Planet of the Apes
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Actor: Erick Avari, Helena Bonham Carter, Lisa Marie, Paul Giamatti, Tim RothCinematographer: Philippe Rousselot
Composer: Danny Elfman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 124 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-20
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Planet of the Apes
DVD Review: Not very good
Summary: 3 Stars
It lacks the campiness of the original. Instead, there's the angry chimp Thade, played by Tim Roth, evidently with a Napoleon complex -- he's a lot shorter than the gorillas, so he gets to be constantly angry, and not very interesting. Mark Wahlberg doesn't have enough depth as a leading man to carry a film by himself, his lines are simplified for his character, but a better actor who could handle more complexity would have been a better choice. He's cute, tho, and one of the lady chimps seems to have a crush on him. The big revelation at the end is not much of a revelation -- are we on earth or are we on another planet? It's not clear. If it's not earth, where did the humans come from? "C-mos" supposedly killed the ones from the ship. If it is earth, why are there other planets around it? Does the ending mean to suggest that Leo Davidson should have stayed? This movie would have been better with more imagination and less loud music, and if Kris Kristofferson got to have a better role. The sex scene was hilarious, tho.DVD Review: Wheres the other disc????
Summary: 3 Stars
Ok, where's the second disc??? I just bought the DVD and it doesn't have the second disc with the extra features on it. I know for a fact that it should have one. The disc I got refers to me to the second disc for additional features. My Uncle bought a few years ago my disc is exactly the same as his first one. But my case doesnt have the disc or even a place for it. It's as if the studio got tired of making double-disc cases and decided to leave it out. This is a gyp!!! I guess its expected from a price like $8.99!DVD Review: Yikes!
Summary: 1 Stars
This film is a mess. There is no need to go into detail. Skip it! Buy or rent the original with Charlton Heston. We watched this one again the other night (I have it in my Apes DVD limited edition head set) and it is even worse than how I remembered it in the theaters. (and I thought it was garbage then) The film reminds me of one the worst made for TV sci-fi movies you have even seen. Yikes!DVD Review: The worst Tim Burton movie ever.
Summary: 1 Stars
This remake is only a money machine for "20th Cash Fox", betting that the 2001 audience will not remember the two Charlton Heston movies(Two first of the original series), and from a financial standpoint it did work for the studio. Why Tim Burton accepted to do this is a mystery though, did he have taxes to pay in a hurry ? Definitely the worst of Tim Burton movies, studio command movie, that a director like Tim B. would only accept to do, because he is broke at the time, but even with this explanation this is still hard to understand why Tim B. accepted to compromise himself with this thing. If you are interested in Sci-Fi, and never saw the original movies, from the late sixties, watch them instead of this idiotic remake, even the apes make up was better in the original movies, you could actually tell who was who in the story, because the make up kept all the personality of each character, and where the original movies had intelligence, this poor remake doesn't have any, the story doesn't make much sense at all from the beginning to the end, especially the end. Every Sci-Fi true fan already knew the original series, having the DVD boxset at home already and didn't go see that thing when it came out or just lost 7bucks, but for the person just getting into Sci-Fi, just skip this movie and watch the original movies, they are all much better than this one.DVD Review: Planet of the Apes
Summary: 5 Stars
The video arrived within a few days. The BluRay format is wonderful. I enjoyed it very much.
Description of Planet of the Apes
After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by ruthless General Thade (Tim Roth) and his most trusted warrior, Attar (Michael Clarke Duncan). Now the pulse-pounding race is on to reach a sacred temple that may hold the shocking secrets of mankind's past - and the last hope for it's salvation!Billed as a "reimagining" of the original 1968 film, Tim Burton's extraordinary Planet of the Apes constantly borders on greatness, adhering to the spirit of Pierre Boulle's original novel while exploring fresh and inventive ideas and paying honorable tribute to the '68 sci-fi classic. Burton's gifts for eccentric inspiration and visual ingenuity make this a movie that's as entertaining as it is provocative, beginning with Rick Baker's best-ever ape makeup (hand that man an Oscar?!), and continuing through the surprisingly nuanced performances and breathtaking production design. Add to all this an intelligent screenplay that turns Boulle's speculative reversal--the dominance of apes over humans--into a provocative study of civil rights and civil war. The film finally goes too far with a woefully misguided ending that pays weak homage to the original, but everything preceding that misfire is astonishingly right.
While attempting the space-pod retrieval of a chimpanzee test pilot, Major Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) enters a magnetic storm that propels him into the distant future, where he crash-lands on the ape-ruled planet. Among the primitively civilized apes, treatment of enslaved humans is a divisive issue: senator's daughter Ari (Helena Bonham Carter) advocates equality while the ruthless General Thade (Tim Roth) promotes extermination. While Davidson ignites a human rebellion, this conflict is explored with admirable depth and emotion, and sharp dialogue allows Burton's exceptional cast to bring remarkable expressiveness to their embattled ape characters, most notably in the comic relief of orangutan slave trader Limbo (played to perfection by Paul Giamatti). Classic lines from the original film are cleverly reversed (including an unbilled cameo for Charlton Heston, in ape regalia as Thade's dying father), and while this tale of interspecies warfare leads to an ironic conclusion that's not altogether satisfying, it still bears the ripe fruit of a timeless what-if idea. --Jeff Shannon
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