Planet of the Apes deals with a great number of issues that come up in everyday society. If one looks closely at the story it is very easy to realize that Planet of the Apes is not at all about apes‚ but truly about mankind. It is a story about the human condition‚ and the way humans interact with their natural environment. It is a story about the dangers of religion‚ and even more powerfully a warning about the dangers of a politically active church. Planet of the Apes is a political allegory
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There are certain films that are just meant to become classics‚ to be seen as masterpieces‚ even if not during their heyday but after a few decades. Such an example of a film like this is Planet of the Apes‚ which the eccentricity of its origins gives it a boost when it came to the awesomeness of the film. However‚ this essay is not meant to explain the storyline‚ rather to give a description of the musical score of it. The story began aboard a spaceship that was on its way to an unknown place around
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Frankiln Scaffner’s Planet of the Apes (1968) is an epic science fiction film that stars the late Charlston Heston. The film begins as a group of Astronauts led by Taylor (Heston) in the would-be present crash land and end up on a seemingly alien planet a few thousand years into the future‚ via suspended animation. After trotting around and exploring the planet‚ they soon discover it governed by simian hominoids who hunt down and experiment on primitive humans who have lost the ability to speak.
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In both versions of ‘Planet of the Apes’‚ I interpreted much of the films to have underlying racial meanings. It is offensive to people of colour mainly because the tagline of this film is “rule the planet” and this helps explain that these films are about racial minorities taking over white supremacy. Whereas the white people must fight to gain back power‚ as if they are the people who must be in power. In the films it is seen as apes‚ though I saw them being the racial minorities or “others”. The
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5th period Planet of the Apes Influences The Planet of the Apes carries a great many influences from the 60’s from religion‚ science‚ to civil‚ women‚ and animal rights. This movie is less for entertainment and more of a social warning to the audience. The three most obvious influences are the fear of nuclear war‚ the space race‚ and separation of church and state. The Influence of the space race is hit on at the start of the movie as Taylor is seen inside of a space craft. The space race
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’‚ directed by Rupert Wyatt is about Will‚ one of the main characters‚ taking Caesar home so that he doesn’t get put down. He finds out that the drug‚ ALZ112‚ to cure alzheimers was passed onto Caesar‚ which makes him really intelligent. At the end of the movie he gives all the other apes the drug and they all escape from the enclosure‚ Will’s old work and from the zoo. Then hundreds of apes are running riot. In this movie Rupert Wyatt
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the movie compared to the setting in the book makes Planet of the Apes one of the greatest satires. In the movie‚ the setting takes place on earth in the future where apes deny and are afraid of the past‚ whereas the setting in the book is on a different planet where apes are civilized and technologically advanced‚ and the humans were primitive creatures. The orangutans in the movie prevent what happened to the humans from happening to the apes. Orangutans‚ such as Zaius went to great work as destroying
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original Planet of the Apes (1968)‚ directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Matt Reeves decided to focus more on the apes being the central part of the story. “The organic scope of the digitized character creation is breathtaking‚ using the technology to tell the story from the point of view of the apes‚ who remain the primary focus of the narrative.”(Kermode‚ 2014) Mark Kermode even goes on to say‚ “From its origins… to this state-of-the art 21st-century 3D-CG cinema outing‚ the darkly satirical Apes saga
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Jalin Gordon Professor Fleming ENG 110 19 October 2017 War for the Planet of the Apes On July 14‚ 2017 the film “War for the Planet of the Apes” was released showing exactly that‚ a war. During the two hours that the movie plays‚ it gives off a great vibe of integrity from the apes. As the movie begins‚ it gives a rainforest setting where the soldiers are plotting on their next strike against the enemy (the apes) and marching through striving for a victory. As before from the previous movies we
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I. Introduction Planet of Life: Apes to Man is narrated by Stacy Keach and it was originally produced and presented by the Discovery Channel. This series shows us about the history of evolution on this planet and each episode has a separate chapter in the biography of the world. This series also shows us that one group of primates moved onto plains where they evolved the ability to stand upright. They used computer and technology to examine the evolution of humans so that the series will be clear
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