• A two-disc
DVD set loaded with special features • Visually
imaginative cinematography • Danny
Elfman's unusual musical score adds emotional texture and drama
Cons
• This movie
is better at creating spectacle than at sustaining drama • Wish
I had muted the sound on music video "Rule the Planet" • Mark
Wahlberg lacks the kind of charisma Charlton Heston had in original
The Bottom Line -
The 2001 version
of "Planet of the Apes" is reasonably diverting, but it’s much better at spectacle
than it is at drama.
Product Description
•
2001 version of
"Planet of the Apes" released in a two-disc DVD set
•
Loaded with special
features -- according to the DVD box :"over 13 hours of primate-packed extras"
•
Includes "Enhanced
Viewing Mode," where behind-the-scenes vignettes sporadically appear within a
small rectangle
Reviewed by Ivana Redwine
"Planet of the Apes" Starring Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter,
Tim Roth, and Michael Clarke Duncan, the 2001 version of "Planet of the Apes"
has been released as a two-disc DVD set that’s loaded with special features --
"over 13 hours of primate-packed extras," according to the DVD box. Directed by
Tim Burton, this action-adventure film is an update of the popular 1968 movie
of the same name that starred Charlton Heston, who has a cameo appearance in the
new film. I watched the 2001 version of "Planet of the Apes" on DVD recently and
found it reasonably diverting, but it’s much better at spectacle than it is at
drama. Also, I don’t think that Wahlberg in the new version has anything like
the kind of charisma that Heston had in the old, but I’d still say that overall
the new and old versions are about equally entertaining.
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