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Visually, it was stunning. The make up, of course, was great too. The story and acting was just lacking.
I agree with you about the Burton film, ditto on the originals as well. The first film is one of my all time favs.
I enjoy all of the originals as well. Burton's remake was OK, never really understood the ending. I didn't even know about this film so thanks for the head's up.
Think they wanted to keep with the format of the original films titles; Planet of the Apes Beneath the Planet of the Apes Escape from the Planet of the Apes Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Battle for the Planet of the Apes
I see. Also, this movie seems like a one big spoiler for the original (haven't seen the subsequent movies). That's unfortunate.
Well by this point I think the ending of the original film is so ingrained in pop culture that's it's hardly a spoiler by this point.
Personally, I think the original is a Sci Fi classic. The latter films vary in quality and all are pretty heavy with thier allegories.
I was finally able to watch the original for the first time a couple of weeks ago. I think it still came on TV a lot when I was younger but I was never very interested. Anyway, I enjoyed it a lot.
The ending was just taken from the end of the original novel by Pierre Boulle. Basically, he went back to Earth but it was about 700 years later and humanity had already been overthrown by the Apes (as evidenced in Conquest of The Planet of The Apes).
If you're okay with none of them being close to as good as the original, sure. The five films together have a great story arc that answers all the questions left by the original.
