The tendency to create sequels after the successful box office of the original movie arose from the time of the first commercial film projects. Everyone wants to earn money, but at the beginning an unwritten rule worked: each of the continuation paintings should have been no worse than the successful first. This rule can be applied with a stretch to the epic Planet of the Apes (all parts in order will be listed below), created based on the work of the French writer Pierre Boule.
American franchise
This is a popular franchise made in America, which lasts for a considerable time period - 1960-2014. Before you try to analyze in a chronological order the film “Planet of the Apes” (parts in order), it is worth noting that it consists of an original picture, one remake, two teleadaptations, four sequels, not counting books, comics and video games.
Order of all parts
The first part of Planet of the Apes was released back in 1968. Its creator, the famous Oscar-winning director Franklin J. Schaffner, took the classic novel of the same name and made a science fiction film based on it. The result was a masterpiece original, giving rise to a whole franchise, but remaining the most outstanding and interesting in it. On the whole, a positive, but rather angry tale about an inverted, distorted world has become a worthy literary source for a film adaptation. Considering the franchise "Planet of the Apes" (all parts in order), it should be noted the changes in the film adaptation of the original source, affecting the finale. Wise screenwriters changed it so that they opened the track, which allows for a successful combination of circumstances to remove the sequel. And so it happened.
After 2 years, in 1970, the film "Under the Planet of the Apes" appeared on the screens. Mort Abrahams and Arthur P. Jacobs, producers of both films, have changed directors and screenwriters. Now, Ted Post and Paul Den took part in the filming. The plot of the tape was not straightforward, several plot lines famously intersected in it, and the viewer got the opportunity to study in more detail the civilization of intellectually developed monkeys. But if the middle of the picture was quite rich and interesting, the plot and climax were frankly upset. However, analyzing the epic Planet of the Apes (all parts in order), to call this part the worst would be unfair.
Annual tradition
After the frankly unsuccessful second part of the director Ted Post it seemed that nothing more could be wedged into the cyclical idea, however, changing the concept of an inverted universe, the scriptwriter Paul Dan wrote the script and in 1971 saw the light of the next film - “Flight from the Planet of the Apes”. This picture maintained a high standard in terms of plot, acting, and an impressive climax. Despite the fact that the film is part of the Planet ... cycle, it does not have a celestial body as such, and the plot action takes place in the 20th century on Earth. This project breathes and lives metamorphoses.
Literally a year later, the film “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes” (1972) directed by J. Lee Thompson, which is the strongest in the series about the relationship between monkeys and people, is released for rent. He is very emotional and even tough, the battle scenes in him are extremely dramatic, the acting is on the level.
The cycle “Planet of the Apes” (all parts in order) ends with the work of J. Lee Thompson “The Battle for the Planet of the Apes”. This part of the entire pentalogy, which arose in the 60s of the past century, shows by its example a sad tendency - alas, but the more episodes, the worse each successive becomes. Moreover, Thompson shot a direct continuation of only his film, without fundamentally touching the previous parts. The television series Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1974) also received no positive reviews from film critics or the audience.
"Planet of the Apes", all parts in order in the 21st century
The first franchise film shot in the 21st century is Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes (2001). The director in the film tried to moderate his sarcasm and did not give vent to his wild visual fantasy. He turned out to be more faithful to the literary source and released a high-quality film project, which instantly became popular and in demand. And intellectually gifted viewers threw a couple of disturbing thoughts for thought.
After 10 years, in 2011, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (“Planet of the Apes 2”) was released. In the picture of Rupert Wyatt, in the sixth spin-off of the cult film, the viewer is presented with the background of what he has already seen. This is an alternative version of the 1972 film by J. Lee Thompson, which is very elegantly and wittily combined with both original paintings.
Summary and Perspective
To this day, the last released part is Planet of the Apes: Revolution (2014). "Planet of the Apes-3" is quite rethought and innovative, but practically not related to Buhl’s novel. This sentimental touching science fiction set foot on the path of confrontation and apocalypse. The main achievement of Matt Reeves was that, in addition to a bewitching gloomy entertainment, the authors do not follow a primitive encounter, burdened with the vices of humanity and good monkeys. The essence of the conflict being demonstrated is that any society becomes chaos without a sane leader.
In the future, in 2017, another film is expected to be released - “War on the Planet of the Apes”, or (second working title) “Planet of the Apes: Extermination”. According to rumors, the scriptwriter Mark Bomback is working on a script in a creative alliance with Matt Reeves, who shot the sequel.