Rise of the Planet of the Apes

looks cool. hopefully it's better than the last one that tim burton did.

 

The original movies were awesome. It is difficult to add anything new to them

 

this one isn't a remake right? it's more like a prequel i think.

 

Looks pretty good. I'll probably see it.

 

Yeah, it actually looks to give much more explanation on how the Apes actually took over then the short segment in one of the originals.

Looks promising, but I'm always a bit suspicious when unknown directors are given a big job like this. Possible cost cutting measure, all the resources going towards the trailer.

 

Can't beat the original.

The '01 Wahlberg film was ok.

 

Yeah.As a kid I remember having nightmares of the originals .

 

Never understood the attraction of the ape films. My dad loves them though.

 

Especially the very first one.

 

Uhh, no. It sucked very very badly. One of my top worst remakes of all time. The original shits and pukes all over the Wahlberg version. I'm talking liquid creamy shit and puke here, not the lumpy stuff.

Anyway this film looks extremely promising. After seeing the new trailer this has moved into my #1 anticipated film list bumping Priest to #2.

 

When's this actually due out?

 

Saw this while I was in Brussels last week and again with the family when I came back home. Enjoyed it quite a bit. Would definitely recommend.

 

It suffers from Cloverfield-syndrome --- an interesting ride soured by a wretched ending.

 

Disagree. I enjoyed the ending.

 

Decent.....it drag on for a bit to long, it could have been edited down a bit. The ending was SHIT....

What is going to happen NEXT???...The monkeys get to live the next few months/years in the forest till' the population dies from the virus/retrovirus..?:finger:

 

Yes, that's why it's called "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". Humans die out and the apes become king. In the original movies didn't the humans come across statues of Caesar? I believe he becomes God-like for having empowered the apes.

 

The movie gets a lot of good reviews at imdb.com. I will definitely watch this movie soon.

 

I watching this, probaby Finish tonight if I have time, I really like it

 

I will see this at the weekend followed

 

I liked it a lot, CGI did a great job on the Apes.

I actually thought it was too short if anything. Seemed like pieces of the movie setting up the action were missing, and they just put it together to keep the action flowing, without much care in how they got there.

Probably a 2 1/2 hour directors cut floating around out there somewhere.

I liked the ending. It wasn't a full origin story, it was the origin to the origin.

Maybe a few too many unlikable characters. You know the movie type.....assholes for the sake of being assholes. I guess it gives you a reason to root for the Apes though.

Admittedly, there are some incredible leaps in logic, but I wasn't exactly expecting a tightly woven story on how the Apes took over the world.

 

Funny thing I realized about this film.

The James Franco character in the movie is a good guy, mainly because we care so little for the humans throughout the course of the movie and are rooting for the Apes.

But the movie could just as well have been titled "How James Franco Killed Off The Human Race".

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The ending was typically cynical of Hollywood. Make a movie without an ending so you can hold an audience hostage for as many sequels as you can churn out.

Well, there first step here wasnt good enough to blackmail me into coming back again.

 

I'm not sure this is correct. This movie was more of a prequel to the originals and so the sequels have already happened.

 

I didn't see it that way. Cynical would have been tying up all the loose ends just for the sake of it. Did you really think you were going to see the entire cycle of Apes taking over the world in 1 hour 45.

As it was I think they glossed over too much information and pushed the story along quicker then it should have.

This is the type of story arc, I wouldn't mind sequels for, if they are well done and continue the storyline.

 

You dont think theyll make movies happening between now and the events of the original flick?

I bet you your house they do.

 

Would it be the most unreasonable expectation in the world for them to tie it up when it already has some five or six other films in its franchise?

In modern Hollywood, the answers probably yes. Youd swear every time they make a, "blockbuster," its done for free and the studios dont make a dime. There just HAVE to be sequels.