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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, August 05, 2011 - 2:39 pm 
Not too shabby.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, August 05, 2011 - 4:00 pm
glad to hear that, Im really looking forward to this! saw a marathon of the old ones last month and I was impressed at how well the makeups still look today....some 70s movie makeup looks really fake by todays standards but this movie was so ahead of its time. Amazing since they kept getting lower and lower budgets
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Friday, August 05, 2011 - 7:05 pm
How many are there? I only saw the first one (eons ago) and loved it. I'd like to see this one.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, August 06, 2011 - 12:04 am
4 maybe 5? and then they did a tv series which I dont remember watching...it was great marathon with Roddy Mcdowell giving lots of behind scenes trivia Loved it!
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Sheilaree
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, August 08, 2011 - 1:50 pm
Great I probable see next week
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 9:00 pm
5 original movies
The Planet of the Apes
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Escape From the Planet of the Apes(some really funny scenes in this one)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes(the closest parallel to the current movie, but not really that close as I understand it)
Battle for The Planet of the Apes
They are well worth anyone's time to watch them.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 9:25 pm
The original with Charleton Heston was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I had a Planet of the Apes t-shirt, a board game, and still have a record and story book.
The original is still my favorite. Those other 4 from the 70's are not as good and some are a bit ridiculous, particularly Beneath. I found Escape to be sad and maddening. Conquest is probably closest to the New movie as far as trying to give an explanation for how it started, but I think the new movie does a better job, gives a more reasonable explanation, and I really like that about the new movie.
DD, 9, and I saw the new movie and both of us liked it. I hope they make more!
Oh, and I did see the original remake with MArky Mark, but I don't remember much about it.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, August 21, 2011 - 10:40 pm
loved this!!! everything about it. I did tear up a few times.
I have never seen the remake of Planet of Apes, is it worth renting?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, August 21, 2011 - 10:48 pm
the only problem I have is that this Ceasar cant be any of the characters from the original. Ceasar was Cornelus and Zira's son but this Ceasar's mom was killed.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, August 22, 2011 - 8:03 pm
I can't wait to see this! Every so often AMC does a marathon of the original 5 movies and I watch it every time. I wasn't too thrilled with the remake with Mark Walberg at all.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Monday, August 22, 2011 - 8:12 pm
Pamy, I just kind of figured that Ceasar was a name they reused often, after their first leader. Like George for us. 
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Monday, August 22, 2011 - 8:14 pm
Pamy, I looked back through my notes regarding the remake in 2001-- I wrote "pales to the original, but visually interesting" and gave it 7 out of 10. The original would get a 10 out of 10.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, August 22, 2011 - 9:48 pm
ahhh cool, ty Brenda!!!! LOL your explaination about the name works for me
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, November 20, 2011 - 10:21 am
We watched this last night and I was prepared to just think it was okay but I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. The scene on the Golden Gate Bridge was great.
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Friday, December 16, 2011 - 4:07 pm
Just saw this for the first time a few days ago.
It didn't remind me of any of the original movies, other that the classic lines and names of the apes. "Cornelia" and "Maurice".. nice. And of course Caesar...the perfect name for King.
The closest parallel was Caesar's transformation from a sweet, somewhat innocent being to a revolutionary military leader. That happened in both "Conquest" and "Rise".
Andy Serkis' portrayal as Caesar was second to none, with all due respect to Roddy McDowall.
Absolutely loved this movie. 10/10
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Hummingbird
Member
08-21-2002
| Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 6:54 pm
This was my favorite movie of many I have seen lately. Fantastic special efects! Loved watching Baby Caesar swing aroung the house.
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