I am glad this DVD set was a present. It is not cheap either. This is a horrendous movie. The friend who gave it knew I like Helena Bonham Carter. Frankly I was curious how she would end up in a monkey suit. It's quite amusing, she is an attractive ape and she looks like she had hair electrolysis is the areas where it mattered, for apes, I guess. She is also sulky and pampered. I never thought I could distinguish a British ape from an American ape.
The only similarity between this movie and the original planet of the apes is the title. Charlton Heston's cameo appearance on this film does not make it any more related to the original...so okay this is not the original movie. Both movies are preposterous, but why did we like the original and to this day watch their reruns on cable television - because the original had a plot! This movie, while loaded with special effects is disjointed with so many side-stories and sub-plots. It's protracted and watching this movie is tantamount to having the flu and you could not get rid of the symptoms fast enough. While the screenwriters were on to it, they added the proverbial equivalent of PETA in this case of course it has been reversed  to AETP (Apes for the Ethical Treatment of People).
As for technicality, this DVD is excellent. It is clear and crisp, too bad there are better movies that do not have this advantage. I suppose if you like Mark Wahlberg or if you like animal genres (bees, ant, anacondas, spiders, etc...) you can keep this DVD to complete your collection. The DVD set also includes the making of the movie. Interestingly the actors had to learn how to walk like apes! Why! Did we not learn from grade school that in the theory of evolution, the apes began to master the world when they learned to walk upright? Mark Wahlberg not only plays a lost pilot in this movie, he looks desperately lost and wants to get out. Perhaps he was thinking that with this movie he may end up like that other actor who played Luke Skywalker, what was his name?
I am glad this DVD set was a present. It is not cheap either. This is a horrendous movie. The friend who gave it knew I like Helena Bonham Carter. Frankly I was curious how she would end up in a monkey suit. It's quite amusing, she is an attractive ape and she looks like she had hair electrolysis is the areas where it mattered, for apes, I guess. She is also sulky and pampered. I never thought I could distinguish a British ape from an American ape. The only similarity between this movie and the original planet of the apes is the title. Charlton Heston's cameo appearance on this film does not make it any more related to the original... so okay this is not the original movie. Both movies are preposterous, but why did we like the original and to this day watch their reruns on cable television - because the original had a plot! This movie, while loaded with special effects is disjointed with so many side-stories and sub-plots. It's protracted and watching this movie is tantamount to having the flu and you could not get rid of the symptoms fast enough. While the screenwriters were on to it, they added the proverbial equivalent of PETA in this case of course it has been reversed  to AETP (Apes for the Ethical Treatment of People). As for technicality, this DVD is excellent. It is clear and crisp, too bad there are better movies that do not have this advantage. I suppose if you like Mark Wahlberg or if you like animal genres (bees, ant, anacondas, spiders, etc... ) you can keep this DVD to complete your collection. The DVD set also includes the making of the movie. Interestingly the actors had to learn how to walk like apes! Why! Did we not learn from grade school that in the theory of evolution, the apes began to master the world when they learned to walk upright? Mark Wahlberg not only plays a lost pilot in this movie, he looks desperately lost and wants to get out. Perhaps he was thinking that with this movie he may end up like that other actor who played Luke Skywalker, what was his name?