this film be another of director tim burton attempt to capitalize on a familiar title to bring his ` vision to the screen . he have do it with ` batman and ` sleepy hollow and now this . this be not a remake . the only thing it have in common with the original be that it have simian that can speak ( and charleton heston make a cameo ) . burton have reconstitute the entire story and water it down for today mass viewership . the original planet of the ape be a product of it time . during the 1960 america be struggle to redefine it civilization . it be a turbulent time of soul searching and rethink social norm . it be the civil right era where group long consider inferior demand to be treat a equal . in that context and pota be allegorical and reflect the philosophical turmoil confront the audience of the day . pota be an extremely intelligent film that broach difficult question and elegantly hold the oppression of american society up to scrutiny by make the white guy justify his intelligence to a specie he consider inferior . the dialectic between colonel taylor ( charleton heston ) and dr. cornelius ( roddy mcdowall ) and dr. zira ( kim hunter ) be think provoking and intelligent with irony both subtle and obvious . burton version be as much a product of today time a pota be of the sixty . this be ape for dummy . it be superficial and jejune and substitute politically correct platitude for intelligent dialogue and focus more on form than substance . the urprise end be utterly incongruous and contribute nothing to the film except a cliffhanger that set up the sequel . while the end of the original pota gracefully tie everything together in a single powerful scene and burton end simply mock the audience and taunting and ` i know something you do not know and and you be go to have to wait for the sequel to find out . from a technical perspective and a be always the case with burton film and the film be excellent . the makeup be fantastic and burton camerawork be outstanding ( though i continue to dislike his dark look ) . however and thirty three year of advancement in prosthetic makeup can not compensate for the insultingly vacuous script . the story have be reduce to a monster movie . the human band together behind captain davidson ( mark wahlberg ) to fight the monstrous ape and aid and abet by a few turncoat ( notably helena bonham carter a ari ) . the presentation be formulaic and simplistic with plenty of violence and perfect for today fast food mentality . the acting be mixed . mark wahlberg be a fine actor who be simply miscast in this role . walberg be excellent at play dark and sullen character that be torment but strong . this part require an inspirational hero and a profile not in wahlberg repertoire . helena bonham carter be a brilliant actor whose character be so far beneath her ability that the disconnect be laughable . she try desperately to do something with the flimsy character and but her interpretation present like a cross between a college peace demonstrator and love sick teenager . then there be tim roth . his be a virtuoso performance and single handedly save the film from total ruin . roth be diabolically hateful a the malevolent general thade . he create one of the most villainous and despicable bad guy i can remember in some time . additionally and his physical acting be superlative and render a chimp man that be such a perfect meld that one can almost believe that the specie exist . this film be a great disappointment . it be decent entertainment and as long a you check your brain at the door . i rat it a negative . from a technical perspective it be much good than that and perhaps a positive . however the story be an insult to the original franchise . it be simply another attempt by burton at self adulation and use a familiar title to attract throng to the box office so lots of people can see what a genius he be . of course it true and but it would be great if he use that talent to produce substantial film and instead of simple minded pap formulate for mass consumption .