First one is the best. Second is pretty good but also super ugly to look at and has some bland actors. Third one is a complete bore and it's literally a misleading title, there is no war at any point in the film, the movie is a prison escape flick.
>let's take Planet of the Apes, remove all the social commentary, dialogue, and worldbuilding (i.e., the reasons people loved it in the first place) and instead make it an action movie
I fricking hate Hollywood so much it's unreal
Thought it was weird how there was a decade between these and Tim Burton's shitty Planet remake from 2001. You'd think Fox would want to scrap all branding from that train wreck.
[...] >*is on after school on FX*
Burton’s Apes was kino, albeit not great especially compared to modern “films.”
I genuinely liked Burton's planet of the apes. I think it failed cause it was so unique. It didn't tell a solid 3 act story, but did neat stuff. It showed though, audiences want their hand held. It wasn't a remake of the original, so what was it?! That confuses people, as people want to know what something is before they go see it. Like the trailer for Castaway straight up spoils the movie. This movie had a unique direction and for a big summer blockbuster, I enjoyed it for what it was. Wasn't deep, but it was fun.
I remember it came out the same year as juarassic park 3 and people joked they should have switched endings. Military shows up to kill apes, cause why not? and then jp3, Grant gets back to the mainland and its planet of the raptors.
>Waste time
Just watch 10 maybe 15 minutes of anything and you should be able to tell if you are going to like it
You might not even need that long I can tell what shows and movies I'm going to like within 5 minutes
Some times I don't even need to watch it I can look at the cover and read a premise and that's all I need to decide if I like it I've bought a dozen television shows and movies this way and ive liked even loved all them
I don't know. I like them well enough, but they really don't have the charm of the original. I guess Serling's script is what made it so good. He basically wrote a very long Twilight Zone episode.
Am I the only one who thinks the 3rd might be the best? It's a surprisingly subtle story about basically the actual extinction of humanity. I love how understated it is. Has that perfect old school scifi feeling of just being bleak & dreadful
2 would be the best if it didn’t have such a weak human cast. 1 and 3 had great human casts. Humans in 2: >sissy kid—who can draw!
yeah that’ll come in handy in the ape apocalypse >ugly post wall hag
and we have to look at her the whole time >that weird forehead guy that is inexplicably in stuff even though he’s the worst actor I’ve ever seen
he’s painfully boring, but at the same time I don’t hate him, the humans needed way less screen time tho >angry, always on the verge of tears, unstable Gary Oldman
…
All three are good, but 3 > 1 > 2
I loved the first two, original and Beneath, they just seemed like one long 2-part movie, but I just watched the other ones for the first time and damn I got chills during this guy’s unhinged rant in picrel while the city was burning.
1st had a gorilla vs helicopter, 2 had no gorilla fights so pretty lame, 3 I haven't seen yet but I hope there is a gorilla v something, gorillas are cool.
They're worth a watch, but if you get easily angry like I do when you see characters make dumb decisions or super unrealistic moments that contrast greatly to the rest of the film, then number 3 might make you mad. I won't spoil it but goddamn they really handicap one side of a battle.
>Years after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), many ape clans have emerged in the oasis to which Caesar led his fellow apes, while humans have regressed into a feral state. One ape leader perverts the teachings of Caesar to enslave other clans in search of the last traces of a secret human technology, while another ape embarks on a journey to find freedom side by side with a human girl.[1]
doubtful to see full collapse of society, as in no old earth artifacts, at least for a while. Product placement helps these movies a lot, as does the commercial success. Being able to use real world locations. Jump ahead 1000 years and that diminishes a lot. I think it'll always be 20XX for these movies.
Holy shit how many times do we have to watch a gorilla tragically die and see the light leave their eyes, like 3 gorillas go out this way in these movies. Might be like 1 per movie.
Yeah but they weren’t, the very first movie is Planet of the APES and humanity is destroyed, that’s what the series was about from the getgo we always knew humanity was going down in the final installment of this.
Everyone cared too much about the production of this. It just turned out to be good.
I’ll be honest I didn’t give a flying frick about planet of the apes til the second one of this (Dawn) came out. >WE NEED. TO SPEAK. TO CAESAR.
That trailer gave me chills as I also did not ever consider that they would make a sequel to that James Franco one, I thought that was just a one-off like the Mark Whalberg one.
WRONG every single movie you listed there is monkino EXCEPT the shitty ‘70s King Kongs.
Not many examples of apeshit, name 1 movie with CG mocap apes in it that’s bad, I’ll wait.
>OG PotA series >only one good movie and everything else is mediocre at best >Reboot PotA series >all 3 are great
is this a rare instance where the reboot outshines the OG?
looking back im really shocked these were actually fricking great. ive got gripes with the third movie but its an extremely solid trilogy. what the frick happened?
