Why the Planet of the Apes Just Hits Different

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I gotta say I disagree about War. I think Caesar losing hope in himself and his ability to lead the apes only to be thrown into prison with them and agonizingly learn that he can and needs to fight for them and that there's only hope where we make it was really powerful.

One of the coolest parts about Caesar’s story in the movies is his level of intelligence compared to the other apes. He had inherited the 112 and he got 2 separate doses of the 113, putting him on a completely different level than the other apes. He could have easily thought he was superior to them, but he had so much love and compassion in his heart that he wanted nothing but for them to be safe and live happily.

The moment Caesar speaks in Rise, not just repeating but answering in defiance, will forever be one of the most powerful cinematic experiences I will ever have

Whenever I see Andy Serkis, I get a little pissed that he doesn’t have an Oscar. If they ever create a mo cap category he should be retroactively awarded one for every role he’s done.

"They're doomed, you know." "Yes. But... a thing isn't beautiful because it lasts."

I remember the fight between Caesar and Malfoy the first time in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The theaters went on cheering in the 2011 release. But when the moment Caesar said "NO!", the entire theater went dead silent. What an amazing moment!

The reboot trilogy is so damn underrated despite being acclaimed and grossing over 1.5 billion at the BO ! 😢

I think what makes War the perfect third movie for me IS the revenge plot, but ONLY because the second movie does such a great job building up Caesar's family. It makes their deaths shocking, brutal, and truly feel unjust.  In lesser directorial hands the the second movie would have had just left Caesar's kid as a background easter egg. But having him go through such a well developed arc in Dawn makes his brutal death (and his wife's) hit so hard.

I honestly love how much attention this trilogy has seemed to be getting lately. I've always felt these films are criminally underrated, especially Dawn.

This is the most underrated film trilogy of all time, both in terms of quality and technical achievement. I also think it's the very rare example of a trilogy that I personally felt got even better with each installment, despite already starting with an A+ right out of the gate.

My interpretation of the Aldo/Caesar discontinuity is that the Planet of the Apes timeline is not a closed loop. Meaning that Cornelius is indeed from a timeline where Aldo was the first Ape to rebel, thereby creating a society doomed to emulate the self-destructive tendencies of humans, while Caesar created a timeline where the apes learned from the mistakes of humans and ultimately created a more harmonious future that managed to avoid destruction.

“You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.”

They put characters first. What a WILD concept.

I just watched Dawn, Rise, and War for the first time this year, in 2024! I’ve always been a huge sci-fi/fantasy nerd, but I’ve never watched these because they just didn’t look like they would be that interesting. I was so wrong. my jaw literally dropped open and my eyes popped open when Caesar said “NO” in the first film! I just finished war of the planet of the apes, and I love all of them. They’re so well MADE, which is rare these days! The CGI and motion capture still hold up amazingly, I thought all of the expressions in their faces was just incredible. So glad I gave them a chance.

Just thinking about Caesar responding to Draco Malfoy in Rise gives me goosebumps. They used that line from the original movie perfectly. Way better than it was used in Tim Burton's ape movie.

One of the things I loved in Rise (I just watched it last night because of this video) was that it seemed to argue that intelligence is tied to kindness. As Caesar developes thought and speech, it is shown through him showing kindness and care and connection. He shows tool use by helping his grandfather eat breakfast. He shows an understanding of social connection by protecting that grandfather. He solves the problem of being bullied not just through intelligence but by being kind to Buck. I would argue that even leading that revolution and escape was him bringing that kindness to the beings that were denied it.

the production quality EXCEEDS the highest standards of all the media I consumed in last few years Well done

YES. I've always thought these films were so underrated

I like the one with James Franco, I love how it delved deep into the lore of the ape's evolution and the acting is fantastic.