"You Maniacs!...'
Added 3/9/2010
A survivor of a spaceship crash named Taylor (Charlton Heston from THE OMEGA MAN and SOYLENT GREEN) finds himself in a world of intelligent, fully socialized apes. The ape society has three classes or groups- The gorillas are the military group, chimpanzees are the scientists, and the orangutans are the religious / political leaders. In this evolution-gone-mad morality tale, Taylor must resist those apes who consider him a threat to their society, politics, and religious beliefs. This is classic stuff, w/ a twist ending that remains unparalleled...
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Planet of the Apes (1968)
Added 2/17/2010
Adapted from Pierre Boulle's 1963 French novel, director Franklin Schaffner's Planet of the Apes stars Charlton Heston as a "spaceman" named Taylor, who, along with two other astronauts, finds himself on a mysterious planet run by intellectual apes. After eventually escaping the confines of the apes' prison, which still holds one of his earthly companions captive (the other is the local museum's latest addition), he ventures out into the planet's uncharted parts, where he makes a dire discovery that will make your stomach churn.
Planet of the Apes is a time-standing masterpiece of sociological complexities that gleams with on-screen beauty, lavish sets, brilliant costumes (which garnered an Oscar nod in '69), and enough action to appease a popcorn-movie hound. It is considered a vital piece of the sci-fi movement and preceded four sequels and a remake in 2001, none of which compares to its ingenuity. Still, none of the aforementioned qualities amount to its mind-blowing conclusion, one of the most eerie endings in film history.
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Awesome !!
Added 1/7/2010
Considering how old this is it is really amazing to see this in blu-ray. Fabulous soundtrack !! And of course the story and message(s) are timeless. Can't go wrong with this if you are a thinking person.
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Planet of the Apes
Added 10/27/2009
Great movie for the period. I am a Heston fan, He carries the movie for the most part. I recommend this to anyone.
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less great the older you get
Added 10/3/2009
First of all, if you can find it, you should buy this two-disk edition (the one with the silver cover), rather than the edition that seems to be more ubiquitous on Amazon: Planet of the Apes, since that one doesn't have all the goodies this has. Unfortunately, I think the two-disk one is going out of print.
As for the movie itself, I don't think I'll be watching it again: I know you're supposed to suspend your disbelief before you pop in a movie like this, but watching it in middle age, I couldn't get around the plot holes. They were simply too enormous. Sure, I know it's a classic movie and all. And sure, when I was a teenager this really fired my imagination.
But this time around, the only thing I marveled at was how hoodwinked I had been before at such second-rate entertainment. In this case, the plot-hole that triggered my dissatisfaction was the fact that Heston wasn't struck at all by the fact that the apes spoke English. At least in Boulle's book, they spoke another language which he slowly had to learn.
I know that sounds like a minor matter, but once you start to notice that, a whole lot of other things seem to go wrong, until the point where you're just rolling your eyes instead of taking the movie on its own merits.
Another thing that seemed completely off was the direction: think of the crashing-to-earth scene. I realize they had a limited budget, but that has got to be some of the most inept direction I've ever seen.
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"You Maniacs!...'
Added 3/9/2010
A survivor of a spaceship crash named Taylor (Charlton Heston from THE OMEGA MAN and SOYLENT GREEN) finds himself in a world of intelligent, fully socialized apes. The ape society has three classes or groups- The gorillas are the military group, chimpanzees are the scientists, and the orangutans are the religious / political leaders. In this evolution-gone-mad morality tale, Taylor must resist those apes who consider him a threat to their society, politics, and religious beliefs. This is classic stuff, w/ a twist ending that remains unparalleled...
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Planet of the Apes (1968)
Added 2/17/2010
Adapted from Pierre Boulle's 1963 French novel, director Franklin Schaffner's Planet of the Apes stars Charlton Heston as a "spaceman" named Taylor, who, along with two other astronauts, finds himself on a mysterious planet run by intellectual apes. After eventually escaping the confines of the apes' prison, which still holds one of his earthly companions captive (the other is the local museum's latest addition), he ventures out into the planet's uncharted parts, where he makes a dire discovery that will make your stomach churn.
Planet of the Apes is a time-standing masterpiece of sociological complexities that gleams with on-screen beauty, lavish sets, brilliant costumes (which garnered an Oscar nod in '69), and enough action to appease a popcorn-movie hound. It is considered a vital piece of the sci-fi movement and preceded four sequels and a remake in 2001, none of which compares to its ingenuity. Still, none of the aforementioned qualities amount to its mind-blowing conclusion, one of the most eerie endings in film history.
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Awesome !!
Added 1/7/2010
Considering how old this is it is really amazing to see this in blu-ray. Fabulous soundtrack !! And of course the story and message(s) are timeless. Can't go wrong with this if you are a thinking person.
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