Planet of the Apes

Pros: great story, good pacing, excellent makeup, performances by Roddy McDowell and Kim Hunter
Cons: pretty much everyone already knows the ending before they view it

I can remember my parents first allowing me to view this film when I was about 7 or 8 and it came onto television for the first time. Although they had seen it before, they were quiet, allowing me to experience the surprise plot twist in its original, ...

Pros: Charlton Heston, good storyline, good acting, good directing
Cons: None, really.

In 1968....Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were shot.U.S. forces were fighting in Southeast Asia.The Warsaw Pact invaded Czechoslovakia.There were riots and protests all over the world.The Apollo 8 ...

Pros: Fascinating allegory, great acting, wonderful costumes and sets.
Cons: None come to mind.

Supremely confident of his mastery of all things, man rarely pauses to reflect on the tenuous nature of his existence. And yet, as the dinosaurs once ruled the Earth and were in time supplanted as the dominant species of the planet, so too is it possible ...

Pros: Fun, good special effects and socially relevant!
Cons: The DVD I wound up with isn't as good as later releases.

Long on my To-Do list is the Planet of the Apes series. Top to bottom, stem to stern from "Get your STINKING paws OFF me you DAMN DIRTY APES!!" to the rise of the new lawgiver, I've been wanting to but never found the time to rewatch and scribe up ...

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This is one of those movies that I kept hearing about, but never really got around to watching. I’m sure by now, everyone’s heard of Planet of the Apes and is at least somewhat aware of what it’s about and how it ends. If this assumption doesn’t apply ...

Pros: Solid direction; engaging sci-fi story; music; the surprise ending
Cons: Some campy moments in production design and acting

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There was a voyage that departed some time ago in late 1831. Charles Darwin accepted an invitation to come along as an unpaid naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle, whereupon he toured the Galapagos Islands as a part of the five-year scientific...

Pros: Classic storytelling, Fun movie -- including Charton Heston's cheesy acting, Great makeup and costumes, Building suspense and a memorable ending
Cons: Too many already know the ending before watching the original film

I wish I could take anyone born during the past thirty years into a time machine that would erase all movie references during that time, so that they could see Planet of the Apes in pristine condition as I did when it was first released in...

Pros: Charton Heston is wonderful.
Cons: I really can't think of any.

Three astronauts in the 1960's, four if you add one woman, decide on a special experiment, how long a human can stay in stasis without aging. After drifting off into space, they encase themselves in a space capsule and end up surviving fifty years. When ...

Pros: Noble apes
Cons: Filthy apes!

The Planet of the Apes movies posed a question nobody in their right mind had ever asked themselves before: what would a world be like if primates ran the joint and we were their prey? Now, after having watched the original plus all of its sequels...

Pros: Very cool intro, Exciting and Suspenseful. A Sci-Fi milestone.
Cons: Looking back now, some things look cheesy and cheap.

I was a kid when I first saw Planet of the Apes. I was spellbound by the intro of space travelers hurtling back to earth and not realizing that time on earth was moving much faster then they had realized. They soon learn that their home planet is now...

Pros: GREAT concept
Cons: scary to think what could happen

When this movie came out, I had just been born. I was about 6 when I first saw this movie. At the time the craze was still going on. From the first time on, I loved this movie. Because it was futuristic, the idea of man falling from grace intrigued me....

Pros: A classic movie: great actors, great costume design, great story and depth. A very good selection for any video library, and decent movie for pre-teens as well.
Cons: People who don't like the idea with evolution might be agitated by the plot of the whole movie

Planet of the Apes is a classic movie replete with action, excitement, an interesting plot, and quality actors such as Charlton Heston, Linda Harrison and the late Roddy McDowall. The costume design is first-rate, and still looks pretty decent...

Pros: great acting, and film of its day
Cons: I mean, apes? come on!

When these movies first came out, I was scared of the violence in them so I didn't pay much attention. Now that I'm (he-hem) older, watching them is something! In the days of "NO NUKES," this movie series must have been extremely effective....

Pros: Good idea, with great execution.
Cons: Taylor should have been able to figure out the secret instantly.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Planet of the Apes uses an original idea that could have resulted in a very silly movie, and instead succeeds in becoming an intelligent, provocative masterpiece. The writing and directing were superb, and...

Pros: much more depth than thought originally
Cons: still a bit dated

Since this film is so indoctrinated into pop culture, it would be a bit silly and redundant to go into detail about .. well.. the details.

Astronauts led by Moses himself, Chuck Heston.. go through time travel to an Earth in the future where...