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New movie: Planet of the Apes
TOK:
--- Quote from: Hoopz on July 18, 2011, 07:46:56 pm ---It's up there with Space 1999....
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Oh crap... Now the guitar from that theme song will be stuck in my head for hours! :lol
shmokes:
--- Quote from: Mikezilla on July 18, 2011, 06:13:19 pm ---
Hows that nonsense? Such as? I just dont think that he acted that well. Put any actor in the situation he was in (cutting his arm off) and youll think that he "acted well". I just wasnt impressed. I mean I enjoyed it, I just dont think he deserved all the praise he got for that role.
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A #1, Franco didn't actually cut his arm off for that scene. That was special effects. I don't think hollywood puts any actors in situations like that. That's why they call it acting. ;D
B #2, cutting off his arm was like five minutes of a feature length film. Did you watch the whole thing? He was the film. There was nothing to sell it to you but him. He was stuck in one spot, with no other characters or settings (aside from a few trips into his brain) for a feature length film. And it was really good. Not many actors could have been convincing, and entertaining enough to carry the entire weight of a film in circumstances like that.
I get that you weren't impressed, and everyone is entitled to his opinion. But your opinion is wrong. :cheers:
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on July 18, 2011, 05:18:31 pm ---
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--- Quote from: DaOld Man on July 18, 2011, 09:27:52 am ---Looks promising. I hear is is not a redo but a reboot.
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The originals didn't cover this, and I don't remember if the awful Marky Mark remake did (?). This new one would have to be considered a prequel not a reboot, right?
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You seem to be forgetting the two original movies where two of the apes go back in time to before apes took over and then their son leads the rebellion of the ape population. They were Escape from the Planet of the Apes and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. I think this would be considered a reboot of the story told in those.
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Jeez, I'm going to have to go back and re-watch those films, it's been years. I thought the 2nd film was when they meet the "advanced" and last humans and the third was when they go back in time with the apes. What story plot did they use to travel back in time anyways? Slingshot around the sun ala Star Trek?
I finally read the book about five or so years ago, and I liked how the story ended there. You actually think the humans had a fighting chance at survival when they launch back into space until you realize it's the monkeys who are telling the story.
danny_galaga:
I definitely have to see the new movie. Now you guys mention it, I watched the complete movie series about ten years ago on vhs. I had completely forgotten about it. The first is definitely the best, but I remember seeing the second as a kid and being impressed with the sub machine guns for some reason. Dunno why.
Now my memory has been jogged, I don't think this new movie will fit into the timeline of the older movies when it comes to the apes origins. But who cares?
Now I have to go and drink some grape juice + :cheers:
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: drventure on July 18, 2011, 01:47:06 pm ---
--- Quote ---I dont really think that James Franco fits the role of scientist anyway. Or anyone smart.
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You know he's actually a PHD candidate at Yale?
Now, whether he plays smart in a movie is, granted, a whole other discussion :)
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I'll remind you that George W. Bush gradguated from Yale as well. All an ivy league degree means in this day and age is that your family has money. You can be dumb as a rock and still get one.
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