And because these two species are so similar they're doomed to repeat the violence of the past and eventually find their way to the future represented in the original Planet Of The Apes.Helen Flanagan flaunts her surgically enhanced cleavage in pink and lilac lingerie. He's devastated in this moment because despite trying so hard to be free and independent of man, the apes still wound up behaving just like them. Late in the film Caesar has the epiphany that apes and humans are more similar than he could have ever imagined. Almost every violent decision in the film is driven by fear and though it's easier to understand something primal with apes occupying half the screen time it really doesn't take much to translate their behaviors to our own. Unlike so many other summer blockbusters and large scale battle films, only a handful of characters in this film actually preach violence as an answer. It's incredibly refreshing to see a film that does its best to portray the participants in its big budget action sequences as unwilling. Even if that means dashing the hope for peace at our own feet. Fear drives more decisions than any of us would ever like to admit but the sad truth is that when we're scared we'll do anything to survive. It's only when a villain, and this film does a great job of showing that they exist on all sides, tries to capitalize on the primal fear that all creatures possess and respond to. When violence begins to rear its head before the eyes of the main characters they all attempt to avoid it at all costs. What is important is watching all kinds of creatures simply trying to survive. And yes that does happen but it's not important. The trailers for the film portrayed it as a story of apes on horseback with M-16's riding in slow motion through flames. But the reason Dawn pulls it off differently than so many other films is because the versus aspect of the story is actually the B storyline. The broad strokes of the film pit human families against ape families and that can be broadened further to a battle of species v.s. Just like it's predecessor, Dawn was made to tell a story about family. The motion capture is essential to getting the film's true message across. Motion capture has become a truly amazing tool for almost any type of filmmaker and the advances they've made in even the short time since 2011's Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes is astounding.īut it's not just there to look pretty. But more importantly this film needs to be seen on a giant screen with a stellar projection system because the time and effort put into the apes faces is frankly, out of this world. The action is thrilling and the sound mix is top notch. I saw the film in a theater that's really only a step down from IMAX and I recommend that everyone do the same. What this all boils down to is that Dawn really does have something for everyone. Each film hinges respectively on its traits and what's so great about Dawn is that not only does it make a virtue of the action filmmaking that elevated Cloverfield but it also manages to spend as much time on the kind of quiet, emotional character building that attracted Reeves to remaking Let The Right One In in the first place. Let Me In is a much quieter film that focuses far more on building atmosphere and letting relationships between the characters have time to breathe and stretch their legs. Cloverfield is a non-stop shaky-cam thrill ride with explosions, screaming, and firefights. The first of which is that director Matt Reeves decided to take his two most recent films and mash them together tonally. So here I go urging people of all walks of movie going life to band together and pay some money to see Dawn. And then there's the Tim Burton reboot from 2001 which didn't do too much to improve the series' persona in the eyes of the movie going public. Namely, that of a cast dressed in monkey suits that don't totally hold up forty-six years later. Most people have heard of the original run of Planet Of The Apes films and despite the fact they're generally well-regarded, they do carry a stigma. Strong." I also remember many of the people around me in the theater laughing out loud throughout most of the trailer for Apes. I sat there truly hoping that they were laughing out of some kind of ignorance of the reboot's first installment Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, which, admittedly surprised me with a truly beautiful tale of friendship, family, and every living thing's desire to simply be free. I remember seeing the trailer for The Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes and hearing Andy Serkis' character Caesar gruffly say "Apes.
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