I don't know how I made it nearly three decades without seeing "Planet of the Apes," and I have to say it was a lot better than I thought it would be. I was expecting something kind of campy and cheap, but it was actually pretty clever and well done. It's another example of how Hollywood has de-evolved over the years. What movie made today would allow 30 minutes of three men wandering in the desert just for the sole purpose of emphasizing their isolation? I haven't seen the 2001 re-make, but I bet more time was devoted to overblown action sequences than intelligent debate about ethics, theology, and science.
I really did like it, but it struck me as being little more than a beefed up episode of "The Twillight Zone." And was it just me or did *every single scene* end with Charlton Heston either having a collar thrown around his neck or being dragged away in a net? That's nitpicking. If you haven't seen it yet, get your damn dirty paws on a copy.
I really did like it, but it struck me as being little more than a beefed up episode of "The Twillight Zone." And was it just me or did *every single scene* end with Charlton Heston either having a collar thrown around his neck or being dragged away in a net? That's nitpicking. If you haven't seen it yet, get your damn dirty paws on a copy.