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"Planet of the Apes" (1968) Watch Along
🕑 Added 2024-05-03 17:02:42 +0000 UTCHAPPY FRIDAY!
OK i have some things to talk about below!! So if you haven't seen this then beware
🚨Spoilers Below! 🚨
Well! I am excited that I have now seen this original Sci-Fi classic! But I am a little irked with myself because I feel like the reveal was wasted on me because i have seen Rise/Dawn/War "Reboots". I actually forgot that they are alllllll PREQUELS! Until it dawned on me LOL Obviously!
All that being said! I really liked this movie! I thought it was really thought provoking and had a lot of themes to think on about our own society. I loved the makeup and the score and I felt like the pacing was really great! I can't even begin to imagine what this would of been like seeing in theatres in 1968! I reallllly want to see the rest of these original movies because I feel like they ought to be good! But you know me! I love Sci-fi!
Can someone please explain me to the space mission and why they landed back on earth!? I just figured that was what happened and they had been gone so long with everything that happened and thats why they didn't recognize it was earth?????Cause it got nuked?
I do think this is a like a Star Wars situation where you should ONLY watch these in the order which they are released. The prequels should NOT be watched first.
I am excited for Kingdom though! I think i will most likely enjoy it because I loved the reboots so much!
Note * I have never seen the Mark Wahlberg 2001 version as well as the rest of the original POTA's from (1970-1972).
Thanks soo much for being here! I feel so much better and glad my lingering cough didn't take over the reaction!!!!!
Let me know alllll your thoughts down below!
xx
ames
Comments
Jeffrey Schmidbauer
I remember as a kid there was an actual TV series based on the movie. Part of their marketing strategy was selling Planet of the Apes trading cards packaged with bubblegum. (Like Baseball cards). I collected them myself but it was short-lived. The series was cancelled after one season.
JM63
The score was the highlight for me. Very unique and atmospheric. The Spaceballs parody of the ending is pretty funny.
John Courtright
This was a first time watch for me, Ames! Unfortunately, the ending was spoiled for me too, not because I had seen any other of the POTA movies, but because I had seen the ending of this one at some point. I don't remember exactly when; it may have even been a parody of some kind, I'm not sure, but when Taylor looked up from his horse on the beach, I knew exactly what he was going to see. Perhaps it's just one of those things that's hard to keep secret in popular culture - like knowing who Luke Skywalker's father is without having seen Star Wars. I loved Jerry Goldsmith's score! So creative and delightful! I also thought the prosthetics were AMAZING, especially knowing this movie came out 56 years ago! So, even though the reveal didn't do anything for me, I'm glad I watched the film with you! Another movie I've been intending to watch for a long time checked off the list!
