The first one was best, starred by Charles Heston. It suited for the time being, when apes were more just dumb animals and humans God's image. Now it is harder to watch these movies with Terminator-style Hollywood effects and at the same time keep serious face. And main thing that binds the chimpanzees and gorillas is that they belong to Hominidae- family (great apes), as does humans too. Planet of apes, where everybody is ape and belongs to the same taxonomy family. At least the name is correct.
