Finally! A prequel done right! Rise of the Planet of the Apes was great, but this is better than it in every way! The great thing about this movie is that it's not very clear who's good and who's bad. Both sides have good people and apes and bad people and apes. The documentary feel of this movie also helps instill emotions that would have otherwise not have been had this been filmed in a traditional way. See this is 3D if you can because the depth and detail make you feel you are right there with the humans fighting the war against the apes, and once you see the apes' side you feel as of you are right there quietly observing. When a human looks down the sight of his rifle, you feel you are that human about to shoot the ape. The great thing is that even if you haven't seen the previous installment "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," you can still understand this perfectly. The first 20 minutes are apes doing sign language with subtitles on the bottom of the screen but you can still understand even without them. This film conveys human emotion really well, and the score is breathtaking. If the Academy doesn't nominate this for best score I will never forgive them. Listen to it on a surround sound system, and just let it sweep over you.
Grade: A 10/10 5/5 stars
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I enjoyed the score also. I felt the intimate dialogue between the lead humans and ape were well-written. But The final credit that rolled about this production creating 15,000 jobs left a sour taste in my mouth. A wild guesstimate like that politicized the whole experience for me. It seemed the producers were apologizing or trying to assuage their guilt for all the guns and violence in their film. (Like they were agreeing with the Apes, "Guns bad.")
ReplyDeleteYeah we don't need politics in films. We get enough of that in reality. Hence why we go to the movies: to escape reality. I don't stay for the credits unless there's something after. I find that out through IMDB (or if its a Marvel film, because they always have something after) and there wasn't anything after so I left when they started.
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