We don't know what the future will be like, or, we know

Gillian 2022-03-21 09:01:41

When you know that you will never return to the century you are in, and that your relatives and friends have long since passed away, what is the difference between returning to the earth 700 years later and returning to the earth 2000 years later?
Three thousand years, four thousand years, or even ten thousand years, this number will only bring you deep loneliness.
Everything familiar has disappeared, everything has changed beyond recognition.
Just wonder if human beings are still as greedy and selfish as they are, still paying for their never-ending desires?

By accident, this is not the Earth that Taylor is most familiar with, but an unknown desolate planet.
The group first discovered plants, then discovered the jungle, and later discovered a human being very similar to them, an imbecile who couldn't speak.
Later, they were hunted by groups of orangutans.

Taylor said he believes there must be something better than humans in the universe.
After being hunted, imprisoned, beaten, and interrogated, he must not think that the species in front of him is better than humans.
They don't even know what it means to fly.

"Dr Zaius, l know who l am.
But who are you? How in hell did this upside-down civilization get started?"

After Taylor finally convinces the orangutans that their culture is higher, he seems to feel like he's the master again identity of.

- "The way l was humiliated by all of you? You led me around on a leash. "
- "That was different. We thought you were inferior."

Higher creatures were born to enslave lower creatures, the most correct cosmic truth.
So has Taylor ever thought about what would happen to him if he did find the so-called better species?

- "Cornelius was right, doctor. He proved it. Man was here first. You owe him your science, culture, whatever civilization you've got. "
- "Then answer me this. lf man was superior, why didn't he survive?"

The question from Dr. Orangutan in front of him seemed to be a powerless word from the incompetent successor of the brilliant civilization, which of course did not stir up waves in Taylor's heart.
After all, the higher civilization that existed before, although similar to human beings, is not his own civilization after all.

But when Taylor finally kneeling in front of the Statue of Liberty as broken, but it was his own discovery of the planet Earth, shouting

"by You Maniacs!
By You Blew up IT!
God Damn you!
God All Damn you to Hell!"

, He The mood must have reached the most desperate point.

This is a sci-fi movie full of irony and sadness.

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Extended Reading
  • Eliezer 2022-01-26 08:12:52

    The strong contrast of the upside-down future of the apes, the ridicule of human ignorance and the worries about fate. "Beware of human beasts. He is a subordinate of the devil. Among the primates of the gods, only humans hunt for fun, desire and greed. He will murder his brother for the land. Don’t let him multiply, he will make My home has become a desert. Avoid him and let the humans return to the jungle cave. He is the god of death." "What will he find? His fate"

  • Clare 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    The front is already at the level of four stars, and the ending is even more sublimated~ In retrospect, the film has already vaguely hinted at the beginning, but it is just right and does not make people think about that, so the final ending is really! Thank you for watching a few short reviews before, no spoilers!

Planet of the Apes quotes

  • Dr. Zaius: The Forbidden Zone was once a paradise. Your breed made a desert of it, ages ago.

  • Dr. Zaius: I see you've brought the female of your species. I didn't realize that man could be monogamous.

    George Taylor: On this planet, it's easy.