ONTD Original: A Subjective Ranking of Every Planet of the Apes Movie

[shittysoup]

After torturing myself by watching and ranking every Batman movie, I decided to do it again. This time, I chose the Planet of the Apes films because I only recently learned that there's more than one AND that the franchise was rebooted relatively recently with a new film in the series set to be released next year in 2024. I had never seen the

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[sandstorm]

*opens ranking* yes, taste!

I downloaded Dawn after Rise was on TV and had no idea there were supposed to be subtitles at first. i just watched it and went "Damn that was cool, my man is so talented".

human lead is technically Jason Clarke (Aussie ONTDers, who the fuck is this man?)

ole boy looks familiar but I couldn't tell you where or how from.

[shittysoup]

He does look familiar but I checked his IMDB and I can't place him. I'm starting to wonder if I'm confusing him with Jai Courtney and if I'm incapable of telling Australians apart 😬

[hellojeds]

I voted for "Everything I know about Planet of the Apes is from The Simpsons", which is technically untrue as I've watched bits and pieces of the films over the years. However, I stand by my choice because the last video you posted, OP, is one of the greatest moments of The Simpsons and the reason why I can't hear Rock Me Amadeus without singing Dr. Zaius.

[shittysoup]

I was soooo impressed with the references they pulled from the original films! I've never seen a remake do call-backs like that so fucking well - but also in new, unique ways.

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[shittysoup]

With six comments!?

[flamingicecream]

Poor exasperated Cornelius 😂

[oncourt]

I... had no idea there were so many AND that it was originally a book!