Can you believe it? After all of the sequels they decided it wasn’t enough and made a remake of the original 1968 version (that I recently reviewed) in 2001. Well, I decided I just had to check it out but first, let’s check on the movie trivia!
Tim Burton directed it so that causes immediate interest. What crazy stuff would he do? Well one thing is that he refused to call it a remake (so sorry Tim) but rather a reimagination. Mark Wahlberg was in as soon as he heard that. He refused to wear the loincloth so as not to remind audiences of his undie modeling 🙂
33 years after the original, the budget for this one multiplied, just…oh…100 billion!
Rick Baker is the genius behind the make up. Fantastic sets and make up:
Rick is also briefly in the film when the humans are transported to Ape City in a cage. The ape in the middle with gray hair smoking a water pipe? That’s Rick!
——–SPOILER ALERT——-
(as in all my blogs)
The film takes place on Feb. 14 of 2029 and in Dec. of 5021. The original movie was set on a future earth but this one is set on a different planet with two moons. The ending is more like the novel ending whereby Taylor finds a ship and escapes the ape planet with a human female. They set our for Earth but because they traveled at light speed, many centuries have passed and Earth has evolved into an ape society.
Time for the movie and time to see what Tim Burton has done (here’s Tim!):
This version began with what I call “technical boredom” but I appreciated the updated landing! So I’m watching the movie and who pops up on screen? Chris Kristopherson! Say what?? Anyway, the gorillas chase down the humans and bag ’em. One ape says, “You damn dirty human!” Interesting because in the original Heston says that about an ape. Additionally, there’s a lot of humorous lines such as, “Can’t we all just get along?” (Apparently not…)
All the humans converge with Taylor and there is a war between the humans and the apes (obviously). An explosion, fighting, blah, blah, blah…
Then a little spaceship lands with Taylor’s chimp inside! There’s a thumbs up and the famous kiss between Taylor and the lady chimp:
Now it gets interesting. Taylor and the female/human jump into the spaceship and crash land! Not in front of the Statue of Liberty but in front of the Lincoln Memorial Washington Monument! But look closely at the statue:
Did you see it? Lincoln has an ape face! The gorilla police arrive and we have reached the end…oh those apes 🙂
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