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Movie review
Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Where did they get the capes? And is this a morlock and eloi kinda deal?
Escape from Planet of the Apes. I can see how this was a good idea. What if the chimps came to our world?
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. By now the movies are nothing but trite and obvious metaphors.
I loved the first movie, great story, great design, great music. ( tho wouldn't the astronauts have noticed it is the same moon in the sky? Same size, same colour, same passage through the sky, same craters ) Just a classic anti-war movie with the primates being the voice of nature.
The later movies are statements on racism.
You know, at least the movies of the 50s and early 60s showed racism as it truly was, they didn't hide behind metaphors. I suppose it's because hippies thought they weren't racist and were beyond what their parents were like.
the first movie gets 3.5 stars ( not 4 because Heston is a bit hammy and the dialogue isn't polished )
the rest get 2