Real science fiction is-or at least should be-a genre that creates a plausible situation using scientific advancements. It is a great example of what science fiction (true science fiction versus sci-fi fantasy) should be. The apes are the real heroes, but it isn’t that cut and dry. There are no real good guys or bad guys (with a few exceptions), and you are left to make your own assumptions and decide for yourself the morality of the plot. When people walk out of the theater they will be talking about what they saw, and continue the conversation long after. And it does what many good movies does by challenging you and making you think. Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a good movie. And that may have been one of the best decisions to come out of Hollywood in the last decade-although the bar is admittedly low. Regardless, fans were left slightly indifferent to it which led studios to cancel a planned sequel, wait ten years, and reboot it as Rise of the Planet of the Apes. There was also the kinda disturbing possible love story between Wahlberg’s human and one of the apes (granted, the ape was played by Helena Bonham Carter, so that is slightly understandable). It wasn’t a bad film, and it was a box office hit, but it did not come close to recapturing the level of cultural significance of the original. God damn you all to hell! Such was the sentiment from many when Tim Burton and Mark Wahlberg decided to reboot the classic film Planet of the Apes back in 2001, and they did so…weirdly. You maniacs! You rebooted it up! Damn you.
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