Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972 Directed by J. Lee Thompson
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All new! The revolt of the apes. The most awesome spectacle in the annals of science fiction!
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.
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The King is dead. Long live the King!
-CaesarMy first time watching the "Unrated Director's Cut". While it's surprisingly more violent, that's not the reason it's better. It's the changes in the ending, while they are ever so slight they speak volumes in tone. Without spoiling anything specific, there is one event that is totally flipped and there is less said in a certain character's speech. The result is a much more profound and powerful ending.
Roddy McDowall really steps up to the plate in this one as his character, Caesar, is the sole principal character this time around. It's his first chance in the series to really play out a real character arc and it works out beautifully.…
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Starts off on an effectively Orwellian note but gets bogged down in too much weird speechifying and badly-placed humor (is that "breeding annex" scene supposed to be funny?? Because it is terrifying).
Tempted to give it another half-star because of how unbelievably great this music cue is (it's called "Subjugation Soul," a title that you'd skip to right away if you saw it on a Sly Stone album!), but instead I'll just post it:
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In a chrome plated retro futurist 1991 the apes in their groovy jumpsuits rise up against there masters in a very thinly veiled race war allegory. Great speech from Caesar at the end, even if they did bottle it and cut short of shouting 'kill all humans!' (restored on bluray apparently). I love the old Apes movies and this is one of the better sequels.
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"The king is dead, long live the king!"
The rebellion of apes against the humans is made even creepier by the fact that it's silent. The apes marching on the humans and the humans marching with the clacking of their boots provide an eery feeling. This followed by nothing but gunfire for the almost rest of the film make it seem like you are truly watching the war. The Planet of the Apes movies do a great job of capturing the feeling of hopelessness and this is no exception. Caesar's conquering and his final speech are fated to come true and there is nothing humanity can do.
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Recently left this out of my 'decade in film' article on the Failed Critics website (yes, that is a plug) but now feel stupid for doing so.
Having re-watched it, it's even better than I remembered. As far as the PotAs sequels go, it's head and shoulders above the rest. It's just such a good entry into the series, but honestly, it's a great sci-fi film in its own right.
Excuse the expositional dialogue that starts the film off, summarising the first 3 films for the viewers in a nutshell! It gets going shortly afterwards with the plot, which centres around the first ape rebellion in the "future" of 1991. It's allegorical about slavery and prejudice, about government and their…
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Following Escape From The Planet Of The Apes, Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes takes place in 1991, nearly 20 years after the previous story line. The child of Cornelius and Zira is now grown, and hides amongst apes unknown to government officials.
In this future, humans have takes the great apes and domesticated them, teaching them how to perform more menial tasks in place of humans. The human race is keeping the apes under their thumb, because they fear for the future of the human race after discovering Earth's fate. A revolution breaks out when Caesar, who is the son of the intelligent apes from the future, begins teaching the domesticated apes how to revolt against their human…
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"The king is dead, long live the king!"
The rebellion of apes against the humans is made even creepier by the fact that it's silent. The apes marching on the humans and the humans marching with the clacking of their boots provide an eery feeling. This followed by nothing but gunfire for the almost rest of the film make it seem like you are truly watching the war. The Planet of the Apes movies do a great job of capturing the feeling of hopelessness and this is no exception. Caesar's conquering and his final speech are fated to come true and there is nothing humanity can do.
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theres a disco ball in a funny place but thats it
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Recently left this out of my 'decade in film' article on the Failed Critics website (yes, that is a plug) but now feel stupid for doing so.
Having re-watched it, it's even better than I remembered. As far as the PotAs sequels go, it's head and shoulders above the rest. It's just such a good entry into the series, but honestly, it's a great sci-fi film in its own right.
Excuse the expositional dialogue that starts the film off, summarising the first 3 films for the viewers in a nutshell! It gets going shortly afterwards with the plot, which centres around the first ape rebellion in the "future" of 1991. It's allegorical about slavery and prejudice, about government and their…
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1984 crashes headlong into Planet of the Apes in this sci-fi hybrid which is easily the best of the sequels. The unrated version gets pretty bloody toward the end, otherwise it's identical to the theatrical version.
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In a chrome plated retro futurist 1991 the apes in their groovy jumpsuits rise up against there masters in a very thinly veiled race war allegory. Great speech from Caesar at the end, even if they did bottle it and cut short of shouting 'kill all humans!' (restored on bluray apparently). I love the old Apes movies and this is one of the better sequels.
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Best of the series.
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Starts off on an effectively Orwellian note but gets bogged down in too much weird speechifying and badly-placed humor (is that "breeding annex" scene supposed to be funny?? Because it is terrifying).
Tempted to give it another half-star because of how unbelievably great this music cue is (it's called "Subjugation Soul," a title that you'd skip to right away if you saw it on a Sly Stone album!), but instead I'll just post it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD17OPCuk4o -
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This is dark, freaking love it!! Especially the director's cut ending where it goes there, it gets really dark