Comments on: Best To Worst: Ranking The ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Movies

By: dawn

dawn — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 17:56:30 +0000

enjoyed the review. well done. i agree with rankings 5 through 10 but I don\’t know if i\’d rank 1 through 4 in the same order. my first impulse is to rank planet of the apes as number 1, but i\’m not sure if it\’s because that\’s what i really think or if it\’s sentimentality speaking. honestly i don\’t know if I can rank the films in the 1 through 4 position. it\’d be a competition, and i don\’t always want to be critical enough to rate and rank films that i really like. it would take away from the enjoyment of the films themselves. guess i\’d never make it as a film critic!

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

I'd be with you if it weren't for Jason Clarke… a solid performance there, and the new film has the weight it's designed to have. The guy just let really rich emotional material drop into the abyss time and time again. Clive Owen? Someone, not that guy. Terrible performance.

By: potion lords

potion lords — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

Great article. I'd go with:

1. Escape ("meet baby Milo who has Washington terrified!")
2. Planet
3. Conquest
4. Battle ("Ape has never killed ape…let alone an ape child")
5. Dawn
6. Burton's version (mind blowing Tim Roth performance)
7. Beneath
8. Rise (terrible, almost no ape action)

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

What about Dunston Checks In?

By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

You're insane if you think Dawn is the best one. Rise and Dawn are great but they're very straightforward. There's not much going on beneath the surface. Here's my list…

1. Original
2. Escape
3. Conquest
4. Dawn
5. Rise
6. Beneath
7. Battle
8. Burton's (the makeup is amazing and Elfman's score is incredible but the movie is garbage)

By: Dr. Zaius

Dr. Zaius — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

How can anyone pick Rise of the Planet of the Apes as a top pick? Its banal. This author has NO sense of what the Planet of the Ape films are about-which are commentaries on race, the Cold War, and America's growing military and most importantly nuclear arsenal. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, though clearly suffering from budget shortfall, is one of the most provocative and interesting social commentaries through science fiction on slavery, Black Power, and the urban riots of the 1960s. Although the studio executives forced the director to reshoot the end with a conciliatory tone, the true end of the film is an unforgiven allegory of America's violent racial history. In a society that refused to make films on slavery, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is a hallmark film of deep social critique. The new films are droll and boring in comparison with no real social commentary whatsoever–all action and very little thought.

By: jervaise brooke hamster

jervaise brooke hamster — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

Roddy McDowall was a fairy, the bloody disgusting woofter.

By: willy jerk-off

willy jerk-off — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

I want to bugger Nova, what a gorgeous bird she was.

By: jervaise brooke hamster

jervaise brooke hamster — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

Tim Roth is a pile of shit specifically because he is British.

By: teddy crescendo

teddy crescendo — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

"And the fellowship of the holy fall-out be amongst us" (from "Beneath"), no matter how often i hear that line (or see it written down) it always makes me fall about laughing.

By: Brian Carlson

Brian Carlson — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

I guess I'm in the minority here, but I've always loved Beneath the Planet of the Apes the most of the sequels. It has its faults, but I appreciate how it starts out like a rehash of the first film until the latter half where it gets really out there. It also has to be the darkest, most nihilistic film ever released with a G rating.

By: Mia

Mia — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

they really should have stayed in the spirit of the org.. because these new ones are horrible remakes….

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

Th newest is amazing bt I'm sorry there's NO WAY it's better than the original. Not even close. Very badly played.

By: jason

jason — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

I agree Dawn of the planet of the apes is definitely number one its the BEST MOVIE EVER!

By: Mikhail Kaufman

Mikhail Kaufman — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

Almost totally agree with this list, but for a few exceptions.
1. Planet (Original)
2. Escape
3. Rise
4. Conquest
5. Dawn
6. Planet (Remake)
7. Beneath
8. Battle

Not sure why Dawn is so highly praised here and elsewhere. I found it rather empty from an expositional standpoint, which is mainly due to the lack of a good human element, and the apes mainly just grunting and signing. I also didn't think it set up the next film very well. It looks to be a 2-hour war scene (a la Matrix Revolutions), from this point, but we'll see. On a side-note, it seemed as though Beneath never intended to be an Apes movie to begin with, but I'm very happy it led to the often hilarious and almost bitingly satiric Escape. Also think Conquest was super heavy-handed, but very underrated.

