Dawn Of The Apes Review One is a Genius The others insane. By Cowra Since the final two films of the original franchise Conquest and Battle of The Planet of The Apes…Both directors and Hollywood Studios wanted to make an epic Man Vs. Primate battle, with a bigger budget. Both films combined budgets were between 2.5 – 3 million dollars. Fast forward to 2001, and Tim Burton just cares about the villains. After all we saw how he treated The Joker and Penguin (enough said). In 2011 we got an unknown director, with a known leading actor change the origin of how Apes will rise. Now three years later R-E-A-L time and eight to ten years R-E-E-L time, we get Battle of the Planet of the Apes. This one has a fresh coat of paint. By that it has a stronger story, better effects, and characters you care about. The film opens with a montage of how Rise of the Planet of the Apes ended. A simian flu has wiped out most of mankind, and surviving humans are living day by day. You have the surviving humans living in a post virus San Francisco. While Caser and his fellow primates live in the Californian Redwoods. What I appreciate about the ape scenes is that Caser is communicating via sign language. Granted the apes are getting smarter, yet they not “there,” yet. Oh they can write a few words, and their grunts are turning into words…I was hoping that they would wear their original outfits from the original franchise…still. The apes live in peace, and Caesar wonders if any humans are left alive. The human story deals with Malcolm working with Gary Oldman as two men trying to reactivate a dam. This way power can be restored in their city. Of course you get the apes not trusting humans because of the Golden Gate incident and primate sanctuary situation of the last film. The humans are scared of the apes because they’re evolving. Tension is so thick you can cut it with a knife. On top of all of this you have Starsc…I mean Koba a scared primate who had a small role in the last film. Koba only knows how mankind experimented on him, so he wants to wipe out the human race. What I love about this movie is that there is a power struggle. Ceaser doesn’t want a war, because many of his kind will die. It will take away all that apes have built. Koba is too far gone to listen to reason. With the humans you have a few “Koba’s,” here and there. They want to kill off the advanced apes and restore the human race. This film works in so many ways due to the image capture suits. Andy Serkis, Toby Kebbell as Koba and Caesar give strong performances. One is tortured, the other wants peace. Caesar also feels sorry for the remaining humans, seeing them as desperate and pitiful. Koba is manipulative, angry, and vengeful. There are also some great close up shots, of the apes. We see primate faces slowly turning into a human/ape hybrid. The third and final act deals with action, conflict and a tragic cliff hanger. Not to give two much away, but I wish it werent a downer. Then again, none of these films ever ended on a high note. Apes and humans will never see eye to eye. We know the apes will rise, fight, ect. However do we need another Planet of the Apes remake? There was a T.V. show in the 70’s and five T.V. movies just saying. While we’re at it, it seems that the chimps are not in charge in 1968s Planet of the Apes. Cesar was a chimp, he’s the one who led the revolution. Yet in Planet of the Apes, another class/species of primates are in control. How did that happen? How did humans get dumber and dumber? We know what happened in Escape, Battle, and Conquest. Just saying you’re on a role Hollywood with this re-boot to the franchise. Don’t make us start throwing poop at the screen. Also Mr. Edwards the father son conflict between Cesar and his son worked better than what you tried on Godzilla 14...just saying. I give this film a 5 out of 5.
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 20:01:57 +0000
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