Review: ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Sequel

You’d think that a movie franchise that was born in 1968, had four sequels and a television series, a 2001 reimagining and in 2011 a whole new reboot (featuring James Franco, no less), would have run out of energy by now. Or bananas. Or something. But I have to say, the latest movie version of French writer Pierre Boulle ‘s 1963 novel “La planète des singes” — or, as we have come to know it, “Planet of the Apes” — just may the the best of all. I’ll defer the top spot to Franklin J. Schaffner’s 1968 original , which worked off a screenplay crafted by Michael Wilson and the great Rod Serling . Yeah, the movie is cheesy, but it has at least two striking moments of originality: when we first see the gorilla on horseback bursting from the thicket, and that finale with Charlton Heston on the beach/ Dan Webster , 7 Blog. More here. (AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp: Andy Serkis portrays Caesar in “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”)

Question: Are you a “Planet of the Apes” fan?