I finally got around to seeing “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” I’ve written a review in the form of a haiku, which is, of course, the ancient Japanese art of paper-folding:
Easily the best
‘Apes’ movie since the first one,
which, be honest, sucked.
Why I loved the first one – in a cult sort of way, but have not liked any since. Am not going to bother to see this one.
It’s OK. It isn’t awful. The effects are good (but will look really cheesey in about 10 years, you wait and see).
Nice. It is on my list of things to do at some point….actually, it is number 238,198.
Sounds about right, although, if you haven’t seen The Hangover, I’d see Apes first, then The Hangover, because Apes is the better movie.
Back in the first
Heston as an astronaut
No dirty ape hands
Heston kind of has a cameo, and someone says the line about damned dirty apes, and there’s a chimp called Bright Eyes, and some other nods to the 50-year-old fanboys in the audience.
Anything in the form of Haiku makes me laugh- even the serious ones….
Me, too.
haven’t seen it yet
but will based on your blog post
kids didn’t know the first
It is what it is. Don’t expect anything more. There’s no payoff to the subplots about James Franco’s girlfriend, his father or the guy who runs the supposed ape sanctuary. They’re there to serve the plot and that’s all.
I haven’t seen either movie but I love the review ..It made me laugh out loud and I will refrain from spending my hard earned dollars to check it out!
It’s definitely one that can wait until it’s at Redbox.
What I really like, Todd, is how the way your post was made to look like a movie poster using the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. Brilliant.
And let me tell ya, that ain’t easy.
Short. Sweet. Awesome.
Thanks, Amy!
Great haiku and review! I’m still trying to forget the first movie, but will probably be forced by my family to watch this one when it’s on Netflix. I think Hollywood should let sleeping apes lie.
The first one really was a product of its time. This one seems more like a business decision, like some guy in marketing said, “Hey, people still know the brand. If you make a movie, we can sell a bunch of tickets and merchandise.”
The best Planet of the Apes was Spaceballs.
“There goes the planet.”
Ha!