I just got back from screening Planet of the Apes at the theater I work at. What I was most afraid of was whether or not the movie had SDDS sound. It does, thank god. I am a fan of Tim Burton's. He makes great movies. When I heard about this movie, I thought, although a bad idea, that it might be an interesting movie. I'm not too familiar with the original "Apes" movies, so I can't compare, but this movie does have a surprise ending similar to the original's, minus the surprise.
I noticed the movie was written by William Broyle's Jr., as well a two other guys. I got worried after that considering he wrote the horrible "Castaway". I can't really give him credit for making this movie bearable, though. Burton and his crew pretty much deserves the credit for that. This movie's plot is riddled with cliches from a General who was outcasted getting revenge only to die to an old Ape guy dying RIGHT AFTER telling Thade (Roth) what WE need to know. It's as if the writers were afraid their slightly unique version was too unique and was becoming unrecognizable.
SPOILER WARNING:
I thought some of the ideas in the movie were intriguing and scary. Not so much the idea that apes COULD become the leaders of a planet due to time travel and evolution from experimental monkeys, but that they DID. I felt the whole play on equality was too preachy and phony, however. Planet of the Apes is far from being the best movie of the summer - that title still belongs to The Mummy Returns - but it's a decent movie, although it lacked any humor whatsoever.
I noticed the movie was written by William Broyle's Jr., as well a two other guys. I got worried after that considering he wrote the horrible "Castaway". I can't really give him credit for making this movie bearable, though. Burton and his crew pretty much deserves the credit for that. This movie's plot is riddled with cliches from a General who was outcasted getting revenge only to die to an old Ape guy dying RIGHT AFTER telling Thade (Roth) what WE need to know. It's as if the writers were afraid their slightly unique version was too unique and was becoming unrecognizable.
SPOILER WARNING:
I thought some of the ideas in the movie were intriguing and scary. Not so much the idea that apes COULD become the leaders of a planet due to time travel and evolution from experimental monkeys, but that they DID. I felt the whole play on equality was too preachy and phony, however. Planet of the Apes is far from being the best movie of the summer - that title still belongs to The Mummy Returns - but it's a decent movie, although it lacked any humor whatsoever.