Love the last 3 "Planet of the apes" movies. With "Dawn" being one of my personal favourite movies of all time. So was happy to see more. Though wondered if it would be half as good without Andy Serkis and his previous team.
The good news is that the makers of this movie know what worked in the last ones, and are trying to stick with it. The story and characters come first, and the top notch motion capture is just a bonus. Really capturing the performances of the actors, and bringing more life to talking apes than could have ever have been imagined back in the first Charlton Heston movie. Which is nicely referenced a bit too. There are tear jerking and funny character moments in a sci-fi story that has extra layers to it too. Like most of these movies have had. Plus its all going in a promising direction. So its a great movie.
Unfortunately though alot of people left the cinema before the end, and there are reasons for this. As a series overall it does feel like its going in circles. No spoilers but i've seen some of this before. Even in that Tim Burton version. Plus one thing that was setup in the previous movie just goes back on itself here.
This is all while leaving unanswered questions so you "come back next time." But the thing that bugged me the most is that this new main character looks exactly like Ceaser for no good reason. This as well as a few other open endings will probably be answered next time. But who knows what they'll call it. As they must be running out of cool sounding titles by now.
The good news is that the makers of this movie know what worked in the last ones, and are trying to stick with it. The story and characters come first, and the top notch motion capture is just a bonus. Really capturing the performances of the actors, and bringing more life to talking apes than could have ever have been imagined back in the first Charlton Heston movie. Which is nicely referenced a bit too. There are tear jerking and funny character moments in a sci-fi story that has extra layers to it too. Like most of these movies have had. Plus its all going in a promising direction. So its a great movie.
Unfortunately though alot of people left the cinema before the end, and there are reasons for this. As a series overall it does feel like its going in circles. No spoilers but i've seen some of this before. Even in that Tim Burton version. Plus one thing that was setup in the previous movie just goes back on itself here.
This is all while leaving unanswered questions so you "come back next time." But the thing that bugged me the most is that this new main character looks exactly like Ceaser for no good reason. This as well as a few other open endings will probably be answered next time. But who knows what they'll call it. As they must be running out of cool sounding titles by now.
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