Fantastic!

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Planet Of The Apes4 Out Of 5Planet Of The Apes is a sci-fi plot driven feature that depicts a life changing experience of an explorer who has landed on an unknown land and probably among a known species. Despite of having such a wide range on the genre, very few of them gets it right and this is one of them and primary reason to that is the maturity and the ingenious approach towards that concept is what makes it stand alone. It is short on technical aspects like cinematography, production design and editing although is rich in costume design and background score and sound effects. The writing is strong and witty and isn't afraid to visit unexplored places with thought-provoking concept and a sense of urgency that keeps the audience engaged throughout the course of it. The adaptive screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling is gripping and smart as the various steps in an act just falls in fluently without any hesitation. Franklin J. Schaffner; the director, is in his A game and has pulled off one of the best sci-fi fictional feature that is abruptly evergreen in its self-created mythology. It is short on performance but in actors' defense there isn't much range provided for them to factor in, accordingly. Planet Of The Apes is a worth exploring land on terms of the craft that went into creating such a glorifying and adventurous experience that communicates immensely with the audience.

Two enormous SF movies came out in 1968. This is the superior of the two. Planet of Apes spawned franchises, toys, model kits and basically was the blue print for the Star Wars juggernaut that came around a decade later. A brilliant movie with one of the greatest endings ever, it simply has withstood the test of time. The entire cast is as near perfect as a cast can be. This film allows one to suspend their disbelief - for instance why isn't Taylor shocked that the apes speak English? Doesn't matter. Maybe he's in shock. Who cares? What matters is that this movie works on EVERY SINGLE level. With an absolutely superb screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling (who lifts the death of Stewart from his own Twilight Zone Episode, The Solid Gold Caper) and one of the greatest shock endings (parodied often) in cinema history, this was a classic from it's first screening and it's a classic today. I never get tired of watching this. EVER.

OK, I'm 58 & i grew up on the ape movies. I was 10 when this move hit theaters. SPOILER ALERT! So 4 astronauts take off from earth in the future to explore. Houston there's a problem! They splash land into a body of water in an unknown planet. They all wake up from their "suspended animation tubes" & the only woman is already dead. Trouble is they don't know what planet they are in. Really? Theses scientists, these star gazers have no clue? I still like this movie because Charltan Heston (my President) was the action hero of his time. He headlined all the major movies in the 50's through even the 70's. He was tall, lean, blonde & kicked butt. Nobody at that time had ever come up with such a radical idea in sci-fi as the ape movies. It defined the age & even had its own "Raquel Welch type" (Linda Harrison) scantily clad eye-candy character. I wont nit-pick anymore obvious flaws in the story line. My wish is that Hollywood would stop with their re-makes using too much GFI &not enough story line. The newest ape movies are o.k. but they are sorely lacking in authenticity. I loved this movie!

Finally I reached the ground zero of one of the most historic and iconic science fiction series of all time and now examining it, is a great experience and a true journey trough time as this film will become 50 years old in 2018.Also what is also astonishing is that the effects and makes still hold up. As for the story it holds up so well ,because it is so simple, a group of astronauts crash lands in to a strange place were humans are mute act like animal and apes rule. There and during the film we see critics of religion, prejudice, reaction of the established order to keep itself in power and one of the greatest plot twist in film history.That's all I have to write about this film, for let's be real many critics in both the press and Youtube have gave much more analytic and in depth looks for this film and I have been partially inspired by them and use some of their notices.Overall this film must be in everyone list of films to see before you die.