Movie Ratings
Last updated 27 May 2003
Planet of the Apes (2001)
"Planet of the Apes" (2001 version) wasn't as good. I gave it a 3.6
rating. I guess I was expecting an updated version of the original
with a bigger budget.
It bas obviously the same basic premise, but pretty much every
change they made from the original was a Bad Idea.
For the first five minutes of the movie (the credits before any
people are shown) I could have sworn I was watching the 1989 Batman
movie.
I couldn't help thinking that the main female ape was Michael
Jackson, based on all the photos of him that were floating around
last year.
They never really explained whether the planet he crashed on in the
future was Earth or not, but since there was no sign of a past
civilization, I'd guess "not". There also wasn't any explanation
for how his "present" got changed when he returned. Time travel to
the future doesn't tend to change the "present" like it can when you
travel into the past.
Oh, and the disc itself was in the second worst condition of any DVD
I've ever seen. The first hour played with only minor problems, but
the second hour was completely unplayable. I took the disc out and
cleaned it professionally, and was finally able to get half of the
second half to play. You know, I never had any problems when I used
to rent movies on VHS, but out of 39 DVDs I've rented, only one has
had no flaws, one was completely cracked, this one was 25% to 50%
unplayable, and the other 36 discs each had anywhere from ten
seconds to five minutes of the movie that wouldn't play. I guess
that's a reason for buying DVDs instead of renting them.
Afterwards, I rewatched the first 30 minutes of the movie with
Burton's commentary on, but that didn't add anything to the movie so
I turned on the "pop-up videos" and watched the whole thing over
(fast forwarding any time there wasn't a pop up video). That didn't
really add anything either.
Planet of the Apes - The Evolution (Complete Series)
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