i have to admit that this re imagining of the original 1968 film be a huge disappointment . specially when take into consideration that this be a tim burton film . he be defenetly one of the most original and and might i say and cool director hollywood have produce . i be personally a great fan of his work and but something obviously go wrong with his late flick and the planet of the ape . i really enjoy the original film . when it first come out people expect just another cheezie 70 science fiction film and but a very surprise anding totally prove that theory wrong . it have indeed a clear cut message . an obvious anti war message . fear of the cold war and where it be take the world and fear of the use of nuclear weapon play a big role in the mind of the film maker . those reason make the film rise above all expectation and it become a instant classic . although and the new film and the re making or whatever and leave u with nothing . no message and no ideal behind it . it be just another money mind summer blockbuster . visually tim burton do not let you down . the dark and creepy setting be excellent and of course the make up be terrific . obviously that be not enough to keep people intrested in a film . there have to be an exciting plot or storyline . in this movie the plot be highly uninteresting and it be extremely badly think out . the script be very lame and it be full of gap . it look like this film have be write in a big hurry . the explanation for why the ape where there and and why the rule the planet be indeed very stupid and prove the script writer ignorance . it raise a lot of question and which have no reasonable answer to . for example while why do the ape speak english . and why be there other ape specie than chimp on the planet ( give that there be only chimp in the space ship that crash land on the planet ) where the hell do all of those human come from . how be a few chimp able to evolve into a huge raise of all kind of monkey in only a few thousand year . ( i mean it take a few million year for u to evolve from monkey to man . ) and finally and the bad surprise end be just plane dumb . it be probably just throw in because the original film have such an end and then they felt that the audience be expect the same kind of end . the end also raise a lot of question and which i know and do not have intelligent answears . do theid learn to work the space ship . and which be power less and and learn to fly back in time and take over the earth single hand . and and and what do he do and breed with all the woman . and let say that that would happen and i higly doubt that history would stay the same and like washington would be build exactly like it be today . ( i mean wouln not there be a huge banana instead of the memorial . ) well and just to say something posative about the film . some of the cast be great . helen bonham carter character be interesting and well acted and a for tim roth a theid . he be very good and a little exaturated at some point of the film . michael clark duncan be also fine . i be not happy with marc whalberg . he be not much of an actor and and play here a very macho colour less character . very unbielevable and be nothing compare to hestons character in the original . and the main female character have no reason or place in the film . she be just cast for the look . hardly say a word throughout the entire film . well and i think that in the future when people think about the planet of the ape and they will think about the original one . the late will soon be forget .