Planet of the Apes Movie Novelization by William T. Quick

Planet of the Apes Movie Novelization Reviews

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  Book collector

  I genuinely thought I'd read this book back in 2001 (and that's a scary 20 years ago now) but on reading it I realised that I mustn't have read it. I haven't seen the movie. I have seen clips and I knew people at the time who went to see it and said it was awful. Certainly the clips I've watched are terrible. So I think I must have decided not to read this back in 2001. So is it any good? Hmm. The biggest problem is the plot. It's really not very good. The surprise twist is very predictable. The shock return of a character is ridiculously coincidental. The apes attitude to humans makes no sense as they can speak and hold conversations. Hardly the "dumb beasts" they are made out to be. Overall its a poor story. The book is quite well written though. The author tones down some of the onscreen excesses that were evident in the clips I watched and he tells the story well despite its weaknesses. The lead character of leo davison isn't a particularly nice one. As usual with these older planet of the apes films the leads reaction to the situation sits uncomfortably with me. The human race has little right to complain about slavery having engaged in the practice for millennial. In the original movies the humans reactions are uncomfortable. In the new trilogy my sympathies are very much with the apes. This 2001 version sits in the middle ground with very few characters being sympathetic. Ari, the chimpanzee is about the only compassionate character in the whole story. I'm pleased I've finally read it but it's certainly one of the weakest apes films. The book is only as good as the source material and unfortunately it struggles to make it work. Readable enough but the other films and adaptations are better.
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  Roman Paniagua

  I have recently read Planet Of The Apes by Tim Burton, so far in this book I've read that there is a Planet trillions of miles away from Planet Earth. Some people from Planet Earth took a spaceship to the Planet where it is all apes and this Planet is not safe because they are wild and never seen humans before.
  
  The people landed dangerously and crashed to the ground but they don't see anything once they first get out of the ship. Once they walk about a mile they see a swamp full of apes so they move very quietly because the people came to the Planet to find the ship that crashed on this planet before to get out of there.
  
  They find the ship and the planet of apes come to attack them.They try to start the ship and it works they just have to drive out of there and kill the apes in the ship.
  
  I like this book because the character and the trip that some humans on Planet Earth find the ship that landed on the planet to drive out of that apes planet.
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  Robert

  An intriguing novel. While its premise is somewhat unrealistic, its fast paced plot was interesting enough. However, I hear that this particular adaptation of the original Planet of the Apes wasn't as good as the others.
  
  I hope to be able to read and watch the better versions of this story.
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  Kandice

  Just like the other "rewrite" of Boulle's original, this one just didn't have the terror of possibilty his did. Even on the page, it came across as being all about what would look good, not what would make us think.
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  Indah Threez Lestari

  548th 2011
  
  Doesn't have Tim Burton's twisted ending but I still like it, though.