OK...maybe Hollywood doesn't produce movies with deeper meanings any more. *sigh*
The original "Planet of the Apes" tried to incorporate some social criticism in the story. Things like 'beware of the bomb' and 'where is this technological World coming to?'. At the time, space-faring people were very much on everyones mind and PotA was part of what people were interested in.
Nowadays things are a little different. The cold war and the nuclear threat are all but forgotten and people travelling into space are only of interest to some people at NASA and a group of Trekkies. When this movie was announced I was very interested in the way this remake would re-actualize this movie.
Let's be short about this: They didn't.
Not only didn't they translate the original into something current audiences would relate to, they also used some lines without giving it any relevance to the rest of the new story. At some point General Thade is warned about the dangers of humans...about their inherent violent nature and such. In the original this was caused by the key-event responsible for apes-taking-over, namely the nuclear war. In this new remake this warning has NO basis in the story at all! The opposite is true.
The 2 endings to the story are even more unlikely and illogical. I'll not spoil things any further by describing them, but I was appalled at the complete senselessness of it all.
My final feelings were: "No way!" and "Who cares?"
The original "Planet of the Apes" tried to incorporate some social criticism in the story. Things like 'beware of the bomb' and 'where is this technological World coming to?'. At the time, space-faring people were very much on everyones mind and PotA was part of what people were interested in.
Nowadays things are a little different. The cold war and the nuclear threat are all but forgotten and people travelling into space are only of interest to some people at NASA and a group of Trekkies. When this movie was announced I was very interested in the way this remake would re-actualize this movie.
Let's be short about this: They didn't.
Not only didn't they translate the original into something current audiences would relate to, they also used some lines without giving it any relevance to the rest of the new story. At some point General Thade is warned about the dangers of humans...about their inherent violent nature and such. In the original this was caused by the key-event responsible for apes-taking-over, namely the nuclear war. In this new remake this warning has NO basis in the story at all! The opposite is true.
The 2 endings to the story are even more unlikely and illogical. I'll not spoil things any further by describing them, but I was appalled at the complete senselessness of it all.
My final feelings were: "No way!" and "Who cares?"