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It is SO rare and refreshing to see a Planet of the Apes reaction from someone who literally knows nothing about the movie!💕💕💕🐵

Definitely one of the biggest plot twists in the history of cinema

This film has the most famous twist ending in the history of American cinema. It's a rare treat to see an unspoiled reaction.

"You Maniacs! You blew it up!" One of the best, most iconic, and heavily referenced twists of all time. This movie is so good.

2:09 "The lady's skin is going to be completely dead." The combination of that comment and your reaction to the reveal of her skin indeed being completely dead had me rolling. It's the best laugh I've had in a while.

That makeup joke was so accidentally hilarious! 😄

The different species of apes fulfilled specific roles in ape society. The chimpanzees were scientists, the gorillas were the military and the orangutans were the church/government authorities.

This movie is proof that a well directed and well written film is pretty much timeless.

I love watching people’s reaction to the ending in this film. It really struck us hard when the movie came out.

Mary is great at watching older movies with an open mind, when so many of my friends wouldn't give this a chance. It's rare to watch someone see this movie without any spoilers, good fun.

Pierre Boulle (French) wrote the original novel. He also wrote Bridge on the River Kwai and Mary might like the movie of that as well for moral dilemmas and a clash of cultures.

I saw that movie in 1969 in a theater when I was 14 years old. I and the entire audience were shocked at the surprise ending, and it was talked about and discussed for months afterwards because we hadn't been exposed to twists like that before in science fiction movies. I am now 70 years old, and it is so refreshing to see someone experience this movie as I did so many years before. Unfortunately the sequels and modern reboots don't live up to the message and shock of the original.

Whoever told Mary to not research this movie beforehand, you're doing God's work, friend! You helped make this reaction the best ever to this classic and you deserve a medal. So thank you!!! Your total surprise at the end was EVERYTHING, Mary! 🥰🥰🥰

It's quite unbelievable how they put the biggest spoiler of all time on the friggin movie poster !!

"Some apes are more equal than others", a play on the words from the side of the barn in George Orwell's "Animal Farm". An amazing book, right up there with "1984". Please read them folks if you haven't.

Most of the early scenes of a desert-like terrain were shot in northern Arizona near the Grand Canyon, the Colorado River, Lake Powell, Glen Canyon and other locations near Page, Arizona. Most scenes of the ape village, interiors and exteriors, were filmed on the Fox Ranch in Malibu Creek State Park, northwest of Los Angeles, essentially the backlot of 20th Century Fox. The concluding beach scenes were filmed on a stretch of California seacoast between Malibu and Oxnard with cliffs that towered 132 feet (40m) above the shore.

The writing of this movie was so amazing. So much depth. Movies like this don't get made these days.

Something to keep in mind is that this came out at the height of the Cold War, when the threat of a nuclear apocalypse was always in the air. Impactful as that ending is today, I think it might have been even more impactful in that context because, for all people knew, it could happen the very next day.

As a kid, this was the second movie I ever saw, with my family on vacation, at a drive-in theater. A huge sci-fi fan my whole life. This is one of the best endings in cinema...

It's a very famous ending that if revealed kind of takes a bit of the punch out of the film. So glad you didn't get spoiled by knowing the ending scene in advance. :)

I love how Taylor starts out as a sneering cynic who's like "good riddance to humans" at the start, then he's confronted with a world where his dark wish came true, and it breaks him.

It is really great you are watching these old movies and this is the classic example of how the threat of nuclear war inspired a lot of movies.

The main reason you were warned not to look anything up is because of this ending. The final shot has been put on posters, home media covers, plastered on articles and parodied everywhere. If you look this movie up, it's one of the first images you're likely to see. Hard as it is, it's best to go in completely blind, and your reaction proves it.

Mary the other great scifi movie in 1968 was 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Hard to find someone who doesn't know the ending of planet of the apes. And satisfying to see it still packs a punch, even for "kids" today.

When I first saw this , when they found the doll the coin had almost dropped , seeing those spikes in the foreground it dropped and smashed to pieces . Great reaction, lots of fun !!

They knew it was super important to get the costumes right, because they didnt want the effects to over shadow the plot, and, they knew they were facing an uphill battle from the start to have the movie taken seriously.

So great. This film is so known it is rare to find someone with no prior knowledge. Fun seeing you with the reveal. That shot gave me full chills when I first saw it so long ago. The makeup won awards and was considered groundbreaking at the time.

Wonderful reaction as always. The ending has been spoiled so often so it was satisfying to see your reaction. Yes, this film certainly makes you think. Still relevant and maybe more so today.

'' lots of lovemaking, but no love..'' was a direct reference to the Free Love era of the 60's. A swipe at his own time.

