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Planet of the Apes

4 out of 5 penguins agree this movie kicks major squid.4 out of 5 penguins agree this movie kicks major squid.4 out of 5 penguins agree this movie kicks major squid.4 out of 5 penguins agree this movie kicks major squid.

 

RATING:     4 penguins out of 5 would enjoy this movie. The one that didn't like it had a tramatic expierience when he was young involving a small monkey and a turnip.

VIEWING EXPIERIENCE:     I must say this was the coolest movie experience… EVER! Oh, yes this totally blew the time that I saw the power rangers perform before Power Rangers The Movie, out of the water. It seems every time I go to the Rave Theater (twice), something kooky happens. Anyway as the story goes my brother, Adam, and I showed up for the 7:50 movie, which turned out to be sold out. So of course we settled for the 8:50 showing. After killing time for a half an hour we sat down in the theater to assure good seats. Then came the monkeys… Oh yes, you heard me… monkeys… Okay technically they weren’t “real” monkeys, more like 2 guys in monkey suits. But like they say it’s better to have fake monkeys than none at all. So the monkeys smoozed with the crowd and of course there was the usual monkey jokes. You know, “Get your hands off me you damn dirty ape!” and, “HEY MONKEY! I BET YOU SEE NO EVIL!” The crowded theater got whooped up into frenzy. Then as if the monkeys weren’t enough another actor dressed as the main character Leo, (Mark Walberg a.k.a. Markie Mark) came in and started a fight with the monkeys, a full out brawl. There was punching, screaming, throws, and all that good stuff. The theater was left silent after we used up all the usual brawl heckles and watched mesmerized as a monkeys versus man fight materialized, climaxed, and finally Leo ran off. The monkeys were victorious and they strutted marking their territory. But then out of the midst of the awestruck crowd emerged a hero. A small fellow about 9 years of age who reminded me of a young Charles Heston walked up to one of the apes and gave him a good punch in the gut. The crowd roared. Then the true nature of the pseudo monkeys showed it’s self. Quickly the monkey tapped on the young warrior’s shoulder and motioned toward the corner. As our hero turned to see what this primate found so amusing that he should show him, the dirty rotten ape kicked him in the side and ran. Figures… the whole “Guy in the Monkey Suit Points to the Corner, Kicks a Small Child, and Runs Ploy”.

    And so the movie finally starts though I could of went home after the play fight and had been satisfied. But the movie was even better then I expected. The whole world was amazing and there were some cool things that foreshadowed the original. Tim Burton did an awesome job at directing this movie. The acting was superb and the main villain General Thade was played by non other than thee Tim Roth. He happens to be my most favorite actor ever. *giggles*This movie is action filled and still has that profound message the first had. I really liked the ending this one had it was like the first only stood on it’s own. You can still know the ending and be surprised in this one. It’s different. This movie stands on it’s own.

STORY SUMMARY:     Leo is a monkey trainer on a space station. One day the ship happens upon a wormhole and the captain sends out a test chimpanzee to search out their find. When they loose contact with the primate Leo disobeys orders and goes out to search for it in another space pod. But the pull of the wormhole is to strong and before he can say “The NRA sucks,” he finds himself crash-landed in an upside down world where apes have enslaved humans. This already ironic plot twists when Leo seeks the help of a human activist Ari (Helena Bonham Carter.) Plus all sorts of other monkilicious twists and turns. Including a cameo by Charles Heston as an elderly ape, a human/ape kiss, and flying monkeys! (They don’t fly on their own will but boy do they soar.) It’s all good plus you learn cool stuff like never call apes, monkeys they freak. Kind of like you should never call Mark Walberg, Markie Mark. I hear he killed a man with his bare hands over that.

BEST QUOTES:     “Get your hands off me you damn dirty human!"

CONCLUSION:     See it atleast for the sake of seeing monkeys.


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