Planet of the Apes Franchise

[jellydonut25]

[MekaGojira3k]

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[gila-monster]

I finally caught this and I would have to agree that it is one of the best films I've seen this year (compared to other Sci-Fi). I feel like the character development was a real strong point for the film, especially for the apes themselves. They really made them feel personable without making them people. A real sense of community, in a way. I also enjoyed the surround sound. I think this film made the best use of surround sound I've heard in a while, almost comparable to the level of the visual 3D work in Gravity. I caught a 3D screening, and much like Godzilla, it did not benefit much from the extra layers. I'd like to see it in 2D before it's on BD if possible.

I'm feeling like there's some real "OH GODZILLA! WHAT TERRIBLE LANGUAGE!" that's going to go down in the next film, so I'm pretty stoked. Another three years I suppose?

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[Benjamin Haines]

[Henry88]

wake me when they blow up the planet.

[jellydonut25]

[Henry88]

[tbeasley]

I quite like Beneath... it's such an insane movie.

[gila-monster]

[jellydonut25]

I think Beneath is FUN...but it's a bad movie. It's enjoyable from the point of being so whacky and bat-sh*t insane as to just be a wild ride, but it's a BAD movie.

However, it gave rise to possibly one of the most creative (and fun) ways to keep a series going, EVER, in Escape, so I'm not gonna hate on it too much.

I like all the Apes films to one extent or another except for the Burton snooze-fest, but Beneath is a bottom-feeder compared to the original, Escape, Conquest, Rise and Dawn.

[MekaGojira3k]

It's hard to tell whether I like Battle and Beneath. I think I have more fun with Battle because I'm watching Caesar for a good portion of the film and I don't really care much for Brent at all.

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[lhb412]

The original and Beneath are having their TCM premiers tonight. They had a cute, Dr. Zaius-centric promo running this week.

[Outkaster]

I hadn't seen it in awhile and Brent was introduced because Heston didn't want to have too much to do with the movie so they filmed his parts first. Also there were script rewrites as they didn’t like the original draft. They also even went to the author of the original book to write a draft but the producer didn’t like it. It is kind of an awkward movie.

[MekaGojira3k]

Although as far as awkward sequels go I really enjoy this thing.

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[MekaGojira3k]

[jellydonut25]

They're probably thinking of dropping "planet" again.

and won't.

and I'm cool with that.

[canofhumdingers]

But if they drop "planet", they'd have to also drop one of the "of the"s. That would be three words shorter. I think they'd drop the first "of". So, instead of something like "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" we'll get something along the lines of "Discover the Planet of the Apes". That's exactly one word shorter.

[lhb412]

Smell the Planet of the Apes