So I saw Planet of the Apes today. I was so looking forward to it, too. Every other "big summer movie" that had anything sci-fi about it just tanked this year. Not to be out-done by such gems as AI, Jurasic Park III and Tomb Raider, Planet of the Apes is one big stinker.

You know how the original Planet of the Apes is good in the very beginning, just strange and creepy in the middle, with a way cool "wow" ending? Well, this isn't the same story, though it does have a bunch of talking apes and social messages for them to club you over the head with. The new version has an ok beginning, a long boring middle, and an ending that makes you wonder why you just spent that much money to sit through such schlock. Someone forgot to tell the director that this wasn't supposed to be a comedy.

Alas. Now there's only "Ghosts of Mars" to look forward to. And you know how the last two mars movies turned out....