Planet of the Apes (1968)

To me, this movie is perfection.

Crappy film

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Charlton Heston is my favorite actor-mainly for his roles in Biblical epics like The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, and The Greatest Story Ever Told.(All 3 released before this.) He's great in this too, despite it being a sci-epic rather than a religious one.It does not hold up to his Bible epics which is the main reason it gets a 9 and not a 10. One scene seemed slow to me as well. The plot follows a man who discovers a planet ruled by apes, and how he inhabits with them. A Fun Fact that I found out about this-and is important to note-is that it is the 2nd and last G rated movie to contain nudity.(Heston's rear is shown infrequently.) The other come out 2 years prior-it was The Bible:In The Beginning, which has Adam and Eve's scenes.(I have that movie too and a review on here for that on IMDB-so go on and check that out!Anyways, back to this. This 1968 G Rated movie also has some language-including lines like:"Get your stinking paws off me, you dam*ed dirty ape!" and"DAM* YOU! GD YOU ALL TO H*LL!"So don't let the G rating fool you-parents. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a more family friendly 1968 G rated movie!However, as a stand alone film, Planet of the Apes is a very good sci-fi movie that's worth seeing.

The second greatest film that came out in 1968. The first being Chitty Chitty Bang Bang of course.

We all know what Planet of the Apes is, but not all of us have seen the original films, or any of the films for that matter. I have to hand it to them, this film really was a masterpiece of science fiction, up there with "Dune" and "Star Wars". It has a subtlety that can't really be felt in films like this. There is action, suspense, and drama of course, but its not so much so that it has you on the edge of your seat. I was amazed at how far they went, even during this time period to make everything seem so real and well made, especially the sets. The ending, I won't lie, was quite infuriating, and probably one of the most widely discussed cliffhangers you'll ever see in your life. There are parts that get you a bit irritated though, say, problems that could easily be solved seem to be Greek to some of the main characters. Other than that though, there isn't much negative you can say about this film. I truly liked it, and look forward to continuing the series.

This is the real Planet of the Apes - superior to the reboot in any sense and in any aspect - better acting, better story, better everything, I even like the ape-masks more (they look far more real) then this crap CGI-Apes of the new ones.Charlton Heston plays the lead role in three classics of sci-fi: Soylent Green, The Omega Man, and Planet of the Apes. Like Ben Hur these movies are top notch for their time and even still after all the time for the genre of sci-fi.Watch this one and the sequels (they are not with Heston and can't keep up with the level of the 1st movie but are still good) and skip the video games Hollywood tries to sell us as "movies".