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War for the Planet of the Apes (Reeves, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
07-19-17, 06:12 AM
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Re: War for the Planet of the Apes (Reeves, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
I enjoyed it, though was a little bothered that characters could "hear" entire signed conversations (even when they had their backs to the ape doing the signing)
07-19-17, 06:42 AM
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Actually, I thought the character was far more nuanced than I expected. Usually you're given a more one-dimensional over-the-top character to make sure you hate him, but I thought his long scene with Caesar explained his motivations in a more measured way than I expected. Keep in mind, if this were the real world, you (a human) probably wouldn't be on the side of the apes.
07-19-17, 05:01 PM
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Re: War for the Planet of the Apes (Reeves, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
Caught this yesterday. Really liked it . It takes a lot of determination to make an FX heavy studio sci-fi film of this scale that is so anti-blockbuster in feel. I would actually liken this movie to old school David Lean epics. They had great visuals and set pieces, but they were there to supplement the story and characters, not substitute for a lack of both.
I am kind of curious of Reeves will make an updated take on the original POTA with modern FX. If this happens, I want it to be a take done in the style of these movies almost entirely from the apes POV. I think that would be something worthwhile. I do see how the ending sets up the original, but have always figured from the get go that this was meant as a reimagining of the entire saga except with an earlier starting point.
I am kind of curious of Reeves will make an updated take on the original POTA with modern FX. If this happens, I want it to be a take done in the style of these movies almost entirely from the apes POV. I think that would be something worthwhile. I do see how the ending sets up the original, but have always figured from the get go that this was meant as a reimagining of the entire saga except with an earlier starting point.
I enjoyed it, but didn't love it. But I was surprised just how much of it is subtitled or in slow, deliberate, ape talk. Not in a bad way, either. The story here was fairly simple, which was fine. I liked how they set up the virus affecting the humans. Before that even got mentioned, I was thinking that it would be cool to bring it full-circle with the original in a way that explained why the humans in the future were the way they were. A mutated virus works for me.
I'd love to see a re-imagining of the first one, but from the perspective of the Apes, not the humans. That would be really cool. Each of these new films has focused more and more on the apes themselves, so it would make sense that we might get one more flick (or a trilogy? might be too much...), this time with ALL apes, and no smart humans, before getting the POTA remake.
07-19-17, 08:35 PM
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Re: War for the Planet of the Apes (Reeves, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
^ One thing that is still a mystery is what happened to cause all of the nuclear damage. We saw that human clans were clearly at odds with one another in this one. The virus may have affected humans, but it wouldn't cause the wastelands we saw in the original movie.
07-24-17, 09:33 PM
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Re: War for the Planet of the Apes (Reeves, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
I saw this today, I really liked it. All three of these "prequels" were very well done. It's amazing how good these prequels were, when the Alien prequels from the same studio are such a mess (in my opinion).
10-24-17, 03:12 PM
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Nice conclusion to a well made, albeit not great, trilogy.
10-26-17, 07:34 PM
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Re: War for the Planet of the Apes (Reeves, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
Just watched it and loved it. I missed it in theaters, too. It was rather subdued until the end. I don't think it was necessarily epic in scope either. Doesn't matter, it was still awesome.
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10-29-17, 04:03 PM
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Re: War for the Planet of the Apes (Reeves, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
Very well done movie and a perfect way to wrap up the trilogy. It felt just a tad slow at times and probably didn't need to be 2hrs 20 mins, but it told a good story with a satisfying ending. I thought Woody was good as the villan, but they could have had a better exit for his character. And the big action scene at the end felt a little out of place from the rest of the film. Overall though a great movie.
10-30-17, 05:54 AM
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Re: War for the Planet of the Apes (Reeves, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
They could have called it "The Great Esc-Ape"
Why didn't the little girl lose her mental faculties from the virus? Outside of being mute she seemed normal?
Why didn't the little girl lose her mental faculties from the virus? Outside of being mute she seemed normal?
10-30-17, 08:26 AM
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Re: War for the Planet of the Apes (Reeves, 2017) — The Spoiler Filled Reviews Thread
She was young when she contracted it, so didn't know what she was missing--but it drove Woody, who was already on the edge, crazy.
I just made that up, but maybe that works?
I just made that up, but maybe that works?
