Reviews for Monkey Planet

The average rating for Monkey Planet based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-05-26 00:00:00 Jonathan Crummett I think Pierre Boulle�s novel Planet of the Apes is a social fantasy, an allegory for revealing our civilization as blindly mimicking our past, as �aping� the good and bad of what has come before. It is a statement against complacency, a warning that history will repeat itself if we are not eternally vigilant. The novel may also be read as a cautionary illustration of our relationship with our environment and the animals with which we share the Earth. Or it�s a fun science fiction book about chimps, orangutans and gorillas ruling a planet. Written by Pierre Boule and first published in 1963, as La Plan�te des singes, this bears a closer literary resemblance to Edgar Rice Burroughs or Jules Verne than to modern science fiction. Boulle himself, the author of The Bridge Over the River Kwai, described the novel as a social fantasy. There is a scene of racial memory that is especially noteworthy, but a fine work throughout. I can say after reading the original novel that all of the films have been loosely based upon Boulle�s literature; although the most recent series may ultimately be the closest to Boulle�s vision. I am coming to believe that the 1960s were the zenith of science fiction and this is a good example.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-07-13 00:00:00 Feur Wanger When a film becomes so immensely popular they achieve pop culture status, such as The Planet of the Apes, (1968's version with Charlton Heston of course) and the many different reincarnations that follow, nothing can match it... including ironically the book which originated all the hubbub. Now a return to this novel and examine the quality of, not an even contest since countless hundreds of millions have viewed the motion picture, with relatively speaking a few million read the publication I'm guessing. A futuristic couple Jinn and Phyllis acting appropriately bored, while taking a soothing, leisurely vacation in remote , dark, endless Space still strangely enthralling in the distant year of A.D. 2500 ... They quite unexpectedly arrive upon an object outside their spaceship. Curious the pair retreats the item and memories go back to the days of sailing ships on the high seas of Earth, come forth with a rush . A message in a bottle is found, imagine; the manuscript is in the ancient language of the third rock from the Sun, French ...However Jinn having been well educated there and can read the papers though, he uncovers the author's name... written by Ulysse Merou and telling of an expedition from our world to the giant star Betelgeuse, 642 light years from good old Earth, their object was to explore planets suspected of orbiting that legendary star, maybe find life. Along with journalist Merou , are botanist Professor Antellet and physician Arthur Levain, when landing on one of the four planets discovered, they surprisingly meet humanoid like mutes, harmless creatures, primitives to be honest and easily dominated by the spacemen. Soon however the Earthmen, along with the natives are ambushed by...Apes more human than humans , no exaggeration either nor dream brutal reality sets in quickly and consequences begin ...Slaughtering them these intelligent ape-like animals; the men run for their lives but are soon captured, separated from his friends Ulysse is put in a humiliating cage with enchanting Nova a female mute he has befriended. This planet of the apes looks at Merou like a lowly animal in a zoo, leaving this upside down place is the ultimate goal of Ulysse, a nice place to visit but you wouldn't want to live there. A fine satire of the silliness of our world's numerous foibles and downright if I may say the old- fashioned word evil, everything changes but all remains the same...