Movies WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (Dragonlord's Review)

[Monkadelic]

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[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: May 16, 2017

Final Trailer for WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

 

[minute bull]

Rarely does a movie sequel come along that not only tops what came before but stands alone as a singular motion picture experience.

by Pete Hammond

 

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Spoiler

Is there another movie after this?
Ceasar is dead

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: July 13, 2017

Dragonlord's Review of WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (No Spoilers)

Bottom Line: With an amazing lifelike quality and a superb, soulful acting performance, I'm now convinced Caesar is real and Andy Serkis is the CGI one.

[Note: Not feeling well. Apologies if this review is not as well-written as I'd like it to be.]

Two years after the events of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Caesar (Andy Serkis) and the apes are in the middle of a war with a human military faction called Alpha-Omega, led by the Colonel (Woody Harrelson).

The special effects on the apes is simply amazing and flawlessly rendered but it is Caesar who shines the brightest with amazingly detailed facial expressions and a soulful performance by motion-capture king Andy Serkis.

The other exemplary performance is from Woody Harrelson who portrays the ruthless Colonel, who is clearly a homage to Marlon Brando's Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. The nod to the 1979 war film is more obvious with a graffiti display of "Ape-opaclypse Now." They did a good job of providing a backstory for the Colonel's motivation that I sort of empathize with the character. And his comeuppance is nothing short of poetic.

Two notable new characters are Bad Ape (Steve Zahn), a zoo chimpanzee who adds some much needed levity to the film, and Nova (Amiah Miller), an adorable young girl who is unable to talk but her expressiveness speaks volumes. Nova, who is the same character in the original 1968 movie, is instrumental in reminding Caesar of his humanity so to speak.

They also added a new element to the story that would make for the events of the 1968 original movie more feasible.

Aside from Apocalypse Now, there's a lot of movie (The Great Escape to name a few) and genre nods (western). But the most allegorical resemblance is from the Book of Exodus where a heavily-burdened Caesar must lead his apes to the promise land. The very end of the final battle even has a spectacular Exodus resolution. The Colonel building a wall could also be interpreted as wink to current events.

Overall, War for the Planet of the Apes is a touching, emotionally-charged ending to a fantastic trilogy.

Rating: 8/10

 

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[KnightTemplar]

Get better soon, brother.

 

[Iroh]

Did the whole trilogy marathon yesterday. Such epicness! Every movie has a pretty drastic different tone to it and it's so cool to see Caesar live out his life. Easily my favorite trilogy of all time.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Excellent, amped to see this and dunkirk

 

[method115]

I enjoyed the last one. Much better than the first one which I thought took to long to really get going. This one seems even better then #2 not sure I'll go to theaters though to watch it.

 

[iThrillhouse]

So hyped for this movie...

probably one of the few trilogies to get progressively better as it went along

 

[mushishi]

Loved the first one, 2nd one was ok, will probably watch the 3rd on a flight.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

I really didn't like the first one and never saw the second. I may have to give this one a nod

 

[minute bull]

I really didn't like the first one and never saw the second. I may have to give this one a nod

The second one is by orders of magnitude superior to the first. Method sums it up quite well:

I enjoyed the last one. Much better than the first one which I thought took to long to really get going. This one seems even better then #2 not sure I'll go to theaters though to watch it.

Except that last part. GET YOUR ASSES TO THE THEATER!

 

[Organic Damage]

Wow, that is a pretty enticing review. I have seen the previous two in theatres and will make sure to check this one out as well.

 

[lordsai]

going to see this tonight at 7:30 cant wait really loved the last 2 movies

 

[One MMA Fan]

I hope you will feel better brother Dragon.

 

[Sonnyboi83]

From seeing the trialer, what i dont get is why the apes having greater IQ than human uses spear & riding horses to battle?

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Get better soon, brother.

I hope you will feel better brother Dragon.

Thanks. Feeling much better now.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

From seeing the trialer, what i dont get is why the apes having greater IQ than human uses spear & riding horses to battle?

It depends on the terrain. In the forest, the spears and horses make sense as clearly shown in the first battle scene of this movie. The apes also use guns btw.