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The shock! surprise! gasp! ending that would have (and indeed did) enthral audiences back in 1968, was not a bombshell at all for me as 40 years after its release it has become a flagship for ‘twist in the tale’ endings. That and a classic Simpsons rip off. So at Taylor’s ghastly revelation, where I should have been shouting, “damn them all to hell!” along with poor old Charlton, I was actually singing along with Troy Maclure, “Oh my God, I was wrong, it was earth all along, you’ve finally made a monkey out of meeee!” This, however, is not the fault of the filmmakers and should not detract from my enjoyment of it. Apart from Heston’s irritating – almost mock hero, ham – acting, it was a captivating film that should be seen 412 times more than the abysmal tripe that Tim Burton threw together in 2001.
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Raoul Weatherell
30/8/2012 04:35:57 am
It was a shock for me, I did not know the ending when I first watched it. I thought it was great.
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