Honestly, if I didn’t know they were computerized, I’d have thought they’d brought off an evolutionary miracle. It is certainly thrilling to see how Reeves and his CGI wizards bring their hordes of apes to life. This one at least has a humanist (or perhaps, out of deference to the peaceable apes, we should say pacifist) thrust and offers some hope, however fleeting, that monkey and man can reach across the evolutionary chasm.
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The nihilist vision has been there from the start.
#Rise of the planet of the apes koba series#
* I should say that Dawn, despite the loss of billions of humans, is among the sunniest in a series that in one installment featured the incineration of the entire planet. The new film, directed by Matt Reeves ( Let Me In), is a follow up to Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and the question hangs whether the new series is building to the latest incarnation of Charlton Heston landing on a monkey planet or something more upbeat. It takes a while for Caesar and Malcolm to trust each other, and by the time they do, the odds are long that they’ll keep a full-scale war from breaking out.
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#Rise of the planet of the apes koba plus#
The sane ones are Caesar, the leader and most verbal of the apes, played by Andy Serkis plus CGI and a human, Malcolm, played by Jason Clarke, as convincing a good guy as he was torturing Iraqis in Zero Dark Thirty. One nasty ape, Koba (Toby Kebbel plus CGI), has a similar thing against humans, which makes sense since once upon a time they did hideous experiments on him. One nasty human, played by Gary Oldman (nice casting!), has a thing against apes and is especially keen on wiping them out. The few hundred humans - genetically immune survivors of a simian flu that has wiped out most of their kind - have gathered in a San Francisco compound, where they’re now out of the power they need to “rebuild and reclaim the world lost.” The apes, you see, reside where said power is, beside a dam - hence the conflict. The apes - who have begun to pick up English - are basically stand-ins for Injuns, living in the forests of Marin County, hunting and gathering and minding their own beeswax. Honestly, I just loved finding out what lead to the great ape takeover.The latest Apes picture, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, is an excellent interspecies bromance between an ape and a man who’d like to live in peace but are surrounded by warmongering assholes. They were brilliant! Director Rupert Wyatt did a wonderful job of connecting this prequel to the first film, really catching every little detail and even littered respectful homages to the original throughout the entire film. If I hadn't known it were CGI, though, I would have sworn that they were real apes. Unlike the Planet of the Apes films from the past, this one did not have people running around in ape suits but instead presented us with CGI primates, emotional performances captured from actors. It is during an incident that causes Caesar to be separated from Will, in a feeling of abandonment, and then being mistreated by Dodge Landon (Tom Felton) at a shelter that ultimately leads to a hurt and confused Caesar plotting for revenge. As Caesar grows older and smarter, though, he becomes more aware, questioning who and what he is. it lead to the development of intelligence in apes. The star of the film is an ape named Caesar (whose emotions were brought to life brilliantly by Andy Serkis) who is the baby of an ape that was tested on for scientist Will Rodman's (James Franco) research in an effort that resulted in a way for the brain to heal itself, and what could possibly be the cure for Alzheimer's a disease very personal for him because his father (John Lithgow) suffers from it - even though Rodman is warned not to let personal issues get in the way of science. It was just absolutely spectacular! The actors delivered fine performances for their well developed characters the writers, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, didn't miss a beat with their fantastic and intelligent script and the story was compelling, exciting and emotionally touching. Out of the entire series of movies, I think this one truly is the best.
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I'm a big fan of Planet of the Apes and to get to see its origins is really great. If you're like me, you will be completely fascinated by the story of this film.