Planet of the Apes is a film that I have never actually seen
but bought the bought set for a tenner from HMV. The first film sees an
astronaut crew crash land on a planet which is run (not surprisingly by apes). The plot is rather flimsy as all that happens
is that Charlton Heston crash lands on the planet, get caught by the apes, try
and convince the apes of who he is and try to escape. It’s only 112 minutes and whilst I wasn’t wowed
by the movie, I thought that its running time was the right length.
The make up was also very impressive. It’s easy to mock when
you judge it against today’s standards but it does hold up quite well. The
hairstyles are screaming the era that it was made and the fashion is also slightly
suspect but whenever your trying to predict fashion in the future your always
going to get into trouble and its quite amusing at times.
In terms of performances, Charlton Heston is easily the best
thing in the movie. His performance tries to be macho but he doesn’t quite pull
it off. What he does do well is demand your attention whenever he’s on screen.
I wasn’t as interested with the apes but thought that Heston’s performance draw
you in.
I’m not quite sure that I could call this a great film. It’s
a rather average film if truth be told with one rather impressive moment but I’m
hoping that the rest of the films will be an improvement but from what I’ve
been told that isn’t entirely acurate
