The characters are a joke, especially the bad guys, and generally don't spend any money on this if you are over 16 years old. When a group of humans led by Malcolm Australia's Jason Clarke head into the forest in an effort to repair a dam that could potentially generate power for the city, conflict ensues. Truly, this is an experience beyond parody. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species. So, a virus kills most people on earth. The storyline picks up ten years after we saw Ceasar and his fellow simian escapees seek refuge in the woods near San Francisco, and although the film's trailers already gave away pretty much everything that happened during that time and alas, way too much of what will happen , I'm not going to spoil anything for those who carefully avoided watching said trailers. As Caesar, Andy Serkis is fabulous and it is great to see that he is duly credited as the star of the film.
This may be largely influenced by my youthful age at the time and general love of science fiction. If the main protagonists were humans and not superbly rendered apes, I think some more might think the story a little predictable, almost like the Lion King. At the same time the apes evolve and become intelligent. The attitudes and actions of key characters are a reflection of what has been happening around the world for as long as we can remember. What we have here is a gritty, realistic portrayal of a slowly escalating conflict, and when we do get to the battle scenes in the third act, those scenes are a spectacular, mesmerizing visual feast and ultimately heart breaking. Caesar is outmatched and calls for Koba.
Caesar goes to his home to keep an eye on his wiped out spouse Cornelia Judy Greer. Probably the writers imagined the survivors using the toilet and flushing and the water appearing magically from taps, showers and toilets. Koba hops onto the bear and murders it with his lance. And i didn't even start on the humans tale. Yet, in this time, the West Coast of America has in the main turned into jungle. Synopsis A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. Don't watch it altogether if you are under 16 years old because it is full of stupid and meaningless violence.
There are the requisite bad guys on each side – Gary Oldman's Dreyfus for the humans and the scarred Koba Toby Kebbell for the apes – whose actions ultimately result in war between the two groups. Despite the best efforts of Caesar and Malcolm to hash out a peaceful co-existence between the two groups, ignorance and distrust abounds and the tensions escalate. Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. . I liked how in the original that you felt for Caesar and the apes and their plight was a simple one in just wanting to get to the forest. A group of survivors have etched out an existence amongst the remnants of what was once San Francisco, but fuel supplies have been exhausted and an alternate power source must be found.
Koba's experiences in captivity have left him with a bitter hatred of all humans, an attitude that reflects ways in which certain groups today such as the Islamic community are marginalised because of the actions of a few. Caesar delivers Blue Eyes to meet his new sibling. I'm not saying this to be a spoil sport for the action scenes but it was lazy film making that the makers didn't then think of a clever way to use the monkey strengths to get round this tactical weakness. However in this film the monkeys wouldn't actually have been any good at aiming the guns or reloading. So my verdict: With its beautiful imagery, highly relevant story and breath-taking effects, 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' is as close to a Science-Fiction masterpiece as its mass-audience orientated constrictions allowed it to be which – in this case – is very close ; an astonishing achievement and highly recommended.
Whilst Clarke is quietly effective as Norman, fellow Aussie Kodi Smit-McPhee has little to do as his son Alexander, while Keri Russell's Ellie is the convenient love interest with requisite medical training. And which is the best way to test guns? Meanwhile, in the forests north of the city, the burgeoning ape population is living peacefully under the rule of Caesar Andy Serkis , a benevolent dictator of sorts. I, personally had one year of training for my military service, and I am still not sure how to use a weapon I was not trained with but hey I m not an ape! They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species. I wonder why this movie has such a high rating. I have no problem with the willing suspension of disbelief or escapism. I loved the opening movie of this new take on the franchise for it's original and thoughtful way of kick-starting an updated 21st century imagining for the birth of sentient apes. Of course, the motion capture effects are amazing, the post-apocalyptic atmosphere is suitably bleak power supplies have almost been exhausted and the human populace is in panic mode and there is action aplenty, which might very well be the problem.
But nearly every other aspect of the movie has been realized equally well: Michael Giacchino's haunting musical score fits and reflects the drama on screen perfectly, while the – often terrifying – beauty of the images on screen had me immediately wondering who the DoP was now I know: Michael Seresin, the genius veteran DoP of such classics as 'Midnight Express' and 'Angel Heart'. I was really looking forward to seeing this film. A short time later, Caesar discovers Maurice, revealing to him that he is astounded by how far they have come as a gathering throughout the years. They prefer to use sign language though because a language which is useless in the dark or even just when the other person is not looking at you is superior to a spoken language. Fox bundled the original director out of the way for daring to want to make something of equal calibre and switched in Reeves to create an inferior sequel that hit all of the generic blockbuster marks but had no real heart. Anything other than a co-ordinated, presumably paid, campaign of solicited positive reviews seems improbable to me.
This is no light-hearted, comic-book-style fantasy film with fun, over-the-top action scenes. But the core of this film – and also the reason why the action scenes in the third act really do have an impact and all the mayhem really gets to you – is the intelligent, skilfully told story with its well-drawn, believable characters portrayed by equally believable actors. In Dawn, they were the story. Caesar charges them to go. Plus, they get the ability to put tanks on autopilot.
Maybe I had my expectations too high, or maybe the film is just missing that something special, but I left the cinema feeling a little underwhelmed. So although cool seeing them fire guns, the humans would still have had a tactical advantage. The human populace has generally ceased to exist from the infection and from brutality, while the primate populace has flourished and developed. Reeves was obviously conscious of the need to appease an action-obsessed audience desperate for a fix of mayhem and chaos and such a focus prevents the film from offering any genuine insight into what is an utterly intriguing premise. So all these people together produce a lot of waste, what happens to it? Do they grow the earth? Are they dressed in animal skins or primitive hand made clothes? Carver draws his weapon protectively, and he shoots Ash. Okay an origin story always offers more meat but it had me a lot more involved than Dawn which was ultimately a leadership struggle film. She brings forth a child gorilla.
As with all my reviews, instead of giving away any details about the story, I'll elaborate on all other aspects of the movie. The gunfire cautions alternate chimps, and in addition the people that Carver is going with, driven by a man named Malcolm Jason Clarke. And so the plot holes begin: All the human survivors are gathered in one building in the middle of San Fransisco. You see, as strange as it may seem given that the majority of characters are apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is very typical in both its characterisations and narrative structure. Of course this has to happen over generations and not just by the passing of time in the same individuals, but let's say it happened. In Rise, the effects aided the story. Far more than the indigenous population of the west coast could ever explain though only count 'em one Orangutang, called Maurice, in the film's only nice touch - a nod to Maurice Evans who played Dr Zaius in the original.