Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

Poorly shot and edited, and the ape masks/prosthetics/makeup are starting to look a bit cheap. Architecture and hairstyles and sideburns give it away as a 70’s movie. I wonder if there’s ever been a period piece made that doesn’t give away the era in which it was produced through it’s production value.

And there’s a sterility to every scene and all the dialogue. What is it with the dialogue of movies from this period? It’s simplistic and idiotic, delivered with a peculiar masculine over-articulation.

Roddy’s got this down, but is he enough to anchor this movie? Montalban was the Antonio Banderas of the 70’s.