By: mikael Segedi

mikael Segedi — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

You can stream all Planet of the Apes Movies, TV series and animated series at planetoftheapes.tk

Btw great article

By: Whodatninja

Whodatninja — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

Beneath is the worst of the bunch. Far too bleak and cold. At least Burton's film had really fantastic make up work and some solid set pieces. It's really the ending that truly buried the remake. The original Planet of the Apes film is yet to be surpassed. As hugely successful and acclaimed as the current film is, it is still stunning you would rank it higher than the iconic original.

By: Mr. Peabody

Mr. Peabody — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

Having Dawn as the best of the bunch clearly shows that this list was primarily compiled to garner interest for the new film. I agree with MIKHAIL KAUFMAN, it felt rather empty and I left the theater wondering why anyone would watch it.

By: Mel

Mel — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

I love how all the comments have people saying "you're wrong" and "you're crazy for putting this movie in so-so position" like somehow your opinion is more relevant or correct. It's just the author's opinion.
One of the many messages in all these movies has to do with arrogance with individuals thinking their way or opinion is the right one whether its humans or apes. It's what leads to all the conflicts in these movies.
It's alright to have an opinion but be respectful of others as well.

By: Deep Dish

Deep Dish — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

One other bit of Apes related content you forgot is Planet of the Apes the Musical starring Troy McClure.

"I hate every ape I see. From chimpan-A to chimpan-Z"

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

1. Planet
2. Conquest
3. Dawn
4. Rise
5. Escape
6. Beneath
7. Burton

By: Saiyan307@Gmail.com

Saiyan307@Gmail.com — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

1. The Original Planet of The Apes

2. The Prequel/Reboot Series

3. The Planet of The Apes Sequels

4. The Tim Burton Series

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

1. The original (not just because it's a great movie, but because of it's calculated impact)
2. Dawn of (powerful in almost every way…#2 only because it borrowed–and in many ways improved–in what's gone before)
3. Rise of (very well done reimagining)
4. Beneath the (everyone here seems intent on putting this on the bottom of the list…well except for the Burton abomination…but it's so full of cheesy political allegory that I prefer it to the rest)
5. Escape from (charming and funny)
6. Conquest of (still fun, but bordering on bad without trying to be…which is what "Beneath" felt like)
7. Battle for (also still fun, but again–seems like it took itself too seriously)
8. Nothing at all.
9. Burton's Crapper

By: DAVE

DAVE — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

By: Macguffin54

Macguffin54 — Mon, 23 May 2016 06:06:39 +0000

I LOVE the whole series, but my list would be

1) PotA 1968 (in a movie series it is all but impossible for any movie to replace the original. Even if it is a better movie–if– the original is the innovator and originator and nothing beats that IMHO.)
2) Rise. Maybe not as well-made of a movie as Dawn but, to me, far more satisfying and exciting. It also is far more an enjoyable movie as Dawn is not just pessimistic but dreary throughout.
3) Dawn. Great f/x, very moving. But not as much action as was warranted, too much talking in static shots (Jason Clarke packing his bags, Jason Clarke writing in a book, the boy from Let Me In drawing), and the next battle is the one we want to see. I would have liked to see more scenes with the humans dealing with what has happened to humanity and struggling to prevent anything worse, more action with real consequences and 20 less minutes of talking and the opening hunting scene.
4) Conquest- the uncut version. Not a great movie (and how could apes have evolved so quickly by 1991??), but exciting and fun and fills in much desired gaps in the Apes timeline
5) Escape. Dated and cheesy. The soundtrack has a very 70's sound and the subplots of feminism and the shopping montage bring this movie down. Great opening scene, though, and the ending would be thrilling and chilling if the scene of the chimp weren't so obviously looped.
6) it's a redo of 1, but most sequels are. A pretty bad movie but I actually love the ending (pretty ballsy–spoilers– to not only destroy all of the main characters but destroy the entire planet with it. End spoilers. The mutants, the anti-war politics and the telepathy just make this awful.
7) PotA remake- absolutely no story, weird bestial romance allusions, weird female ape make up and the grossly overrated Marky Mark. The only good things are the make up, the f/x, and the fact that the Apes series was alive again, albeit briefly.
8) Battle. Looks so cheap it could have been filmed in someone's backyard. All talk and lofty ideals drag down this entry. The big scene amounts to people in motorcycles and school buses driving through fields. The only good things are Roddy was in it and it apparently helped free American hostages in Iran.