Rise of Planet of the Apes

**KT.** · 08-19-2011, 09:49 PM

So yeah just finished watching this movie. I really enjoyed it.

Anyone else see it?

I kinda wonder how/if it fits in with the other Planet of the Apes films. I don't think I've seen the original and it's been a while since I've seen the remake.

**Atomic** · 08-20-2011, 05:16 PM

No, but it looks like I would like it. Sadly I'd have to go see it by myself so I'll have to wait until video. At this point I will forget and more than likely never watch it.

**Nermy2k** · 08-20-2011, 10:01 PM

I've gone to see movies by myself it's less awkward than you'd think

**sponge** · 08-21-2011, 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by Nermy2k

I've gone to see movies by myself it's less awkward than you'd think

you get there and realize no one actually gives a shit

the idea that going to a movie is exclusively a social event is dumb anyway, talking (socializing) during a movie is heavily frowned upon.

**Atomic** · 08-21-2011, 09:38 AM

I mean it's a 20 minute drive that my family will more than likely be with me and it would be awkward to tell them to sit in the car for an hour and a half while I run in and watch this movie.

**KT.** · 08-21-2011, 11:07 AM

Well i mean, I'm sure your wife and kids will like the movie too. I took my parents and both of them loved it.

**Nermy2k** · 08-21-2011, 11:39 AM

what if you killed your wife and kids problem solved

**sponge** · 08-22-2011, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by Nermy2k

what if you killed your wife and kids problem solved

what if kt's parents killed kt

**WellAdjusted** · 08-23-2011, 06:41 PM

I saw it online, I really enjoyed it as well.

Also, going to the movies alone is a nice experience. I call it a masturdate. I've seen Tron, Thor, and Red Riding Hood by myself.

**Mad Pino Rage** · 09-01-2011, 05:18 AM

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a retelling of the Apes saga. Tim Burton's retelling nor this new movie fit in that saga but create its own paradigm of Apes canon. I have yet to watch this new film, but from what I read its similar to Conquest of Planet of the Apes which was the fourth film in a five film saga.

**no_brains_no_worries** · 09-01-2011, 01:27 PM

This film was HORRIBLE. Are you kidding me? There are enormous plot holes! Like how apes suddenly became more intelligent just by being in Caesar's presence? Or how the zoo and a single ape sanctuary housed 100+ chimps and 30 silverback gorillas.

Go see this movie for the random bullshit. More spoilers below.

BS example 1: A helicopter just so happened to have a belt-fed machine gun as if it were stored in a box labeled IN CASE OF APE UPRISING.

Bs example 2: Animal control dude witnesses an ARMY of apes run down the street and with the most bored expression on his face whips out his net-shooting gun that he just happened to have tucked under his arm and captures one.

BS example 3: Who the fuck charges a SILVERBACK GORILLA on a fucking horse with a goddamn night stick! Really? Screw the gun you have on your hip, you are going to somehow magically make your horse charge forward and try to club the goddamn thing into submission?

/rant.

**KT.** · 09-01-2011, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by no_brains_no_worries

This film was HORRIBLE. Are you kidding me? There are enormous plot holes! Like how apes suddenly became more intelligent just by being in Caesar's presence? Or how the zoo and a single ape sanctuary housed 100+ chimps and 30 silverback gorillas.

UM WTF did you even watch the movie?

Spoiler

**no_brains_no_worries** · 09-01-2011, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by KT.

UM WTF did you even watch the movie?

Spoiler

No shit. But he was communicating with an orangotan or whatever before he escaped and stole it. I mean Caesar and the circus ape were having a more intelligent conversations then most immigrants I know. In fact their sign language dubs were a higher caliber of broken English then the dude at the taco stand.

**KT.** · 09-01-2011, 11:34 PM

Wellimean, people do teach chimpanzees how to sign irl. I don't think Caesar being held captive with another primate that knows sign language is so far removed from reality that it's a plot hole.

**no_brains_no_worries** · 09-03-2011, 01:09 AM

That two radically different species of ape are not only both more or less fluent in sign language but they can also convey to one another plans for the future that doesn't involve flinging shit but unifying their brethren?

Yeah, you're right. That's totally plausible.

**KT.** · 09-03-2011, 11:03 PM

/shrug

it didn't bother me and yeah I suppose that might be stretching reality a bit but it only happens once in a very brief scene. If that was one of the major factors that ruined the movie for you, I suppose there are few movies you do enjoy.

**Atomic** · 09-04-2011, 09:00 AM

So what you're saying is that while watching a FICTION movie, stuff that isn't possible bugs you?

**no_brains_no_worries** · 09-04-2011, 01:53 PM

No, the movie was horrible over all (why the fuck were these shit-flinging animals suppose to noble and majestic?), it was just the series of plot holes that I remember. To me, that's just lazy directing and poor writing which is what I don't want to see in a movie that is probably going to win a shit ton of cinema awards.