"The lady's skin is going to be completely dead"....good one!

You should react to BEN-HUR (1959) with Heston too. Absolutely epic and gorgeous! My favorite movie!

I've watched this movie a million times and I never noticed the judge panel was doing the "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" routine. That was great!!

This might be the only reaction to this movie where the viewer was totally unspoiled and genuinely mindblown by the ending, the way you're supposed to be. So awesome, Mary!

Priceless reaction at the end. So glad you avoided that ridiculous spoiler “artwork”. Absolutely love your channel! Cheers from Northern California (USA)

the end was the biggest twist ever, such an amazing series of movies.

I'm so glad you watched without knowing the ending. It's so much better when this is a surprise.

Edgar Rice Burroughs published "Tarzan of the Apes" in 1912. It met with wide success, and was soon followed by many more Tarzan adventures. I forget how many exactly, but I feel like it was at least 30.

Glad you enjoyed this classic, Mary. There are four sequels that all vary in quality, but they are all good. Would love to see you react to the whole series.

When audiences went to see this movie, the only "Planet of the Apes" people may have heard about was the novel by a French author. In the novel, the ape planet is an alien world in orbit around Betelgeuse, the humanoids were naked with golden skin, the apes were at the same technological level as Earth... The novel is a commentary on French culture (complete with wildlife safaris & proud hunters posing with the carcasses of their prey), ala Gulliver's Travels. The movie is staged as if our American astronauts are on *that* planet! Which is why the twist at the end was such a shock to the audience! The ape makeup was revolutionary for the time. Prior to this movie, actors donned ape costumes for laughs. The makeup revolution was the latex upper face & lower muzzle glued directly to the actor's face! This allowed for emoting thru the makeup. A makeup test with very minimal makeup sold the concept to the studio, who then agreed to make the movie! They had to dumb down the level of simian technology because otherwise the movie would've been too expensive. Apes with helicopters, anyone? Apes & monkeys share a common ancestor, but aren't the same. Monkeys have tails; apes don't. The Great Apes are gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans;...& humans.

I remember watching this movie on the WB Network (CW) back in 1998. It was to celebrate the film's 30th anniversary, and when I saw the ending, I was shocked and said, "Oh, my god, they blew up Earth!" The ending has been spoofed 100 times since the film's release.

”Wow, what am I watching”? Hilarious comment. Thanks for a a great reaction.

Great reaction Mary. It was so cool watching how you guessed some things and was really surprised by others. It was a cool movie especially considering when it was made, lots of true acting and no CGI just really good makeup and set artist.

Mary already touched on it, but it's a real sign of great storytelling/filmmaking when a movie that's 55 years old can still pull the rug out from under you. Much as I love this movie, I think the best part about it is the Planet of the Apes Musical from the Simpsons (aka Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!)

The man who created the ape make-up won a academy award. AND he created REAL “mission impossible” masks for the CIA to help agents and defectors escape from behind the “Iron Curtain.” Review /react to the movie “Argo.”

The lady astronaut should have used moisturizer.

The novel was written by the Frenchman Pierre Boulle who also wrote the Bridge over the River Kwai.

The French novel this was based on was penned by Pierre Boulle, who had only one of his other novels made into a Hollywood movie, "Bridge On The River Kwai."

@ 10:24 - “I would push her away.” Taylor pushes her away. “Woah. That was rather aggressive.” LOL.

Interesting how when the team first encounters 'life', they dig it up and kill it and how nonchalant about it they are. I wonder if it was done on purpose that way.

You've probably heard of the Twilight Zone TV show. The guy who came up with the Statue of Liberty twist was Rod Serling, who created the Twilight Zone. He was amazing with twist endings. The original book that this was based on had the apes in an advanced technological society. The book was written from the point of view of astronauts who found a log entry sent into space. The twist ending there was that the astronauts who were reading it were in fact chimps, but that wouldn't have worked on film. Oh, and you might want to check out Space Balls, which is a Star Wars spoof by Mel Brooks.

It's better not to know the end, it has more impact, and when the film is over, you're still thinking about everything you've seen. And if you watch it again, you see it from a different perspective.

I remember watching this film as a kid when it first was on television. This was so advanced.... much like "The Twilight Zone" television series. 🐵 ❤ 🎥 There was a whole series of "Planet of the Apes" episodes.... All us young kids were hooked on them 😆 👍 LOL

Really enjoyed your reaction and insight. So many people today act like if a movie doesn't have car chases and explosions it's not worth watching. This movie only had a 5 million dollar budget and a third of it went to makeup to make the apes faces move in a more lifelike Manor than in a mask. I still remember at the age of around 10 when the statue of liberty scene hit me. My entire belief system came into question. It was definitely mind blowing back in the day. You are always such a joy to watch in these reactions. The comment about the makeup on the female astronaut right before they show that her sleep chamber failed is one of the best things I've ever seen in a reaction. Keep up the great work.

