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#18 - Planet of the Apes (2001)
JONA - 3
Wickle - 4
Karo - 8
KBM - 10
Inviso - 17
Stifled - 20
Scarlet - 23
Charon - 27
Johnbobb - 28
Snake - 30
Genny - 33
Total: 203

"When the movie started, I thought it was taking too long to get to the setting established by the title of the movie but it was made clear once Charlton Hestons character was captured. The beginning helped establish that character and made it easier to empathize with him once he couldnt speak. Charlton Heston did a really great job in both, a speaking and non-speaking role. The society thats shown in the movie is also very intriguing and helps make the movie both thrilling and thought-provoking. The ending is iconic with both the imagery and Hestons acting." ~JONA

"Strange, but fun movie. I enjoy the development the story takes, including the main character realizing where he was the whole time was an apocalyptic earth when he found the Statue of Liberty. I also really love how my copy of the movie suddenly lost sound at that very scene, so he started to say something but no sound appeared. Guess I will just have to assume he said space balls." ~Wickle

"A group of spacemen on a millennia-long space flight crashland on a planet where sentient monkeys subjugate a race of mute human beings. Soon many stinking paws of damn dirty apes are laid on our wayward travelers and the last survivor is left at the mercy of the fucked up simian civilization.
This role reversal of man and beast is used to highlight the many failings of human society. Everything from animal testing to racism to organized religion to the nature of man gets mocked brilliantly and without mercy.
Charlton Heston's over-the-top performance as the jaded captain of the space crew is a big highlight of the movie, the man is a veritable memorable quote machine throughout the film.
Despite the slow pacing, the movie is never without tension. There is always something propelling the story forward towards its horrifying revelation at the end.
It is interesting to note how the audience's perception of apes vs men changes as the movie go on, particularly how Dr. Zaius goes from being seen as an ignorant religious fanatic to a rather sad individual who just wants to protect his people. By the time Taylor is done screaming obscenities at the whole human race you will probably feel like the whole situation is for the best in regards to the planet." ~Karo

"I hate every ape I see, from chimpan-A to chimpan-Zee!
Oh, you'll never make a monkey out of me...
Troy McClure, A Fish Called Selma

If any of you haven't seen that episode of The Simpsons, go watch it, it's one of the greats. Anyway, I was caught off-guard by Planet of the Apes. Before this list, I'd seen the Burton remake and the new reboot series, but I really never felt motivated to watch the original. What I didn't expect was for the original to be a genuine epic. This movie kind of has it all: gorgeous, sweeping photography of the Arizona desert, one of Jerry Goldsmith's best scores, the director of Patton, and great performances from the whole cast. Heston plays a '60s everyman who simultaneously yearns for societal progress and falls short of it himself but unlike some of the older movies on this list, it actually ties in nicely to the plot and themes for this guy to be a bit backwards. Charlton Heston isn't one of my favorite actors of the era, but he is perfectly cast here.
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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful