Planet Of The Apes [2001] (DVD) Reviews

Planet of the Apes was long thought one of those few golden classics that nobody would dare remake. Sadly, the critics were wrong, and of all people, Tim Burton decided to give it another treatment. Still, with Burton at the helm, there was the hope that it might be decent, and deliver some good visuals to boot. Both of those statements are ...  Read the complete review

I loved the original of this, and I thought the book was fantastic so I had high hopes for this modern retelling of this great story. In fairness to this remake I was not disappointed. The story begins in space on Jupiter station, a huge science station in our Solar system charting phenomena. Humans are not allowed to pilot ships ...  Read the complete review

This highly inventive and fantasy filled movie was extremely entertaining and I really enjoyed watching it. It is just such an imaginative and interesting storyline. The imagination that was used to come up with this story is impressive. All of the actors did a great job playing their highly intriguing characters monkey and human ...  Read the complete review

This 2001 blockbuster was a remake of the classic 1968 movie. The effects, filming and soundtrack were brought up to date and the film had a very successful re-run but the story was basically the same. It's the year 2029 and interstellar reconnaissance is being carried out by chimpanzee pilots. They come from Oberon which is a space ...  Read the complete review

I was a massive fan of the old Planet of the Apes movies - they had some great stories, great characters and were all carried off in a highly imaginative format. It was with some trepidation, therefore, that I awaited the release of the new big bucks Hollywood version that was released in 2001. One of the big cinema blockbusters of the year, the ...  Read the complete review

This 're-imagining' (that's right NOT a remake according to the director himself) of this absolute classic is definately a film that cuts both ways. Critics slaughtered it, the viewing public as a majority did the same but every now and then you might just bump into someone who actually DID like it, these are normally the people who haven't seen ...  Read the complete review

Planet of the Apes is a re-make of a previous film by the same name. I had only seen bits of the original film and I thought I knew what the story line was but with this remake it had been altered and brought up to date. The acting is pretty good, but it's hard to really enjoy it when you know in the back of your head that it's just actors and ...  Read the complete review

I am a big Tim Burton fan, I've practically seen all his movies: "Batman" , "Sleepy Hollow", "Edward Scissorhands", "The Nightmare before Christmas" are the Directors best works to name a few. But when I first heard, that Director Tim Burton was going to make a remake of the original ...  Read the complete review

this was another film that i wanted to see on the big screen but never did but i am glad a buyed the dvd because its on of the best around in my view. director Tim Burton (sleepy hollow,batman) cast: Mark Wahlberg (perfect storm,three kings) Tim Roth (pulp fiction,reservoir dogs) Helena Bonham Carter (fight ...  Read the complete review

Mark Wahlberg stars in this modernization of the classic movie (and series) Planet of the Apes. With 21st century special effects and an excellent cast could this latest version of the movie dwarf the success of the original? Would it have the same unique look and feel? My first impressions were that the production and direction of the ...  Read the complete review

The planet of the apes is based on the book by Pierre Bouille and is a remake of the film written by Paul Dehn. This film was released in 2001 and I had absolutely no interest in watching it. I can briefly remember seeing the classic original when I was younger but couldn't really remember too much about it apart from lots of talking apes. A ...  Read the complete review

STARRING: Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth, Estella Warren and Micheal Clarke Duncan..too mention the big names THE PLOT: This is director Tim Burton's attempt to see if he can capture some of the magic which turned his dar, brooding, stylish 1989 summer event movie version of BATMAN into such a triumph. He ...  Read the complete review

Hollywood's newest golden rule: if you're going to remake something, remake something that was already bad but do it better (Oceans Eleven). Oops. Someone forgot to tell Tim Burton. Saying the Planet remake is bad is like beating up babies in prams, it's just too easy. I mean, where to start to define a movie of which the only ...  Read the complete review

Apparently the press weren't kind to this film, but I have a high regard for the director Tim Burton and wanted to see for myself. Unfortunately this review starts off positive but the majority of it is damning. Music Danny Elfman provides a brilliant, evocative score. A triumph. The titles Loved the extending and ...  Read the complete review

The Movie Being a fan of all things Planet of the Apes, I was eagerly looking forward to the 2001 remake of the classic. I've seen the originals more times than I can remember, still have many of the Planet of the Apes magazines from the 70's, and have seen all of the episodes of the short-lived TV series. When I finally finished ...  Read the complete review

I saw the original film, started by Charlton Heston, and when I knew that they were going to do a remake I thought, "that´s ok, let´s going to see what can TIm Burton do". I know that he´s a very strange director, and I didn´t expect a "normal" version, but what I saw on the screen was horrible and unacceptable. At first I ...  Read the complete review

Being a big fan of the novel and the original series, I was really chuffed about the remake. You have to bear in mind I am always pleased with Tim Burton's movie, so yeah, I was looking forward to it! Yet, it took me a wee while to go to watch it to the movies, and we discussed this with my girlfriend a few times...eventually we ...  Read the complete review

The original film had many things that this newer version seems to lack. Tim Burton's films, like Batman, seem to be all about special effects and setting the scene - unlike the older Apes films that were more about characterisation and the struggle of the humans to overcome Ape domination. The advanced special effects to some extent ...  Read the complete review

Well I'll say this about the movie, it was fun to watch. It was good, it had a good special effects budget obviously the idea was good. But I felt a little let down when I saw it, I mean I know critics said it was crap, but they do, but it felt like something that had too much money put into it. Its the feeling where you know that it was made ...  Read the complete review

Recently I watched planet of the apes on DVD and found that it had the most extensive extra features I have ever seen there were so many I didn’t have time to watch them all before I took it back to the video shop. There were interviews with stars from the film, ape school where they learned how to walk talk and act like the characters they ...  Read the complete review