You can never convince someone their opinion about a film is wrong
Everyone is entitled to their opinion - no matter how wrong they are ;-)

Nothing I can say will make you like the movie - I know nothing could make me like the Shawank Redemption (see what an amazing pun I did there?!?!). But I'd like to explain something to you about the film.

You're supposed to feel bewildered, angry, bored, frustrated and annoyed by the random pretentiousness of it all.

Y'see, most films take place over the events of a few days. Some films take place over a few years. A very select few take place over a couple of generations (the Godfather).

This film takes places over millions of years. The time between the apes and the men on the moon is the same as the time between the men on the moon and the end.

You feel the same way about the second half of the movie as the apes feel about the first half. It's incomprehensible gobbeldygook with no reference to reality.

I'm not saying you're as thick as a damn dirty ape - just that the story intends for you to feel that way.

It's also a sci fi tale without laser guns and nubile princesses - which may also explain it....
(terryeden, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 18:26, Reply)