"Planet of the Apes" (2001) Directed by Tim Burton

“The smarter we get, the more dangerous our world becomes”.

Slightly different appraisal for this, the second remake/re imaging in Tim Burton’s catalogue. Firstly, I love the 1968 original of the same name. I grew up with this and distinctly remember how blown away I was by the ending of the original (late night/early morning watching on television when I was still a young boy). The 1968 original still sets the standard although the recent 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes by Rupert Wyatt is a fantastic film and highly recommended if you haven’t seen it. Far more stylised and updated than either the original or here, the Tim Burton remake.

But I also like Tim Burton’s 2001 re-imaging! There are many faults, the ending borders on farce and some of the apes are far too human like they become too disconcerting after a while. If that isn’t a paradox in and of itself! It’s also the least Tim Burton film of all of his vast cannon of work. While a huge fan of Burton (as you may have noticed), this film is all the better for being less, well, Burtonesque!

A brief premise:

2029 on the space station Oberon, “Captain Leo Davidson” (Mark Wahlberg) receives a video postcard from home during which a power failure alerts the crew of a huge vortex/electrical storm heading their way. After seeing his favourite chimpanzee sent to investigate and subsequently disappear, against orders, Captain Davidson sets off to investigate. Sucked into the vortex, the instrument panels state he’s journeying into the future. But is he?

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The above opening paragraphs are taken from my spoiler free review of "Planet of the Apes" penned and published over a decade ago, transferred to my Medium blog site and which can now be read in full and for free via my career long and huge opus blog article on the films of Tim Burton below:

https://medium.com/@stephenblackford561/the-magic-of-tim-burton-680403373369

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