm (he-hem) older, watching them is something! In the days of "NO NUKES," this movie series must have been extremely effective. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 2, 2000
Pros: Roddy McDowell's face is concealed under latex.
Cons: Would have been better as a musical.
Summary: Of course I liked Planet of the Apes when I saw it on the big screen as a seven-year-old. What a great idea -- putting chimps, orangs, and gorillas in charge, and making the humans mute and subservient. I liked it again in junior high school when I saw ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 6, 2000
Pros: much more depth than thought originally
Cons: still a bit dated
Summary: Since this film is so indoctrinated into pop culture, it would be a bit silly and redundant to go into detail about .. well.. the details.
Astronauts led by Moses himself, Chuck Heston.. go through time travel to an Earth in the future where ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 5, 2000
Pros: A classic movie: great actors, great costume design, great story and depth. A very good selection for any video library, and decent movie for pre-teens as well.
Cons: People who don't like the idea with evolution might be agitated by the plot of the whole movie
Summary: Planet of the Apes is a classic movie replete with action, excitement, an interesting plot, and quality actors such as Charlton Heston, Linda Harrison and the late Roddy McDowall. The costume design is first-rate, and still looks pretty decent ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 8, 2000
Pros: Good Story.....
Cons: Charleston Heston...OverActor?
Summary: Full of Madhouse Fun to the end. If Darwin is your best friend, you will love Planet of the Apes. I'm not a big fan of sci-fi at all but even though the premise is stupid...the movie isn't half bad. Charleston Heston *cough cough* Overactor...plays ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 29, 1999
Pros: Good idea, with great execution.
Cons: Taylor should have been able to figure out the secret instantly.
Summary: This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Planet of the Apes uses an original idea that could have resulted in a very silly movie, and instead succeeds in becoming an intelligent, provocative masterpiece. The writing and directing were superb, and ... read more
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