Cool pic! I loved the Planet of the Apes when I was a kid. (I cried when the baby ape died!)
I didn't realize Tim Burton was going to direct it. In general, I like his stuff(especially "Edward Scissorhands"), and his style is always evocative, but I was disappointed by how he handled "The Headless Horseman" - it's like he couldn't quite pick a tone for the movie, he kept alternating between serious gothic and comic book gore. I felt it could have been so much better storywise (it's a good story, after all, but he butchered it), though the sets were great.
I agree... I think he does better with the surreal, and lost his footing with Headless horseman, too, although I enjoyed it a-plenty...I'm pretty pumped for PotA, I miss Roddy even more, now....
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Date: 2000-12-16 10:32 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2000-12-17 07:24 pm (UTC)Vive le Apes!
Date: 2000-12-16 10:56 pm (UTC)I didn't realize Tim Burton was going to direct it. In general, I like his stuff(especially "Edward Scissorhands"), and his style is always evocative, but I was disappointed by how he handled "The Headless Horseman" - it's like he couldn't quite pick a tone for the movie, he kept alternating between serious gothic and comic book gore. I felt it could have been so much better storywise (it's a good story, after all, but he butchered it), though the sets were great.
Re: Vive le Apes!
Date: 2000-12-17 07:32 pm (UTC)Old skool SF
Date: 2000-12-16 11:47 pm (UTC)Gotta love it.
Re: Old skool SF
Date: 2000-12-17 07:34 pm (UTC)Re: Old skool SF
Date: 2000-12-17 08:53 pm (UTC)Re: Old skool SF
Date: 2000-12-17 07:33 pm (UTC)renew!renew!renew!
Cripes! I'm over 30!
Re: Planet of the Apes --
Date: 2000-12-17 07:18 pm (UTC)Take your filthy paws off me, you damn dirty ape!