“Beware the beast man, for he is the devil’s pawn. Alone among God’s primates, he kills for sport, for lust, for greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother’s land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home, and yours. Shun him. Drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death.” Taylor’s reaction to the scrolls reflecting his own sentiments and beliefs about humans is great. Always nice to see someone who can go in blind and not know the twist.

See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil When she touched his hand, she was petting him like a pet

This is one of my all-time favorites. The third and fourth entries in the original Apes saga are great as well (2 and 5 are clunkers, 2 in particular). This was science fiction for intellectuals, movies that explore the morality, ethics, and philosophy of the human condition. I wish there were more great films like this.

The most amazing thing is how, in the intervening thousands of years, the Statue of Liberty floated all the way from Upper New York Bay around Cape Horn and up the Pacific Coast until it finally beached on Point Dume. What a journey...

"Let's find some monkeys!" All days should begin like this, thank you Mary!

While I do really like the other "Planet of the Apes" movies, people really should see the first one first. And you did! You don't have to watch all of them, but they are quite interesting, you get sequels and prequels, so you do get a back story. For a really long time, people knew the ending even if they didn't see the movie, so it works that people are watching it now, so they don't know the ending that's coming.

I bet no one ever said anything about the boat being too small for four people before. Very good.

Hear no evil see non evil speak no evil.....this great all practical levects.... a true classic.

I enjoyed the entire premise of film, and the original novel. The way that the ape society is built around the different species each playing distinct roles. There are several sequels to add to your watch list, although in my opinion, the original is the best of the bunch.

All of the modern era of sci-fi franchises, like Star Wars, and Star Trek, this was the first of it's kind. There were sci-fi movies of course, but this marked the beginning of everything we think of franchises. The merchandise tie-ins, the action figures, the lunch boxes, the sequels, the tv spin-offs, the t-shirts on all the kids in elementary schools, nerds quoting it non-stop,... Planet of the Apes started it all.

THANK YOU Mary for reacting to this great movie!, Im 63 and this was the first movie I ever saw in the theatre in march of 1968 when I was 8 years old and my older brother took me to see it. when the apes were first shown it scared the hell out of me! LOL!, and the ending blew everybodies mind, the whole theatre was silent and stunned!. keep in mind....in 1968 the greatest threat to humanity was a nuclear war between russia and the USA, this film is based upon the concept that in the late 1900's humanity killed off nearly every human being through nuclear war and then 2000 years later in 3969 the apes were ruling primitive humans!, an incredible stoty and movie. Love you mary, keep up the good work!!

There's a neat story that one of the star actors told about the production, I think its was Roddy McDowell (Cornelius) who said all the extras that were in costumes for the different kinds of apes were on break for lunch and in the commissary (cafeteria) and he noticed that they were all gravitating to their own kind, gorillas sitting with gorillas, chimps with chimps, and for no other reason than the power of suggestion. None of them knew each other, nobody told them to do it, they could sit wherever, but it was an odd psychological phenomenon that they all just did it.

I nominate Witness for the Prosecution (1955) directed by Billy Wilder

A funny fact.........When they broke for meals. The chimps, gorillas, and the Orangutan Each broke into individual species groups to eat at different tables. Nobody told them to do that. It just happened.

The shot of the three apes covering their eyes, ears and mouth was a reference to an old cartoon drawing of three monkeys doing the same with the caption "Speak no evil, Hear no evil, See no evil." Planet of the Apes from 2001 directed by Tim Burton is a lot of fun for different reasons. Fantastic make-up effects by Rick Baker.

18:58 Hear See & Speak No Evil Very good Mary and another wonderful reaction... Thank you ✌️🙂

The first Tarzan story was published in 1912 and then the first movie arrived seven years later, and the first notable Tarzan movie series started in the 1930s. I can't say I'm the biggest fan of Beneath the Planet of the Apes (2) or Battle For the Planet of the Apes (5), but I'd certainly accept them if it means we get Escape From the Planet of the Apes (3) and the extended cut of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (4), which I think are both great. Mary's already heard this in a few comments but maybe some other Apes fans will enjoy my idea: I found that this and the other two original Apes movies I like pair great with the newer Apes movies. First, the original, and then, with Rise, a version of the backstory (albeit not the same one, as it is a reboot series and not prequels). Then, Escape and Dawn. Two attempts for man and ape to co-exist, one where the humans are more dominant and the other where the apes are more dominant (or at least we focus more on the apes). Finally, Conquest and War. Revolution!

