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- First reviewMay 28, 2009
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Impressive though . . .
PostedAugust 16, 2011
Chaimster
from Los Angeles
This is a remarkable piece of technical cinematics. Had this film preceded the Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong, or Jurassic Park, it would be hailed as the movie event of the last 25 years. Even with its predecessors, Rise of The Planet of The Apes remains a stunning achievement in the field of motion capture and live action / CGI integration.
Having said all this, there are two more important points, and both relate to the original film that started it all. In the 1968 film Planet of The Apes, there was a sense of mystery and awe when the ship crashes in the "forbidden zone." This was formulaically a Rod Serling (Twilight Zone) instrument designed to disorient the viewer much in the same way the main characters are bewildered and adrift. When Taylor (Charlton Heston) first sees a gorilla on horseback, his facial expression telegraphs the horror at witnessing such an unlikely and grotesque thing.
Furthermore, the social commentary woven into the original film—that involving evolution and the very rights of people—had nothing to do with accidental contamination or good against bad. Rather, it was about the collective ability of humanity to "make it" to the future. And again, at the close of the film, when Taylor and Nova reach the half-buried Statue of Liberty, we experience an unworldly dread born of the familiar juxtaposed with the unlikely. There was a message beyond scientific experimentation or disease vectors—both of which are perfectly legitimate topics. When Dr. Zeus reads from the scroll about the nature of humanity, a chill of biblical portent is evoked. Nothing of that caliber in the new film.
So, while I'm glad the new technology is applied to a favored genre, the rush to get inside jokes (It's a mad house! ...You damn dirty ape!, etc. . . ) on screen seems to trump a more inspired critique of the human condition.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Star Drek
PostedMay 28, 2009
Chaimster
from Los Angeles
Kirk would have been in ICU after the bar fight. Nero & his ship:post-apocalyptic Sting video: incorrect lighting camera moves: black against black, impossible to read. Missed Shakespearean parlance in old trek. "Why'ou talkin' t'me man?. . ." too anachronistic. McCoy & Scotty: too much a caricature. Cutesy alien on Delta Vega—incongruous added nothing. Bring in Phinegan, Ruth, Helen Noel, Droxine, & Samuel T. Cogley instead. Monster on Delta Vega (Delta Vega? - "isn't a soul there"). Collapsing planet Vulcan—impressive. But why kill Amanda? Oh yeah, alternate timeline. If I hear "alternate timeline" again, I'm gonna scream. Sarek: too congenial and looked like an Al Jaffee drawing of a generic vulcan. Checkov was funny.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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