What is the attraction to the monkey movies?

[Akita Suggagaki]

We definitely need to repent. Sin is and always will be the greatest threat to human happiness and flourishment.

But the Earth is not the Garden - and one day the Lord will return and reign - then after a thousand years the Earth will be cleansed and celestialized and be our eternal abode.

The Earth is ours forever. No sin will change that. Nothing we could ever do will change that.

Yes, ours and the oceans polluted with plastic.

 

[Zaha Torte]

Yes, ours and the oceans polluted with plastic.

Its our ocean and our plastic.

 

[returntosender]

The carnal, fleshly, sinful world ..... not unusual.

God Permits it until it is His Determined Time to Come Save His People.

So you think there's more behind the monkey movies then entertainment?

 

[Zaha Torte]

So you think there's more behind the monkey movies then entertainment?

There has to be because they aren't entertaining.

 

[returntosender]

There has to be because they aren't entertaining.

LOL

 

[Ophiolite]

I'm still confused as to the attraction? What is it with monkeys walking around and talking like they are people?

I don't even know if it is about the monkeys - it could be any animal - I think some people just don't like people and want us to be replaced.

First and foremost the films are entertainment. You don't need to look much further than that. I understand that most of the contributors to this thread are not entertained by them. That's fine. Let's celebrate the diversity of human interests.

Moreover, for the most part, they are not sophisticated entertainment. They fit in the adventure/action movie genre, with all the features associated with them. If you like that genre you may well like the movies. I said "for the most part", because the first Planet of the Apes movie did have a more serious message. If I recall correctly it was pointing out the problem of human arrogance and its consequences. (I would have thought that theme would have resonated with a Christian audience.) Sequels and remakes were a no-brainer approach to film investment - "if it made us money before, it can make us money again".

Now, a technical point: can we please stop confusing monkeys with apes. There are many differences between the two groups, but the most obvious to the layman - and it is almost universal - is that apes never have tails, whereas monkeys do. The Barbary Macaque is the exception of a tailless monkey.

 

[Zaha Torte]

First and foremost the films are entertainment. You don't need to look much further than that. I understand that most of the contributors to this thread are not entertained by them. That's fine. Let's celebrate the diversity of human interests.

Moreover, for the most part, they are not sophisticated entertainment. They fit in the adventure/action movie genre, with all the features associated with them. If you like that genre you may well like the movies. I said "for the most part", because the first Planet of the Apes movie did have a more serious message. If I recall correctly it was pointing out the problem of human arrogance and its consequences. (I would have thought that theme would have resonated with a Christian audience.) Sequels and remakes were a no-brainer approach to film investment - "if it made us money before, it can make us money again".

Now, a technical point: can we please stop confusing monkeys with apes. There are many differences between the two groups, but the most obvious to the layman - and it is almost universal - is that apes never have tails, whereas monkeys do. The Barbary Macaque is the exception of a tailless monkey.

All apes are monkeys just like how all dogs are puppies.

 

[returntosender]

Ape movies doesn't have a ring to it we all have a right to our opinions without getting hot under the collar,sheesh. We aren't jumping on anyone for liking them.

 

[returntosender]

Good grief!

 

[Ophiolite]

All apes are monkeys just like how all dogs are puppies.

No. That analogy does not fit. Apes did not evolve from monkeys. Monkeys and apes evolved from a common ancestor that was neither ape or monkey. Anyway, my clarification on primate classification was a technical aside, not central to the topic of the OP.

 

[Zaha Torte]

No. That analogy does not fit. Apes did not evolve from monkeys. Monkeys and apes evolved from a common ancestor that was neither ape or monkey. Anyway, my clarification on primate classification was a technical aside, not central to the topic of the OP.

It was meant to be a joke.

 

[Larniavc]

All apes are monkeys just like how all dogs are puppies.

That is the least accurate thing I've heard all day.

Edit: I've been Poed.

 

[Zaha Torte]

That is the least accurate thing I've heard all day.

Edit: I've been Poed.

You mean besides the claim that these movies are entertaining.

 

[Larniavc]

You besides the claim that these movies are entertaining.

To be fair that's subjective. I also don't care for this films as I have an aversion to chimps but other people seem to like them.

 

[MehGuy]

I liked the first Planet Of The Apes movie. Never seen the others. But something about monkeys (yeah monkeys.. lol) riding horses is so cool.

Believe the first movie was originally supposed to be a Twilight Zone episode that was so good it was made into a feature length film.

 

[Ophiolite]

It was meant to be a joke.

Sorry. It went over my head, or past my knee cap. Not sure which.