The Planet of the Apes Movies

If Humans would understand Apes the society would be a little different:
What if the humankind finds themselves discovering something new. Finding an Alien planet where apes rule the world and humans have no value more than tiny ants, any signs of disobedience, they get stepped on. If you would ask someone here and now, is this possible? They would certainly disagree. That is just an assumption, like many other thoughts in our world. The Planet of the Apes isn’t a fairy tale, they are in fact precautionary tales, originating from the French novel “La Planete des singes” from the author Pierre Boulle.

This Science Fiction classic explores sociological viewpoints of evolution of Humankind. We aren’t the only one capable of thinking, speaking and with enhanced cognitive functions, that makes us more superior to the other animals. What if we ask ourselves, even once, “What would it feel like to be in their lives and hierarchy? Would the Apes be merciful as we are, or show us the bitter side of how we treat them?” No one knows. The relationship between humans and apes is like a relationship between siblings. Our origins are the same, we have the same behavior and the same reaction to emotions. But what is that makes us so different. Sure the apes wouldn’t be that cruel, selfish or mean to us or other animals. Humans do love to talk about their intelligence. But we’re overlooking medical testing for drugs, make up testing for the glamorous, food testing for the experimental? The animals have no choice but to consent due to fear. The apes are siblings to us, genetically. They eat, drink, sleep, reproduce, but it’s troubling how we treat them. Killing animals is very common around the globe as well as talks off kindness and mercy. We are the only species that kills without any proper reason. So, let’s just suggest that in this movie everyone is just funny and joking right? We should try to ask the Apes what they think? These movies are perfect for everyone to gain insight and empathy for animals and try to teach us the important lesson that Mother nature meant for us to co-exist, and we have to open our hearts fully to experience a greener and safer Earth, for animals and humans. The title will be presented in the movies from various producers who opens the mind to these questions.

Original Series:

5. Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

Now started a never-ending war between the Humans and the Apes. The World shakes in fear and everything seems to lose control. Only priority is and will be World order, that the Humans and Apes can work together as a team and build a new society how Caesar wanted. He showed more mercy than the other side around for sure. This was the hopeful finally that everyone was waiting for to the bitter end. Even though there were plans to ruin the peaceful end that the Apes again would rule, but let find out in the great finale of the series.

IMDb 5.5 / Release Date: 1973
Trailer / Director: J. Lee Thompson

4. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

The positive response to Escape was reliable so a new movie was made under a very low budget. It was very critical time point cause a virus or a plague broke loose and killed all our beloved animal friends (dogs and cats). Because of that too, and from early movies started slowly the ending of the era where Apes ruled, now they were the slaves covered in a name of a pet for the Humans to play with them. After that we saw a rebellion rising faster than the Humans expected to be, like a storm coming to break this World again. A new name has arisen to get attention around for the rebellion, Caesar. Maybe they wanted to mark the old Caesar and show how he ruled the Roman Empire and was remembered through lifetime.

IMDb 6.1 / Release Date: 1972
Trailer / Director: J. Lee Thompson

3. Escape from the Planet of Apes (1971)

This movie brought a new light to the series, like a turning point for the new world order. It was set in the United States, escaping from a nuclear apocalypse for now. Starting from a new beginning, the Apes and the Humans try to make change and restart, but it will end tragic for the Apes but they being again abused and tortured like today. This time the torture is about the future, if the Apes have some inside info about what will happen tomorrow, no one knows. That needs to be find out for the story and a new path will rise. The movie was better than Beneath for sure and gave a different perspective into the whole story.

IMDb 6.3 / Release Date: 1971
Trailer / Director: Don Taylor

2. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

Following the footsteps of the first Apes movie was maybe for many, a sequel. I mean if you would surely see how human mutants praise the Goddess of the Nuclear bomb. That would be the only thing why this movie is significant for its point and it was the only thing to be worth remembering in the movie. The critics were true about it being a poorly made imitation and added no significant contribution to the main story. The same special effects was recycled from the first. Nothing whatsoever extraordinary only war, destruction and destroying everything for the good.

