When you hear the title: "War for the Planet of the Apes" (focus on the "War"), you may expect big fight scenes, destruction, lots of guns, and "ala-Michael-Bay" explosions. Well, this is absolutely not the movie for you.
Sure, this movie had them, but there's more "heart" than "war", and this is a good thing.
Andy Serkis once again nailed the role of Caesar. This is probably the best performance of his career. Woody Harrelson is amazing as the Colonel. He has a deep backstory that makes him relatable. Karin Konoval is great as Maurice. Amiah Miller as the mute Nova is, surprisingly great. She's probably one of the best child actors working right now, alongside Dafne Keen in Logan.
The story is definitely Oscar material. The story takes focus not on the "war", but the "heart". The movie takes a lot of time to build character, to makes us care about them, so that when a character dies, you care and feel the sadness because the movie takes time to build it. The "war" aspect, the action scenes were just the icing on the cake, and that makes the movie much more entertaining. The story telling is also Oscar worthy, as the story was told by the character's actions, not by the character's explanations. The cinematography is also top notch. The action scenes, though not as exiting as Dawn, were also well executed. The CGI is amazing. Everything looks convincing and real. The score is very haunting, and one of Michael Giacchino's best works. And the ending is one of the greatest endings in recent memory, what a perfect ending.
The movie has, virtually no flaws at all (although it has a few "very" minor plot holes), so the fact that there's a lot of 1 star rating in the first 3 pages of IMDb is mind- boggling. Are they drunk? Are they really watching the movie I saw? Or are they the fans of The Emoji Movie? Pretty sure all of the negative reviews got fallen asleep during the movie. This is actually not a war movie, this is more of a drama. If you watched Dawn you should already know what you'll get.
The title does slightly misleading, but I don't care, this is a really good conclusion to the Apes trilogy (though I haven't watched Rise, i thinking to watch it later) Does it deserve a new installment? No, the movie ends perfectly. It was meant to end the series so 20th Century Fox, you better respect that decision, but prequel or a side story in the trilogy might do. Now that Matt will work on Batman, I hope that he'll bring his magic from Apes to Batman.
Final Score: 9/10, for amazingly deep story, action scenes, more human story than war story, and realism
Sure, this movie had them, but there's more "heart" than "war", and this is a good thing.
Andy Serkis once again nailed the role of Caesar. This is probably the best performance of his career. Woody Harrelson is amazing as the Colonel. He has a deep backstory that makes him relatable. Karin Konoval is great as Maurice. Amiah Miller as the mute Nova is, surprisingly great. She's probably one of the best child actors working right now, alongside Dafne Keen in Logan.
The story is definitely Oscar material. The story takes focus not on the "war", but the "heart". The movie takes a lot of time to build character, to makes us care about them, so that when a character dies, you care and feel the sadness because the movie takes time to build it. The "war" aspect, the action scenes were just the icing on the cake, and that makes the movie much more entertaining. The story telling is also Oscar worthy, as the story was told by the character's actions, not by the character's explanations. The cinematography is also top notch. The action scenes, though not as exiting as Dawn, were also well executed. The CGI is amazing. Everything looks convincing and real. The score is very haunting, and one of Michael Giacchino's best works. And the ending is one of the greatest endings in recent memory, what a perfect ending.
The movie has, virtually no flaws at all (although it has a few "very" minor plot holes), so the fact that there's a lot of 1 star rating in the first 3 pages of IMDb is mind- boggling. Are they drunk? Are they really watching the movie I saw? Or are they the fans of The Emoji Movie? Pretty sure all of the negative reviews got fallen asleep during the movie. This is actually not a war movie, this is more of a drama. If you watched Dawn you should already know what you'll get.
The title does slightly misleading, but I don't care, this is a really good conclusion to the Apes trilogy (though I haven't watched Rise, i thinking to watch it later) Does it deserve a new installment? No, the movie ends perfectly. It was meant to end the series so 20th Century Fox, you better respect that decision, but prequel or a side story in the trilogy might do. Now that Matt will work on Batman, I hope that he'll bring his magic from Apes to Batman.
Final Score: 9/10, for amazingly deep story, action scenes, more human story than war story, and realism