henfo

Sorry Tim, I've enjoyed most of your other films, but this was disappointing. I just couldn't work out if this was supposed to be a parody of the original version or to be taken serious adventure/drama. I loved the old Charlton Heston movie, but this was not anywhere near those standards.

So what was wrong with it? The make up and special effects weren't what you expect to see in 2002. Perhaps better than the original, but not that much better.

There were so many logical lapses that I just kept shaking my head at it. Yes I know that it is a sci-fi movie, but there has to be some realism in it anyway.

The acting was on many parts poor. Mark Wahlberg as Leo could have been replaced by a log. What Estella Warren was doing there except running around looking confused and pretty I just don't know. Certainly not acting. Helena Bonham Carter as the ape Ari was Ok, but no more. The same goes for Tim Roth as Thade.

The ending just seemed to be glued on. Left-overs from the cutting room perhaps? It didn't add to the story, but just left you confused. Worst of all it was a clear opener for a sequel. Shudder.

I had read the reviews expected it to be a good and funny film. I was _really_ disappointed. The film is advertised as some kind of romantic comedy, but is nothing of the sort. The only funny thing in it is the dog who appears for about five minutes.

Ok, so it was marketed the wrong way, but maybe it was good anyway? Nope. I don't think so.

The film is set in rural Sweden and watching it I had the distinct feeling that the movie was made by a bunch of people who have spent all their lives in down town Stockholm. Maybe they have once seen the countryside on a photo. The film and the characters in it just don't feel real! And all of them speak with a strong Stockholm accent.

Watching it I felt very irritated by how people living in the country side and smaller communities where depicted. Some kind of Swedish-style rednecks all of them, always wearing dirty, tattered clothes. The furniture, curtains and wall papers 70's style. The yards full of wrecked cars and everything looking poor, badly worn and tasteless.

Regardless of that, my main criticism is that the movie is so boring and very, very slow. I constantly checked my watch and the seconds just seemed to drag on.