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rank the Planet of the Apes films!

posted 7 months ago by ReelReviews14 (1220)
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Just saw the new one a few hours ago so its fresh in my mind! After giving it some thought at home, here is my current ranking:

1. Planet of the Apes (1968)
2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
3. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
4. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
5. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
6. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
7. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
8. Planet of the Apes (2001)
9. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
10. Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

[–] MovieBooker94 (398) 7 months ago

The original Planet of the Apes movie will always reign supreme and the less said about the terrible Tim Burton remake the better. The sequels to the original are hit and miss with only Escape and Conquest being very good while Beneath and Battle are either okay or mediocre. The reboot films are infinitely better than Beneath and Battle. Kingdom isn't quite as strong as the Andy Serkis trilogy, but it's still a worthy continuation. Interested to see how the sequels will turn out. I pray to good that the new trilogy doesn't end up like the Star Wars sequel trilogy from 2015-2019.

Like seriously, those movies were so f***ing terrible especially The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. Those films not only went against everything that made the original trilogy better, but the new ideas introduced gets sidelined in favor of spectacle. What brought them down for me were the new characters who could've had potential to be well written but they weren't and it goes to show that movie executives care about appealing to politics than telling a good f***ing story.

Sorry for ranting a little bit. Wanted to get that out of my chest.

[–] eastangliauk (393) 7 months ago

about what I would have also I would have dawn a little higher

[–] ReelReviews14 (1220) 7 months ago

I liked Dawn in theaters, and I still do, but I was disappointed by the safe, predictable ending, and I still feel that way. IMO its the weakest of the reboot films. It's still way above the trainwrecks Beneath the Planet of the Apes or Battle for the Planet of the Apes, though!

[–] WhereIsRent (1080) 7 months ago

1. War
2. Dawn
3. Rise
4. 1968
5. Kingdom
6. 2001 remake

Haven’t seen any of the others. My top 4 I consider to be great films and would give each of them at least a 9 out of 10. Kingdom had its moments but I mostly found it boring and a massive letdown compared to the Caesar trilogy. The remake is kind of entertaining for a bad film, Tim Roth is great.

[–] liscarkat (18460) 6 months ago

Planet of the Apes (1968)

after that, who cares?

[–] FootOfDavros (8196) 6 months ago

I think it's kind of pointless trying to rank the new ones alongside the old but as far as the new ones go:-

Rise
Dawn
War
Kingdom

But that's not to say Kingdom was bad. They're all good films.

[–] eastangliauk (393) 6 months ago

Mine

Planet of the Apes (1968)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
War for the Planet of the Apes
Kindom
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
tv show not the cartoon
2001
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Battle for the Planet of the Apes