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

[The Darker Sheep]

This movie is implausible to me for this reason... for people like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY5qJHZCz2I

"Some people think they can out smart me. Maybe.... *sniff* maybe... I've yet to meet one that can out smart bullet."

I'm sure that still applies to smart monkeys!

 

[Fappy]

It looked bad to me... I may give it a shot when its on netflix.

 

[MovieBob]

The problem with movies today, in a nutshell - instead of approaching a ridiculous premise with "It seems highly unlikely that this could happen, therefore I'm interested to see how the film finds a (hopefully) creative solution to that unlikeliness;" you get "Why don't they just shoot them? The trailer isn't telling me exactly how, therefore it's stupid."

This is why we can't have nice things.

 

[chunkeymonke]

I'm not sure I can really get over the fact that they have enough apes to really start up a revolution in just one city for this movie. But I can still give it a try and know that it can never happen in real life because their will never be that many apes or monkeys in one city that can start a revolution and beat all of the assault rifle carrying SWAT teams, police officers, and Animal Control.

But like Bob said its a fun movie that isn't serious so I will watch it because it actually seems pretty good.

I can't bring my self to watch this movie for 2 reasons
1. Its kind of stupid because theres about 7 billion humans and less than 1 million primates and it's not like he had access to like every jungle in shit so the idea as a whole is just dumb.
2. This isn't how the origional story went and i'm a massive nerd and dislike the massive story change

In the original story Apes had become the new black people. Domesticated to the point of being slaves of use and in every house hold... hell, think "AI" but with monkeys... and they win in the end.

I am aware of this thats why i expressed dislike to the story change ಠ_ಠ

 

[Primus1985]

Wow Bob actually liked this one? That came out of left field.

I was kinda expecting this to flop. I mean who knew Franco could turn in a meaningful performace.


I was kinda raised on the original "Apes" films (not by choice belive me) and I didnt care for the Mark Whalberg remake, so I was going to let this pass by.


I'll watch it, maybe online. Not sure bout spending money on it.




P.S. That new Ultimate Spiderman costume looks horrible, like a bad mesh between 2099 and symbiote Spidey. Also the Ultimates line sucks hard, I wish Marvel would just give it up.

 

[Corey Longest]

your review is wearing on me but i still dont think im gonna go see it.

 

[370999]

The problem with movies today, in a nutshell - instead of approaching a ridiculous premise with "It seems highly unlikely that this could happen, therefore I'm interested to see how the film finds a (hopefully) creative solution to that unlikeliness;" you get "Why don't they just shoot them? The trailer isn't telling me exactly how, therefore it's stupid."

This is why we can't have nice things.

Everyone here doesn't have an unlimited amount of money. We have tyo go by what we see in the trailer to justify paying to see it. And if the trailer seems to have huge glaring logical hole then it is not going to entice people to see it.

 

[Ghengis John]

"Stops short of the usual demonizing of science"

I understand that with your zealous approval of all things under the banner of science (made all too evident in your "big picture" on genetically modified foods, between your characterization of opposition as torch-weilding villagers and complete denial of the existence of the many real concerns involved such as what transgenic modification does to species barriers) how you might think this. However most pictures that delved into the "meddled in god's domain" field usually attributed the failures to something else other than the very existence of science for it's own sake such as science without ethics or science driven by profit or science driven purely by man's own hubris.

They were, if you weren't an inquisitor for the church of science, examinations of man-kind's own frailties on the whole, and the terrible implications those frailties possessed when combined with immeasurable power. But of course your world-view will influence your interpretation of anything.

 

[B Goy]

They should have made it 'Rise of the Planet of the Sick Kittens' or 'Rise of the Planet of the Blind Puppies' so that the plot hole could be filled with 'Why would anyone try and shoot a sick kitten or a blind puppy?'

 

[Stilkon]

I was so nervous about this movie not being taken seriously enough. Consider my fears stifled.

 

[RevRaptor]

This movie is just too Implausible for me. I mean really how are a bunch of smart apes supposed to be a army that has attack helicopters, jets and tanks. Just one napalm strike and it's all over for the monkey uprising. I just don't get how a handful of primates are supposed to herald the end of mankind.

 

[winter2]

I can't bring myself to watch this movie because I can't get over the premise of the whole monkey revolution thing. It's just too implausible for me.

Seriously, one buttoned up tank would have seen the end of this revolution.

Unless the super intelligence granted super powers as well?

Also, after bob fawning over Captain America like it was the greatest thing like ever (turned out to be merely an ok movie) my trust in him as a critic has taken a hit or two.

 

[PunkRex]

They should have made it 'Rise of the Planet of the Sick Kittens' or 'Rise of the Planet of the Blind Puppies' so that the plot hole could be filled with 'Why would anyone try and shoot a sick kitten or a blind puppy?'

THIS! ITS GENIUS!!!

 

[PunkRex]

Attack The Block was so terrible, I mistook your credits scene last time as a recommendation.

No one watch that trash.


That little rant aside, this looks alright for a popcorn flick. Good review.

Honestly, as someone who has lived in London my whole life, I was routing for the aliens. It was still kind of funny though but that was proberly down to the language and the fact they were made out to be just a bunch of stupid kids... sort of.

 

[Mischlings]

obviously im not keeping up on spiderman news, but what did bob approve of about spiderman at the very end of the video?

I thought he was approving of the costume design. At least, I thought it was kind of neat.

He was approving of the new Spiderman in the Ultimate Marvel continuity. Basically, the new Spiderman is a half-black and half-hispanic guy named Miles Morales.

Also, for how the monkeys manage to take over the world (as implied by the movie):

Spoiler

The updated, more aggressive virus that is used to cure Alzheimer's (yes, it's a virus used as a cure, there's real science behind that) has bad side effects on humans. One of the lab assistants is killed and it's directly stated that it's because he was exposed to the virus. Therefore, wherever the apes become more intelligent, a deadly-for-humans virus follows.

 

[Hitchmeister]

I went to see this movie. It's pretty good.

I'm a bit worried though. I've just discovered that the average dead-dead creatively-bankrupt Hollywood movie producer is smarter than your average Escapist reader. Of course there's an explanation for how the apes win and why they didn't just, "Shoot the monkey!"

 

[Leonhart321]

1. Love the ReBoot reference
2. Gorilla vs Helicopter? AWESOME
3. Sounds like a must see, so shall do.
4. ????
5. PROFIT!!!

 

[Rooster Cogburn]

Would someone PLEASE, for the love of all that is holy, give me a Planet of the Apes film that is about a man struggling against a world gone mad and made to suffer the question, "what is a man?". Then make him suffer the pain of institutionalized oppression.

I'm really not interested in a Planet of the Apes film that does not even understand the point of having a planet that is populated by apes. It's not for it's own fucking sake.

 

[Mischlings]

Okay, I missed the Lord of the Rings reference. Where was it in the movie? Anyone tell me? (use spoiler tags if necessary).