The Planet of the Apes movies originally started in 1968 with some creepy-looking costumes and over the top acting courtesy of Charlton Heston. The divisive Tim Burton version in 2001 (Planet of the Apes) was almost universally trashed but the reboot of the series in 2011 with Rise of the Planet of the Apes was hailed as both visually and creatively well done.
I know there are undercurrents of evolution with the whole story but since I’m a creationist, I just take them as someone’s fever dream and escapism at the movies. I find the surprise endings interesting story-telling and leave it at that.
I’ve liked the reboot of the last 5 movies and think they’ve added an interesting perspective of man and apes “living together” and their interaction. The previews for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes looked intriguing and so I was hoping it would be good as well even though it’s been 7 years since the last installment.
I found the story to be interesting and well-told. The opening scenes of young apes out in the wild, first playfully and then more dramatically brought a calm start building into an exciting start to the movie. It’s not a spoiler that this movie is more Apes vs Apes instead of Apes vs Man and that holds true for most of the movie though the ending changes direction pretty abruptly but in a was that doesn’t seem contrived.
The visuals are really cool as you look beneath the decay and try to identify landmarks of the past. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is another movie that really does need to be seen in a theater as the detail and visuals will be lost on a smaller screen.
The Planet of the Apes movies originally started in 1968 with some creepy-looking costumes and over the top acting courtesy of Charlton Heston. The divisive Tim Burton version in 2001 (Planet of the Apes) was almost universally trashed but the reboot of the series in 2011 with Rise of the Planet of the Apes was hailed as both visually and creatively well done.
I know there are undercurrents of evolution with the whole story but since I’m a creationist, I just take them as someone’s fever dream and escapism at the movies. I find the surprise endings interesting story-telling and leave it at that.
I’ve liked the reboot of the last 5 movies and think they’ve added an interesting perspective of man and apes “living together” and their interaction. The previews for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes looked intriguing and so I was hoping it would be good as well even though it’s been 7 years since the last installment.
I found the story to be interesting and well-told. The opening scenes of young apes out in the wild, first playfully and then more dramatically brought a calm start building into an exciting start to the movie. It’s not a spoiler that this movie is more Apes vs Apes instead of Apes vs Man and that holds true for most of the movie though the ending changes direction pretty abruptly but in a was that doesn’t seem contrived.
The visuals are really cool as you look beneath the decay and try to identify landmarks of the past. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is another movie that really does need to be seen in a theater as the detail and visuals will be lost on a smaller screen.