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by **The Happy Locust** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:01 pm

Forgive me if I missed an existing thread.

Just got back from seeing this. First reaction: "Wait, Planet of the apes is out already?" #-o

Made time for it and I enjoyed it. Was surprised at how much I got into this, especially the bits where it was just the apes. It's the Wall-E effect, where having no dialogue somehow makes it easier to follow and understand. Go figure.

Love how they threw in touches to set up the other movies. the Mars mission lost in space, the virus dropping humanity like Flies making room for the apes, etc.

Anyone else catch this yet?

News Credits: 13 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:23 pm

Not Yet, but I plan to this Tuesday. My local theater runs a promotion on Tuesdays on popcorn and drinks for $1 apiece. :grin:

At first I was mixed about this, but I really liked Tim Burton's movie so I will go see this one. I also liked the original, but not the sequels...

by **Wing Saber II** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 4:45 pm

Saw this at the midnight premiere, and LOVED it
Favorite scene of the movie:
"Get your paws off me you **** dirty ape!"
"NO!"

by **Iamwarhorse** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:20 pm

^Agree, definitely my favorite part of the movie. A kid in the audience even went whoa, Malfoy, you're screwed! Surprisingly also, was that the movie had a more older crowd, mostly retirees, and they seemed to genuinely love it. It's nice to have a movie without the flamboyant sex and cussing going on.

by **Wing Saber II** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:03 pm

Iamwarhorse wrote:It's nice to have a movie without the flamboyant sex and cussing going on.

Agreed. I think i heard three cuss words total. That's still unnecessary, but it's better than most movies nowadays.

News Credits: 101 · by **Blurrz** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 11:21 pm

Solid movie. Amazing CGI.

by **prowl123** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:45 pm

This movie was fantastic.

I loved the way they focused on Caesar more than Will. Like in Transformers, they focused on Sam more than they did the Autobots. The movie was supposed to be about the chimp, and it was.

The 'damn dirty ape' scene was actually a nod to the 2001 version, where one ape said to the main character 'Get your hands off me you damn dirty human!'

I have to say, Caesar was a CGI milestone. My favorite scene was the bridge scene, which also used fantastic CGI.

This is a great setup for a new franchise.

by **Iamwarhorse** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:51 pm

Wing Saber II wrote:
Iamwarhorse wrote:It's nice to have a movie without the flamboyant sex and cussing going on.

Agreed. I think i heard three cuss words total. That's still unnecessary, but it's better than most movies nowadays.

I like DOTM, but my favorite movies of the year are Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Super 8 and Captain America. Those movies had a charm, and certain aspects of the main characters that I just adored, that was missing in DOTM. Closest thing that I could think of as charming characters in DOTM would be Brains and Wheelie! We needed more of that with the Transformers, not just them doing cool things and speaking the obvious. I'd like the next movie to explore just a little bit on what they think of their new home, and how they feel to being in second in command on the planet.

by **Iamwarhorse** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:59 pm

prowl123 wrote:This movie was fantastic.

I loved the way they focused on Caesar more than Will. I thought it would be vice-versa.

The 'damn dirty ape' scene was actually a nod to the 2001 version, where one ape said to the main character 'Get your hands off me you damn dirty human!'

I have to say, Caesar was a CGI milestone. My favorite scene was the bridge scene, which also used fantastic CGI.

This is a great setup for a new franchise.

I always thought that get your dirty hands off of me is a reference to the franchise and is as old as Optimus saying "Let's roll". Also, I was never a fan of the old movies, but I have noticed people claiming there were several nods to the old franchise throughout the movie. The dirty hands was just one of them.

I still love NO! I'll leave it at that. That part I didn't see coming. I also love the orangutang, he was too cute! The look on Caesar's face when he knew he did something wrong when trying to protect the dad, was just unbelievable, in a good way. I wanted to hug him too! I also loved it how the Apes tried really hard not to kill people. I love horses, and I was so sure a couple of them were going to be killed, but it was refreshing to see the Ape just stop the horse from landing on him by placing a hand on the horse's chest. And I loved it when Caesar had his Calvary Charge!

by **RhA** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:54 am

I saw the trailer yesterday on TV and thought it would kick money butt. After reading your opinions, I really wnat to see it.

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