IMDb 6.1 / Release Date: 1970
Trailer / Director: Ted Post

1. Planet of the Apes (1968)

In the first movie the storyline is starting when the Humans were on a search for intelligent life forms on other planets. They found themselves in that movie as outsiders, because we were invading a new planet with the name Planet of Apes. Of course, the people who saw the Planet and found humans were only the pawns to the Apes tied in leashes and trapped in cages. The fear grew by when they saw how things can be different and will change through time. This movie is and was an art show, make up effects were ahead of its time, to put the humans resembling as primate characters, but the humans don’t need a cover. Surely it would be fun to see if the Apes would dress in Human outfit. This movie was written by Rod Sterling and its based on the Boulle’s novel. We knew it was Earth when we saw the buried Statue of Liberty.

IMDb 8.0 / Release Date: 1968
Trailer / Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Remake:

1. Planet of the Apes (2001)

Let’s try to describe this movie is little different with Tim Burton taking on the wheel of creation. The story is essentially the same within its core, but with storyline twists Apes ruled the world, Humans were pets or enslaved. Than after that came a turning point cause the one man who accidently came through a wormhole started a rebellion and demanded freedom for the Humans. Falling in love with a female ape, that was maybe the hit or best point in the whole movie. Yeah Tim sure did change the movie, many told it was a bad and confusing end for that movie, so no sequel was started on this one. Planet of the Apes (2001.)

IMDb 5.7 / Release Date: 2001
Trailer / Director: Tim Burton

Reboot Series:

3. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

Many would find themselves relieved as this Saga of Planet of the Apes has come to an end, as most of them can’t imagine living in a world where we are not the only superior beings. Surely you see everyday an Ape how he is riding a horse and leading a whole army to win the final battle to their victory. The Ape population was decreasing due to skirmishes on them, despite pleas for peace, so Caesar gave in to his dark primal instincts and did what any cornered animal would do. Fight for Survival.

IMDb 7.5 / Release Date: 2017
Trailer / Director: Matt Reeves

2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

With the rise of the Apes, led mankind to contract the Simian flu, leading to the population being eradicated. 10 years after Caesar and his tribe lived peacefully in the woods until they came in contact with flu survivors. Caesar tried to maintain peace, as he knows there are humans who can understand each other with their soft hearts. Caesar and the group leader Malcolm grows together with a mutual Understanding, working together to create a proper alliance between our two species, however Caesar’s lieutenant, who was a cruel victim of animal experimentation hates human, and overthrows Caesar’s regime and mount an attack on the human city. Caesar and Malcolm work together to bring this attack to an end, and bring back peace and act as voice of reason for their community, proving that humans and animals can live in peace without hurting each other.

IMDb 7.6 / Release Date: 2014
Trailer / Director: Matt Reeves

1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

The world needed another reminder on the reality of animals being prisoners for industries. Caesar was a chimpanzee who gains human emotions and a greater intelligence due to an experimental drug. His caretaker took him as his own and raised him, teaching him how to be better, he was not a pet, but more like a son. Eventually the world started to see him as a animal instead as a equal being, for defending his human family. If a human would follow Caesars action’s, he wouldn’t be even punished or treated like a worm. Caesar was then confined to other primates in a zoo, for the people’s safety, understanding the pain of each every living being locked inside that zoo, Caesar steals the drug which made him unique and gave it all to his comrades spreading a Simian flu virus fatal to humans , and became their leader for the Revolution. For the Planet of the Apes.

IMDb 7.6 / Release Date: 2011
Trailer / Director: Rupert Wyatt

So, these movies and the others were more likely to be the Caesar’s own story how he saw it, lived it and felt it as an animal, who is close to us humans, yet live in a vast different way

If you want to look up the TV and animated series:
Planet of the Apes (TV series)
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