Rise of the Planet of the Apes

[Crixtala]

teaser trailer: http://www.movieweb.com/movie/rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/teaser-trailer

[Zaximus]

I hope it's good. Franco brings it come credibility for sure, after 127 Hours. I don't expect anyone to bring it like Heston though.

[Jangler]

Is this the sequel to the Tim Burton piece of poo?

[Zaximus]

Is this the sequel to the Tim Burton piece of poo?

I think it's a reboot actually.

[pstall]

as an avid fan of the original I was livid with the Tim Burton one. years later i STILL know how that movie ended.

Franco really needs this movie to do well or he might be in Kevin Costner land the mid 90 yrs.

[Jangler]

as an avid fan of the original I was livid with the Tim Burton one. years later i STILL know how that movie ended.

Badly.

The one major problem with the TB one is he tried to use Star Trek logic to explain the movie...only Star Trek can use Star Trek logic correctly.

[mmmbeans]

you maniacs. you did it. you really did it.

god damn you all to hell.

[pstall]

you maniacs. you did it. you really did it.

god damn you all to hell.

another scene that i think ranks up there as one of the best all time is just after Taylor and his crew see there are humans on this new planet he goes "in a couple of months we will be running this place" and you hear that horn and the humans start scrambling and the exact moment Taylor sees an ape riding a horse still gives me chills.

That move has like 5 underlying stories all going on at the same time. Totally brilliant filmmakig.

[Mr. Scot]

Much as I hate Tim Burton's filmmaking, I will say one thing.

The ending of his movie is actually closer to the book by Pierre Boulle - which ptobably nobody's read - than the original movie's end was. In the book, the astronaut (not named Taylor) escapes the planet in his ship, with a wife and son, and returns to Paris in the future to find a modern city...run by gorillas.

(there's kind of another 'Twilight Zone' twist added in after that too)

So in fairness, Burton followed the original book when it came to the ending.

That doesn't make the movie, or the ending, any better honestly. It just explains where it came from.

For the record, I think the Heston movie ending is a million times better than the book version.

[pstall]

i read the novel. yeah the twist is great

[Razzy]

Meh. A reboot was not needed, in fact Apes just got a reboot about a decade ago with marky-mark.

The only reason the studio made this movie was to keep the franchise. A little known rule about movies is that IP's expire after a given time and go up for "auction". If a studio that owns the IP fails to make a movie with a number of years, that IP no longer belongs to them. It's why there's a 4th X-men movie coming out, along with so many other damn sequels.

[Crixtala]

actually, i think this is supposed to be a 'pre-quel' explaining how the apes came to be what they are in the originals

[cookinwithgas]

My Spider sense is giving me bad vibes about this one, hope I'm wrong. I was first in line to see Burtons mess. My wife is a big POTA fan as well.

[Panthro]

I'd like to hear what the Tea Party Chairwoman thinks this movie is about