Fox was pretty on top of projects for a while. They wanted things to be economical and outside of what other studios were doing. Fill a void. They hired people to tackle the projects with a clear vision and story. Reeves was very good at getting basics down fast and knew what he'd shoot before he needed to shoot it. It's wild and weird, but projects like diary of a wimpy kid, alvin and the chipmunks, nearly all the x-men movies, they were profiting and doing well. Keeping budgets low is what really was making fox successful and the ONLY reason they sold to disney is cause Murdoch wanted to.
the first one is worth watching if you like OG PotA. it's a great prequel that directly tells the story of the Christ-like "Caesar" that apes speak of hundreds of years later. the other two are forgettable and contribute very little to the story that you can't otherwise extrapolate from the dialogue in the original films
The first two are actually good, especially the second one. Third movie is just okay though. None of them are capeshit tier.
Thanks
1 and 2 are not good, they are ok
i enjoyed them definitely worth a watch.
I have seen these films twice each. Don't remember anything about them. I think they were just a meme to show off the motion capture tech for cgi apes
I remember the first one quite well but maybe just because of Lithgow and I'm sure ive seen the others but they just don't ring a bell.
second had a screaming Gary Oldman and the ugly Jason Clarke fighting the evil chimp
third had Woody Harrelson being racist towards apes and Caesar dies
Goodish. Enjoyable would probably be the better word
First one is the best. Second is pretty good but also super ugly to look at and has some bland actors. Third one is a complete bore and it's literally a misleading title, there is no war at any point in the film, the movie is a prison escape flick.
It's still a good movie
Oh really? I saw the first one (that movie where James Franco appears) and I wasn't surprised. So the others must be a bit meh.
>let's take Planet of the Apes, remove all the social commentary, dialogue, and worldbuilding (i.e., the reasons people loved it in the first place) and instead make it an action movie
I fricking hate Hollywood so much it's unreal
This
I agree with your guys’s sentiment but these ape movies are still kino. These were made a decade before the pozzening. They’re certified great.
Bait?
Pure surprising Kino
first was okay for a prequel, then they drag it on for two more sequels where nothing important happens
Thought it was weird how there was a decade between these and Tim Burton's shitty Planet remake from 2001. You'd think Fox would want to scrap all branding from that train wreck.
What's the ratio of good Burton films to terrible ones? Can he even be considered a good director?
Without his amount of studio works can he be considered the director?
Marki mark is so fricking bad in this movie it's unreal.
marking mark is bad in everything. we've been living in denial for 2 decades.
great in pain and gain, the departed, and yo momma's ass
>*is on after school on FX*
Burton’s Apes was kino, albeit not great especially compared to modern “films.”
I genuinely liked Burton's planet of the apes. I think it failed cause it was so unique. It didn't tell a solid 3 act story, but did neat stuff. It showed though, audiences want their hand held. It wasn't a remake of the original, so what was it?! That confuses people, as people want to know what something is before they go see it. Like the trailer for Castaway straight up spoils the movie. This movie had a unique direction and for a big summer blockbuster, I enjoyed it for what it was. Wasn't deep, but it was fun.
I remember it came out the same year as juarassic park 3 and people joked they should have switched endings. Military shows up to kill apes, cause why not? and then jp3, Grant gets back to the mainland and its planet of the raptors.
Just watch them and find out you don't need to base your opinion on whatCinemaphile thinks
I don’t wanna waste my time and sadly I trust tvs opinion on movies more than anyone I know irl or any other place on the internet
>Waste time
Just watch 10 maybe 15 minutes of anything and you should be able to tell if you are going to like it
You might not even need that long I can tell what shows and movies I'm going to like within 5 minutes
Some times I don't even need to watch it I can look at the cover and read a premise and that's all I need to decide if I like it I've bought a dozen television shows and movies this way and ive liked even loved all them
All 3 are kinography. Anyone saying otherwise are low IQ.
First one is very good
Second one is awesome
Third one is awesome
Awesome apocalyptic scifi that nails that 60s scifi vibe
I don't know. I like them well enough, but they really don't have the charm of the original. I guess Serling's script is what made it so good. He basically wrote a very long Twilight Zone episode.
First one good, but cgi a bit dated.
Second one is excellent.
Third is disappointing.
Why does everyone hate the third one? Woody Harrelson is the best human character in all 3 of these.
Too much ape jail time.
I guess but it’s not like we were sitting around watching them shit themselves; we were seeing Caesar’s journey to free them which was the whole plot.
>Woody Harrelson
lol
past a certain age a man who can’t appreciate Woody Harrelson in any given role can be a bad thing
It's just not so interesting as previous ones. Monkey slaves sound funny, but watching monkey slaves is not
>Woody Harrelson
>"It will be a planet... of apes"
I can't believe he got to drop the title
Yeah it was cool too, I think the music/bass swelled at that part when he said it.
Am I the only one who thinks the 3rd might be the best? It's a surprisingly subtle story about basically the actual extinction of humanity. I love how understated it is. Has that perfect old school scifi feeling of just being bleak & dreadful
No. You’re 100% right. Also thought it was funny how the apes survived by climbing trees while the humans got wiped out in the avalanche.
