Check this out. Great series.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008YT8QYG/ref=dra_a_ac_mr_ho_it_CX200_100?tag=amazondisplay-20&ascsubtag=4a251a2ef9bbf4ccc35f97aba2c9cbda
Rise (2011) and Dawn (2014) are set in their own universe and have nothing to do with the silly Tim Burton's helmed reimagining Planet of the Apes (2001) with Marky Mark, aside from using the same source material. They're made by a different creative team and take a completely different approach. They are also not remakes, although Rise uses a similar premise as the fourth film, Conquest (1972). It's akin to saying you won't be seeing the James Bond movie Casino Royale (2006) with Daniel Craig because you hated the James Bond spoof Casino Royale (1967) with Woody Allen. Or that you won't see it because you hated the Pierce Brosnan era James Bond movies, etc. Or to use another franchise example, boycotting the Christopher Nolan Batman movies because you hated the Joel Schumacher one with George cLooney. In short, you need to judge the current set of films on their own merits.
(Of course that being said, even though it has a completely different creative team, I'll wait for the 2014 Godzilla remake to come to video... and yes that's because I got sick of the franchise after the 1998 remake. So I suppose I'm being a hypocrite here, but it just seems to me that Godzilla and American film studio DON'T mix)
>> There is only one Planet of the Apes movie and it is the original starring Charlton Heston. All of the others stink. That is all. <<
Actually, Heston was in three of them: the 1968 original, the 1970 sequel (Beneath), and the crappy 2001 remake (appearing as a Ape!).He also makes a cameo of sorts in Rise, via stock footage. Though with the exception of Rise, I would agree all the 70s sequels can't hold a candle to the original, but a couple of them are entertaining never-the-less.
>> I agree. We shouldnt give guns to apes. We should limit gun ownership to humans. And possibly some intelligent dogs and horses. <<
Heh. Well I suppose this movie IS anti-gun if you favor extending 2nd amendment rights to chimps and think its unfair that it applies to humans only. ;-)
>> Hollyweird missed the point of revolution. Of course the chimps are going to use guns. Our founding fathers understood this. So do Communist dictators. <<
>> Wouldn't a few guns (and ammo) come in handy with a bunch of apes running around? But yeah... its things go primate, its good to have weapons. <<
I would say so. I feel a lot better about seeing this movie knowing Gary Oldman told off the Hollywood left and he's starring in it (as a human, not a chimp)
>> I think people are just on-edge in general, knowing that everything and anything to do with the left is ultimately about getting control. So... everything will be about that in peoples views. Its kind of just where we are right now. <<
Eh, it reminds me of when some conservative activists were insisting there's some incidious pro-gay propaganda in the Disney movie Frozen. While the company as a whole is undoubtedly a huge cheerleader for the gay agenda, I finally sat down and watched the movie on DVD back in March, and it was 100% kid friendly and had a nice traditional heterosexual love story. The song Let It Go could be symbolic for ANYTHING it only represents someone coming out as gay if that's what you say it does. Hysteria about the film just makes our side look bad and does more harm that good, IMO. That being said, I think the left is 10X worse when it comes to demonizing something as right-wing propaganda. The hillarious thing is they think Fox News, Karl Rove and the Koch Bros control us all.