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OK, here is what doesn't sit well with me about the *surprise* ending (which was more like a cliffhanger). The general consensus is that General Thade found the ship in the swamp and found a way to travel back in time to change the future and make apes rule the earth. That's fine. But, here's what I didn't like... Why was the new 'modern day' Ape Earth EXACTLY like our current modern day earth? Even if Thade could go back in time and cause some sort of uprising, that doesn't explain why the DC skyline looked exactly the same, down to the bridges, etc.. Why did their police cars look exactly like ours, their sirens sound the same, their clothing look the same, etc., etc.? Their civilization would have to have some major differences. It would have been much better if Leo would have landed in a more rural area, and then, perhaps, came across Mount Rushmore with Thade's face on it, or something. That would have been much more plausible, don't you think? But to have him land in a densely populated city left too much to be explained. An ape city that looks exactly like one of our cities just doesn't make sense.
Maybe Thade was able to get his hands on those transmissions from different time periods on Earth that they eluded to at the beginning of the movie, which is how he knew to have his memorial look exactly like Lincoln's memorial. Even if he could have done that, he still wouldn't have lived long enough to make sure 'modern day' Ape Earth would turn out to be exactly like the Earth that Leo was used to. Oh, well... if there is a sequel, I hope it will be better.
And, while I'm griping... maybe next time we can have some character development??? Is that too much to ask? I didn't feel even remotely attached to any of the characters. Leo's emotions were demonstrated by his constant squinting (since when was this considered acting? All of today's young actors do this), Daena stood on rocks profiling and brooding, Thade had tantrums, Kris Kristofferson scrunched his face (wait a minute... he does that in all of his films!), Ari slobbered over Leo, etc., etc. I don't call that character development. I guess that IS too much to ask these days (another culprit is "Pearl Harbor". Where was the character development there?). Well, Tim Burton and Rick Baker did the best they could with the script they were handed. I'll take the original movie over this remake.
OK, here is what doesn't sit well with me about the *surprise* ending (which was more like a cliffhanger). The general consensus is that General Thade found the ship in the swamp and found a way to travel back in time to change the future and make apes rule the earth. That's fine. But, here's what I didn't like... Why was the new 'modern day' Ape Earth EXACTLY like our current modern day earth? Even if Thade could go back in time and cause some sort of uprising, that doesn't explain why the DC skyline looked exactly the same, down to the bridges, etc.. Why did their police cars look exactly like ours, their sirens sound the same, their clothing look the same, etc., etc.? Their civilization would have to have some major differences. It would have been much better if Leo would have landed in a more rural area, and then, perhaps, came across Mount Rushmore with Thade's face on it, or something. That would have been much more plausible, don't you think? But to have him land in a densely populated city left too much to be explained. An ape city that looks exactly like one of our cities just doesn't make sense.
Maybe Thade was able to get his hands on those transmissions from different time periods on Earth that they eluded to at the beginning of the movie, which is how he knew to have his memorial look exactly like Lincoln's memorial. Even if he could have done that, he still wouldn't have lived long enough to make sure 'modern day' Ape Earth would turn out to be exactly like the Earth that Leo was used to. Oh, well... if there is a sequel, I hope it will be better.
And, while I'm griping... maybe next time we can have some character development??? Is that too much to ask? I didn't feel even remotely attached to any of the characters. Leo's emotions were demonstrated by his constant squinting (since when was this considered acting? All of today's young actors do this), Daena stood on rocks profiling and brooding, Thade had tantrums, Kris Kristofferson scrunched his face (wait a minute... he does that in all of his films!), Ari slobbered over Leo, etc., etc. I don't call that character development. I guess that IS too much to ask these days (another culprit is "Pearl Harbor". Where was the character development there?). Well, Tim Burton and Rick Baker did the best they could with the script they were handed. I'll take the original movie over this remake.