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

[CronoT]

I don't want to go see it until someone explains to me how a small group of poorly armed apes other throws humanity.

Like, just the premise that a few hundred chimps with spears beat police and military units armed with automatic weapons breaks the movie for me.

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...

I don't think revealing the end of a movie that's 43 years old can count as a spoiler anymore.

If you're wondering how the apes come to rule the world, it's explained at the end of the movie when the primary credits roll.

It's based on the AIDS case in the USA. Do a Google search for the term Patient Zero Scenario Airline.

Epidemiologists live in constant fear of the Patient Zero Scenario. Because of airlines, any person can be at or near any other spot on the planet within 24 hours. The only real exception is the Arctic Circle, Antarctica, and parts of the Sahara Desert.

I REALLY don't want to spoil the ending, because they build it up PERFECTLY. It would be like someone telling you that Aeris dies in Final Fantasy VII if you've never played it. The shock of experiencing it for yourself it what makes the story so lasting and memorable.

 

[ZeoAssassin]

i enjoyed it...although that first shot of the chimp in the laboratory was GOD AWFUL CGI. the rest was alright for what it was (hit and miss here an there) but that first scene...so bad

i did get a kick out of the famous Charlton Heston line from the original when it happened.

Spoiler

i kept thinking that the military would still be able to massacre the apes if shit really hit the fan but i do like how the virus covers that...except

why is it that apes get smarter and humans DIE?! i mean with our genes being THAT close the same virus effects us that differently?

still a fun movie thou

 

[MajorDolphin]

I loved it. This was honestly better than 90% of the super hero or CGI fest movies that came out this year.. or the year before.

 

[MajorDolphin]

Spoiler

so, the "cure" is actually deadly to humans and causes a global pandemic while assumingly making all other apes really smart?

That officially makes this movie even fucking stupider than I thought it would be from the trailers. The issues with this movie far out-way any of the mindless action funk that might sway anyone in it's favor. Why Bob loves this movie and hates Transformers is beyond me since they're basically the same thing, except one with robots, and one with apes and a STUPID FUCKING ENDING! I'll take the one with robots any day of the week: get a ticket for Transformers, show up an hour late, and you'll have a better movie than this plot-holes-you-could-drive-a-semi-truck-through-overly-relying-on-the-same-creepy-CGI-from-Avatar-with-uncanny-valley-and-unrealistic-animal-facial-features garbage.

You really should watch this movie before passing judgment on what you think the ending is.

 

[TheEnglishman]

Well after all that time of people accusing Bob of wanting everything to be high art and Oscar winners, I think it's nice this week we accuse him of being too low brow, because hay, these people who've only watched the Trailer are much more qualified to talk than the person who bothered to watch the film.

 

[Jimbo1212]

I just can't take this film seriously due to the gaping plot hole - apes beat mankind with spears >.<
Sorry, but that is just dire. For the last 3000 yrs mankind has perfected killing each other, so how can some apes beat 6.7 billion people?

 

[DJ Jack]

I'm sorry, but I cannot take this movie seriously. Partly because it is a prequel to a remake of another great movie, but primarily because it tarnishes the original story by Pierre Boulle. His apes obtained intelligence through natural evolution, not a scientific experiment, which I think is really fascinating.

 

[DJ Jack]

I just can't take this film seriously due to the gaping plot hole - apes beat mankind with spears >.<
Sorry, but that is just dire. For the last 3000 yrs mankind has perfected killing each other, so how can some apes beat 6.7 billion people?

I'm with this guy. It just doesn't make sense if we follow the movie's logical, even if this LHS-113 knocked out most of humanity. It's just feels like a scapegoat to me. An easy fix to explain to audiences why humanity loses out.

 

[HK_01]

Hmm, I didn't think that this movie would actually be any good... I guess I'll go see it. I liked the premise, I just kinda doubted if would be a good film (mainly because they couldn't think of a better title).

 

[Pinkamena]

That was a surprise. I thought it would be utter shit.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Crap, looks like this movie's got a serious case of Daybreakers Syndrome.[footnote]Daybreakers Sydrome-When a film's premise appeals to Bob so much that he ignores all the numerous and and obvious flaws in the execution.[/footnote] Probably, anyway. Haven't actually seen it, but I always get a little nervous when Bob likes a movie this much.

 

[ImSkeletor]

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

I just came back from watching the movie and so I need to tell you that they don't use brute force to beat humanity. They just beat like a dozen cops and a few SWAT guys.

I love this movie. I kind of consider this to be the ROCKY BALBOA of the series.

 

[EldrickTobin]

Which Heston movies make cameos at the shelter? Is there a list?

 

[Flunk]

The main premise of this movie relies on a lot of completely impossible faux science explanations. I really couldn't take this serious in any way and it kinda makes the entire movie seem like a hollow and worthless waste of time.

P.S. A gorilla beating up a helicopter is the single stupidest thing I've seen on film this entire year.

 

[CronoT]

I just can't take this film seriously due to the gaping plot hole - apes beat mankind with spears >.<
Sorry, but that is just dire. For the last 3000 yrs mankind has perfected killing each other, so how can some apes beat 6.7 billion people?

Have you watched the movie? It wasn't overplayed, but in case it wasn't clear enough, they put an additional scene after the beginning of the credits. The LHS-113 (or whatever it was) wipes humanity - or at least most of it - out.

They call it ALZ-112 and ALZ-113 because it's a drug/retro-virus used to treat Alzheimer's Disease. Another wink-wink at the Original movie? A little crass, but the movie is full of them.

 

[Gxas]

Just got back from seeing it a few hours ago.

Loved that it is a "reboot" instead of a "remake". The ending sequence? So much better than the originals.

 

[kordan11]

Seriously, what's with all the people talking out of their....?

The film covers its bases pretty well. There's a reason critics are recommending it, and the viewers love it. Stop assuming things, and go see it.