re: Am I the only person on Earth who thought Planet of the Apes sucked?

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it's like deus ex machina...for the sequel(s)

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The virus was the weak link. Why would it kill humans but make apes more intelligent. Also considering they were dealing with viruses, their containment procedures were ridiculously lapse.

Having said that, I went in with low expectations and really ended up liking the movie.

I agree that Franco sucks but this was Caesar's movie.

I actually like the virus idea better than the nuclear war idea from the originals. I mean, nukes would have killed the apes too.

I just think the virus idea was executed poorly.

But....that was such a minor part of the movie, it didn't bother me too much.

Well except for the idiot taking off his mask and then nobody worrying about containment. That did stick in the back of my nitpicking brain.

Virus idea = good
Execution = bad
Franco = always distractingly bad

I admit this is one of the first sequels that I truly look forward to seeing.

It is Hollywood though so I have no doubt they can lay a massive egg on the sequel.

Other nitpicks

The CEO. The guy was one dimensional and he made NO sense.

One ape going crazy but showing tremendous results would not have come close to shutting the program down. The CEO in reality would be wetting himself with delight.

Same case when Franco tells him he has an Alzheimer's cure. CEO doesn't care until he hears it can increase intelligence.

They needed a foil for Franco but the CEO was weak and didn't react in a remotely rational way.

They just needed a human for us to hate in the final copter scene which leads me to my last nitpick which was the Riot Squad letting a civilian into their copter while going after the apes.

So, I had some nitpicks but it was MUCH better than I could have ever imagined.

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