 |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
            
|
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Starring: Charlton Heston Directed by: Franklin Schaffner Rated G Genre: Science Fiction Theatrical Release Year: 1968 Synopsis: An astronaut goes by a time warp and ends up two thousand years in the future on a Planet ruled by Apes. My Thoughts: Damn you! Damn you all to hell! sorry...I really didn't mean that! This movie was all kinds of fun. Scorecard Acting- Charlton Heston has been in a lot of movie where he seems to overact a little, this movie is no difference, but his overacting actually helps move this plot along nicely. With the addition of Roddy McDowell as Dr. Cornelius doing a very good job and Kim Hunter as Zira doing a phenomenal job, every actor in this movie seemed to go out of their ways to do great jobs. (1) Direction- Franklin Schaffner does a very good job in commanding great performances from his actors. He would later on become an academy award winning director for Patton. This film had very good direction, the plot flowed nicely and everything clicked very well. (1) Story- An astronaut goes through a time warp and ends up what he thought was a distant planet ruled by apes. This is perhaps one of the best written stories of cinema. The ending is what makes this story golden. Props to the screenwriter and the novelist for this wonderful story. (1) Expectations- When you hear about this movie, you expect nothing but greatness, and of course that is exactly what you get, nothing more, and nothing less. Sadly, it does not exceed expectations so it does not get a complete star. (1/2) Boring?- This category always seems to hurt films that I review. The entire film as a whole was not dull, but there were some crucial story telling times where the film seemed to drag quite a bit, and those times dragged the whole movie down in my eyes, but since there were only times that this film was boring and not the entire film as a whole, it gets a half. (1/2) Final Score: 4 out of 5 Final Thoughts: This movie will go down as one of the best films ever to grace the silver screen. I agree whole heartedly about that, this is one of the finer films I personally have ever seen. If you have not seen this movie, this is one of the few films I will ever recommend that you MUST see at least once in your lifetime.
|
|
|
© COPYRIGHT 2006-2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED SEYMOURMOVIES.COM |
 |
|
|
|
