Taylor: "I can't help thinking that somewhere in the universe, there has to be something better than man. Has to be."[This review includes spoilers.]
If it weren't so utterly cool, Planet of the Apes would be a massive downer. The premise is that human beings are such abysmal failures as a species, so unworthy of the ownership of our planet, that it is inevitable that we will destroy ourselves and something else will take our place.