Movie Critic

Last week I watched a movie which is called The Planet of Apes. I am not going to tell all movie here but I want to emphasize how the movie points out certain issues about humankind. If you watch the film, it is very easy for you to understand that the story of Planet of Apes is not all about Apes, but completely is about humankind. The film starts with a short prologue of the main character Taylor that he explains his concerns about humanity. As story goes on, there is one scene where Taylor is thrown into cage with other native humans. In that scene in which apes treats humans like animals is a good demonstration of dark side of humanity and helps to place viewers to put themselves into animals' position. In those scenes, humans are caged, used for experiments and even a one female native woman who will be later called Nova, is given to Taylor to be able to observe their reactions when they are together in the same cage.Thus these all action that apes do on humans reveals the ethical problem about humankind; do people act to their environment as like they want to be treated themselves. If you ask me, I don't think so. Also these scenes show how humans treat and dominate other species. At the end of the movie we see one of the most iconic scenes and images of cinematic history. As Taylor rides off with Nova into the Forbidden Zone, he realizes that the Statue of Liberty decaying on the sands.The recognition that the Planet of Apes is in fact his own planet makes us realize that how humans find a way to destroy their world because of their actions to other species. I think Planet of Apes is an excellent movie for sci-fi fans who wants to use their brain for a change, needs to see