Escape to the Movies: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

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Zenn3k

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Excellent, Movie Bob's opinion is almost always in line with my own, so I'm looking forward to seeing this flick!
 

triggrhappy94

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It didnt seem that great...
but now I must watch this
Also Im off to IMDB to find some Charles Heston movies
 

deckai

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To be honest, the only thing that bugs me about this movie, are the CGI monkeys, I don't mind CGI in general, but sitting in the theater and think the whole movie trough:"These Monkeys look somewhat strange" isn't something I'm excited about.

I'll probably wait till it comes out for blue-ray or Dvd.
 

Furioso

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Yes, because a tiny monkey army armed with spears can beat the military using god damned bullets.... oh and a monkey beating up a helicopter sounds horribly stupid to me
 

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My problem with the movie was best explained by this quote

"SHOOT THE FUCKING MONKEY! Tell me what kind of super intelligence makes monkey's immune to bullets!"
"But, dude, there are like...twenty of them!"
 

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I had no idea that the ending of Planet of the Apes was considered an OK spoiler. I had it spoiled a few months ago by a podcast when the trailer for this movie was released, which got me pretty annoyed but since then I've heard it both left and right from pretty much everywhere. I should probably give that original movie a watch...
It isn't a spoiler when a movie is as old as Planet of the Apes, hell, it isn't a spoiler if the movie is over a few years old
 

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My problem with the movie was best explained by this quote

"SHOOT THE FUCKING MONKEY! Tell me what kind of super intelligence makes monkey's immune to bullets!"
"But, dude, there are like...twenty of them!"
Somebody watches the cinema snob! I agree with him though, the whole thing is far to ridiculous to make a credible movie, I don't care how thought provoking Caesar is, his army is done the second the swat team shows up
 

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Hell yeah, an awesome premise made into an awesome movie...
will DEFINITELY see it :D
also, I see MovieBob made the 'obvious good movie choice' :D
[link]http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-smurfs[/link]
 

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Littaly said:
I had no idea that the ending of Planet of the Apes was considered an OK spoiler. I had it spoiled a few months ago by a podcast when the trailer for this movie was released, which got me pretty annoyed but since then I've heard it both left and right from pretty much everywhere. I should probably give that original movie a watch...
Also, Rosebud is a sled and Darth Vader is Luke's father.

I'm happy to see James Franco continuing to find work; I thought him the great gem to be mined from the Spider-Man films (supposing that Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe are known quantities by this point). I had rather hoped it would be more dramatic fare than this, something along the lines of Maguire's recent work in Brothers.

It's criminal that the incomparable John Lithgow was not mentioned for three and a half minutes in this review.

This is probably a rental for me, not because of the look of the film, but it's behind a number of better films not yet seen (e.g. Captain America).
 

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Wow... i disagree with bob on every point in this episode... Okay that's not quite accurate. I haven't seen "Rise of" yet so i can't say it's a bad movie, however i was hoping it was because i would have liked to see bob tear a new one into a film cashing in on one of cinema's masterpieces.

And the after credits stuff, i actually like patrick dempsey and i could see him playing dr. strange if he grew some facial hair... also it'd be kinda funny seeing a guy most popular for playing a skilled surgeon on TV playing a skilled surgeon that cripples his hands and gets involved in magic.

As for black spiderman... I'm very "Eh, so what?". i don't think it's up for approval or disapproval anyway. Ultimate is only a fringe universe for people who don 't want to study the 30+ years of continuity (like me). If it had been the regular cannon i think there would be more to it.
 

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uh... no thanks, maybe I'm the wrong sort of person for this, but I don't give two shits about the rights of animals... sorry, that's not my thing, I'll help people and even I donate to that organization to feed a kid in Cambodia, but I wouldn't give 25 cents to save a monkey.

Also quick question about 'monkey revolution' where is the army during this? I get that gorillas are big strong things... but they don't have tanks.

also this, just because I think its true and deserves to be reposed again.
Furioso said:
Namewithheld said:
My problem with the movie was best explained by this quote

"SHOOT THE FUCKING MONKEY! Tell me what kind of super intelligence makes monkey's immune to bullets!"
"But, dude, there are like...twenty of them!"
Somebody watches the cinema snob! I agree with him though, the whole thing is far to ridiculous to make a credible movie, I don't care how thought provoking Caesar is, his army is done the second the swat team shows up
 

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I loved the original Planet of the Apes films (apart from that one with Helena Bonham Carter) so will watch this one.

But not until i've seen the Smurfs.

I may be a grown man but .. come on .. it's the Smurfs.
 

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summerof2010 said:
Simian super intelligence aside, is anyone else not just immediately turned off from this movie by the sheer implausibility of the entire thing? Not only is the science behind the Altimeters mega brain serum softer than a pedophile's dick in a retirement home, but as far as I can tell, the pinnacle of primate weaponry is a freaking spear. I mean, yeah, the local police force is going to be flabbergasted at first, and the city where they first strike is going to get steamrolled, but are you trying to tell me that by the end of this the entire might of the world's standing armies can't contend with a legion of monkeys maybe a few thousand strong? Because frankly, that's ape-shit bananas. Pun intended.
I basically said that minutes after you. Im all for the Sci-fi aspects (I love fantasy and sci-fi) but spears, REALLY!? I hope Ceaser pulls some serious genocide, like a new strain of small pox.
I don't see why the apes had to use spears. If they're so smart, why don't they break into the gun stores and start using the guns in there? Heck, they could even have the gorillas use detachable miniguns. xD
 
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Shocked that it wasn't trashed by Bob. So, maybe it isn't as bad as we thought, though I still can't make myself spend the money on a ticket. The plot is just too ridiculous. I'll be yelling at the screen "Why don't we just shoot the bastards!?" It would be a no contest fight.