Planet of the Apes (2001)

You won't be disappointed!

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

I watched this movie first before the original. I have watched both films many times. In my viewing experience, this movie was definitely better than the original, but that may be because I watched this first. This film did lack something extra, but there were many interesting parts. The quality was definitely better than the original. The apes were more ape like. They used their ape strengths instead of being more like humans with a mask on. A must watch if you did not watch the original.

I sat to watch this movie full of prejudice based on bad reviews, and in the beginning I was thinking to give up on it. But, I saw it through and my opinion is completely changed. This is very good movie. Almost all arguments against this movie are based on premise that it is remake of cult classic from 1968. If that was the case, compared to original this movie sucks. But it is very wrong angle and it is understandable that conclusions based on wrong premise, filled with emotion and prejudice, will be wrong conclusions.Just try to watch this movie from point of view of someone who did not see original franchise and have no idea what is it all about, and you'll enjoy great movie. Because this is not really remake. The only thing they share is basic idea that in distant future apes will rule the Earth. Other than that those are two completely different movies. Characters are new and different, story begins slightly similar, but develops and ends completely different. This is typical Tim Burton's dark fairy-tale, original in every way, except for stealing basic idea from cult classic. Story is interesting and brings completely new ideas that make it essentially different from 1968. movie. The way apes rise to be on the top of evolutionary scale, event that stops the battle and the way main character ends his adventure are three main and totally unexpected twists that are completely new and original. I saw all five movies from old franchise and I was still surprised by every plot twist here. Nothing was already seen or too predictable. Because this is not really remake. Crash-landing scene is the only one visually similar to 60's movie. But if you think about it, he had to land somehow, and there are not so many ways to do it and survive. I mean, he could not teleport himself or catapult from ship and land by parachute from outer space...8/10

Planet of the Apes, 2001.*Spoiler/plot- A modern exploratory black hole USAF station is using chimps to navigate around the through a black hole. One chimp is lost and his concerned trainer human follows the chip's spacecraft to only find a ape planet in civil war.*Special Stars- Mark Wahlber, DIR- Tim BUrton.*Theme- Exploration can involve time, history, and societies.*Trivia/location/goofs- Location: Planetary desert or 'Calima' was Trona Pinnacles, Ridgecrest CA and Lake . The background performers at the Trona Pinnacles area were poisoned when the film production decided to use crushed walnut shells instead of Fuller's Earth for desert dust storms. Several people got sick because of the allergies to walnut products and the production was shut-down for some days for safety of all. Look for Charlton Heston in this film playing General Thade's ancient father. Also the many famous lines and scenes appear in this film with many interesting Tim Burton twists.*Emotion- A lush and different plot from the earlier 20th Century Fox film franchise series. Very enjoyable and has some nice homages to the early film more brighter dialog and memorable scenes.*Based on- French author's Boule famous book.

I tried watching this film probably about five years ago and gave up the effort about half way through. Figuring I might have been having a bad day I decided to give it a try again. I'm glad I did because there was actually some thought provoking stuff here just as you had in the original film, with ideas explored concerning racial/species intolerance, animal rights, and the concept of equality in general. Some of it was presented in clichéd dialog, which I agree can be a turn off, but if you listen attentively, a lot of it is applicable to the present day. One of the most insightful was the observation that "The human problem cannot be solved by simply throwing money at it".There's an idea that occurred to me while watching the picture I haven't seen expressed anywhere else and it has to do with the names of the principal characters. The anagram of each name has a connotation that intrinsically describes the nature of that character. For example, take General Thade. An anagram of Thade would be Death, and he was certainly the personification of violent, deadly hatred toward humans. Others I came up with include: Semos = Moses, the mythical ape who was considered the savior of his race, having insured the place of apes above humans in a 'Promised Land' of sorts.Ari = Air, as in having an ethereal quality required to bridge an understanding between the apes and human inhabitants of the planet.Even the name of Mark Wahlberg's character has a Biblical reference if you will. Davidson = David's Son, or Son of David, a name often associated with Jesus Christ who was descended from the Family of David. I haven't read the Pierre Boulle novel on which the film was based, so I don't know if these were names he gave his characters, but if this word play regarding the characters is merely coincidental, the odds I think would be astronomical.Anyway, that's what I thought about while watching the picture. And what is good science fiction if not making you think about what you're watching and/or reading? Beyond that, there's no question the time/space implications of the story lend themselves to serious head scratching. Upon first seeing the ruins of the Oberon space station, the representation called to mind the spires on the crown of the Statue of Liberty which signaled an obvious swipe from the original movie. But then we got to the crux of the Calima business, and I thought that was done pretty cleverly.So all in all, I thought the film makers did a decent job here in re-imagining the original screenplay, while offering food for thought in any number of areas touched upon in the script. Probably more so than even the awkward ending with the Thade Memorial, my biggest question was why Captain Davidson left Pericles behind.