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Planet of the Apes (1968)
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Many early science fiction films are now, quite inadvertently (and in most cases undeservedly), objects of camp attention: we laugh at the silly makeup, tin-can special effects, and the naive "high-tech" dialogue. Planet of the Apes is no such film. Its intelligent script, frightening costuming, and savagely effective conclusion (which needs no big-budget special effects to augment its impact) remain both potent and relevant. When Colonel George Taylor (the fabulous Charlton Heston) crash lands his spacecraft on what seems to be an unfamiliar planet, he is captured and held prisoner by a dominant race of hyperrational, articulate...
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It is easy to make a sci-fi movie with the advanced technology we have today, but to make a movie like this one without it is a real achievement. This is a movie that I have seen many times, and I never tire of it. It has so much to think about in the dialog that to not have it in your consciousness shows a severe lack of...
(complete Planet of the Apes review by Movie Addict)
| Planet of the Apes Movie Review by Valerie (12/31/2006) |
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Planet Of The Apes is a classic in every sense of the word, it's a sci-fi film with enough adventure, suspense and interesting characters to leave a young and a mature mind satisfied.
The story is known world-wide, Taylor (Charlton Heston) is an astronaut who gets stuck with two members of his crew in an unknown planet...
(complete Planet of the Apes review by Valerie)
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