Rotfl when you said “is her interest in him scientific or does she have the hots for him”. Knowing what she thinks of his looks at the end was priceless. FYI there were no monkeys in the movie. Monkeys have tails, but they are all apes. If you watch all the movies, you’ll find out how the apes ended up taking over and subjugating the humans.

Finally someone doing the original classic. And not one of the over CGI used remakes !

Mary, I believe you have now watched all that is prerequisite for understanding the references in "Spaceballs." And I'm sure everyone would love to see your reaction to that film.

Planet of the Apes was written by a French author Pierre Boulie in 1963 La planète des singes.

excelente movie with marvelous reaction. thank you. " Soylent Green " , another movie to make us think

Imagine going into 'Planet of the Apes' completely blank... I ENVY YOU. Also, do the same for '2001: A Space Odyssey' !!!

The man who first came up with this was author Pierre Boulle, who wrote the French novel by the same name. He also wrote Bridge Over The River Kwai (also turned into a magnificent movie). Boulle's version was different. The astronaut was French, and instead of finding the Statue of Liberty he managed to get back into his spaceship and return to Earth--only to find out that it has been taken over by an ape civilization. The script for this film arguably takes his idea and improves on it.

I love how unironically the plot of the movie is that the world Rejected Humanity and Returned to Monke

the ending with its iconic plot twist was written by Rod Serling of Twilight Zone fame. One of the best screenwriters of the 20th century.

This movie is great to watch, no matter how many times you've seen it. The entire series of movies is good. The book by Pierre Boulle is an absolute must read.

An awesome classic, wish more younger people would check the older movies that were groundbreaking at the time.

You were very curious of who got the idea for this, it just happened to be the Final Jeopardy answer today. A French author Pierre Boulle, was inspired to write this book in the early 1960s after he visited a zoo and was captivated by the ape's facial expressions. I'm surprised you didn't know about the ending since the dumb studio put the Statue of Liberty on the DVD cover.

This was one of the benchmark sci-fi movies of the Pre Star Wars era

To give you explanation of the different species of apes. The Chimpanzees are the most curious, and thus the scientists. The Orangutans are the priests and the lawgivers. And the gorillas, being brutes, are the soldiers. If you watch the rest of the movies, you will see this come into play more and more.

Excellent reaction 🔥 I love this film, the social commentary and how it challenges our attitudes, way of life and perspective. Hope you watch the rest of the films, I'm not as keen on the 2nd film but 3&4 are great 👍

It’s hard to believe that the old-school Planet of the Apes were G-rated.

Damn, a reaction to Planet of the Apes without knowing the twist, I just saw a unicorn.

One of the best plot twists in cinema history.

It's an intelligent movie, a movie of ideas.

Great reaction. I remember the audience in the theater gasping and falling silent at the ending. It is still one of my favorite science fiction movies.

I really hate that the packaging these days totally gives away one of the greatest twist endings in cinema history. Ugh. Glad that you apparently didn't look at that ahead of time because the reveal is so powerful!

"This movie is very grounding." That comment of yours is one of the best I've ever heard about this movie. My feelings exactly. Thank you.

Speaking of courtroom dramas (which I never would have thought this was - until now!), why has no one ever reacted to "To Kill a Mockingbird", one of the greatest courtroom dramas? Or other classics, like "Witness for the Prosecution", or, as was suggested, "Inherit the Wind" , "Judgement at Nuremberg", or "Anatomy of a Murder" (although Popcorn in Bed did do that one)? Look at those actors! Charles Laughton, Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck, and two Spencer Tracy's! There is a reason classics are classic.

The older Planet of the Apes are worth watching as well. Some of them are not that well made, but they flesh out the timeline of how earth became this. It's a really fascinating storyline, and I think the most underrated movie universe out there. The newer remakes are good too (starting with Andy Serkis remakes, not the prior ones IMO).

Subtle clues throughout the film show how the humans were not just mindless animals. They learned over the centuries that survival depended on being silent. They must not converse in any way. Nova tried more than once to keep Taylor from speaking. She tried to erase his writing in the dirt. When Taylor shoved her aside, another human came to her defense. Zira said that there is no physical reason for the humans being mute. They are mute because it's a learned behavior, developed over the centuries in order to evade the apes.

I remember within one foot, where i was when a friend of mine had just seen this movie in 1968 and told me about it.

This is easy the top best reaction and commentary on the whole Mari J Chu library.

Great reaction, it is nice to see someone whom is going in completely bind. I always thought that Dr. Zaius actually knows what happened to a certain extent, and was actively trying to slow technologic progress for the ape society down. The sequel to this Beneath the planet of apes, goes into more of the lore behind how this world came to be, as well as showing more of Nova and Taylor's stories.