2 would be the best if it didn’t have such a weak human cast. 1 and 3 had great human casts. Humans in 2:
>sissy kid—who can draw!
yeah that’ll come in handy in the ape apocalypse
>ugly post wall hag
and we have to look at her the whole time
>that weird forehead guy that is inexplicably in stuff even though he’s the worst actor I’ve ever seen
he’s painfully boring, but at the same time I don’t hate him, the humans needed way less screen time tho
>angry, always on the verge of tears, unstable Gary Oldman
…
All three are good, but 3 > 1 > 2
that forehead guy was in Oppenheimer at his peak
Rare case of a remake/reboot better than the original
They're okay. Just watch the 1968 original and maybe Escape if you need more and then you're good.
Conquest is the most underrated apekino
I loved the first two, original and Beneath, they just seemed like one long 2-part movie, but I just watched the other ones for the first time and damn I got chills during this guy’s unhinged rant in picrel while the city was burning.
TOGETHER
APES
They're decent.
first movie is decent
second movie is actually kino
third movie is ok, but a bit boring imo
I loved them and should rewatch them for the fourth or so time.
1st had a gorilla vs helicopter, 2 had no gorilla fights so pretty lame, 3 I haven't seen yet but I hope there is a gorilla v something, gorillas are cool.
>2 had no gorilla fights so pretty lame
Um...the 2 LEAD gorillas?
those were chimps, i don't watch it for chimp fights, i watch it for she
They're worth a watch, but if you get easily angry like I do when you see characters make dumb decisions or super unrealistic moments that contrast greatly to the rest of the film, then number 3 might make you mad. I won't spoil it but goddamn they really handicap one side of a battle.
Underrated trilogy
Good, great, OK.
BUCKS TOGETHER STRONG
apeshit
>Years after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), many ape clans have emerged in the oasis to which Caesar led his fellow apes, while humans have regressed into a feral state. One ape leader perverts the teachings of Caesar to enslave other clans in search of the last traces of a secret human technology, while another ape embarks on a journey to find freedom side by side with a human girl.[1]
Thoughts?
sounds kino but I hope we get further in the timeline when apes are in like an iron/bronze age
doubtful to see full collapse of society, as in no old earth artifacts, at least for a while. Product placement helps these movies a lot, as does the commercial success. Being able to use real world locations. Jump ahead 1000 years and that diminishes a lot. I think it'll always be 20XX for these movies.
Holy shit how many times do we have to watch a gorilla tragically die and see the light leave their eyes, like 3 gorillas go out this way in these movies. Might be like 1 per movie.
I wish humanity won, same with the Avatar movies.
Yeah but they weren’t, the very first movie is Planet of the APES and humanity is destroyed, that’s what the series was about from the getgo we always knew humanity was going down in the final installment of this.
The Planet of the apes movies didnt need to be good because nobody really cared but all three turned out to be great movies and monkey kino.
Everyone cared too much about the production of this. It just turned out to be good.
I’ll be honest I didn’t give a flying frick about planet of the apes til the second one of this (Dawn) came out.
>WE NEED. TO SPEAK. TO CAESAR.
That trailer gave me chills as I also did not ever consider that they would make a sequel to that James Franco one, I thought that was just a one-off like the Mark Whalberg one.
>monkey kino.
monkino
>apeshit
Monkino
>king Kong 1933, 1976, 2005
>planet of the apes 1968, 2011, 2014, 2017
>congo
Apeshit
>son of kong
>king Kong lives
>mighty joe young
>Kong skull Island
>godzilla vs Kong
WRONG every single movie you listed there is monkino EXCEPT the shitty ‘70s King Kongs.
Not many examples of apeshit, name 1 movie with CG mocap apes in it that’s bad, I’ll wait.
i feel like this list needs more of those chimp buddy movies they had in the 80s.
monkino
>OG PotA series
>only one good movie and everything else is mediocre at best
>Reboot PotA series
>all 3 are great
is this a rare instance where the reboot outshines the OG?
they are unironically kino as frick
you're missing out brah
Only liked the first one
filtered
2 and 3 are kind of overrated. The first one actually feels like a movie
KOBA WAS THE GREATEST BLOCKBUSTER VILLIAN WE HAVE HAD SINCE DARTH VADER AND DAWN OF THE APES WAS PURE KINO
kinda made me hyped for batman before it came out
>Don't look for it, Taylor. You may not like what you find.
Movies where the "villain" is unequivocally, unambiguously, absolutely in the right?
looking back im really shocked these were actually fricking great. ive got gripes with the third movie but its an extremely solid trilogy. what the frick happened?
Fox was pretty on top of projects for a while. They wanted things to be economical and outside of what other studios were doing. Fill a void. They hired people to tackle the projects with a clear vision and story. Reeves was very good at getting basics down fast and knew what he'd shoot before he needed to shoot it. It's wild and weird, but projects like diary of a wimpy kid, alvin and the chipmunks, nearly all the x-men movies, they were profiting and doing well. Keeping budgets low is what really was making fox successful and the ONLY reason they sold to disney is cause Murdoch wanted to.
the first one is worth watching if you like OG PotA. it's a great prequel that directly tells the story of the Christ-like "Caesar" that apes speak of hundreds of years later. the other two are forgettable and contribute very little to the story that you can't otherwise extrapolate from the dialogue in the original films
These are the best movies of the past 10 years.