War for the Planet of the Apes concludes an ambitious reboot of the Planet of the Apes franchise with director Matt Reeves returning to complete the trilogy. Stepping in to the hot seat for the second film, 2014's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, served as a terrific move, with the film taking 2011's emotionally vacant, but visually impressive Rupert Wyatt-directed effort (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), and amplifying the intensity and heightening the stakes. For this War, Reeves has delivered something unforgettable and truly special - a blistering, dark, visceral rumination on war, loyalty, and sacrifice. For some this will be grim, dark, and unrelenting. You will want a gulp of fresh air afterwards, and maybe sit quietly with a beverage of your choice and not think …show more content…
These are big concepts for a summer blockbuster to tackle, and War is going to leave people shaken and surprised, the antithesis of your Spider-Man: Homecoming's or Mummy's or even those obnoxious Transformers. This is a film of emotional power. It floors you in seemingly every way. The visual effects are perfect. The acting, Serkis deserving of an Oscar nomination, is moving and poignant, while the camera work from Michael Seresin offers some truly breathtaking sequences. The acclaimed composer Michael Giacchino's score is unique, one of the finest works of his career, offering an undercurrent of downbeats and swelling orchestration that make this film feel truly epic and important. A number of viewers are not going to want to watch this again because it is bleak and violent and eschews warmth and kindness. Reeves earns our emotional investment. War for the Planet of the Apes is top-tier filmmaking and something of a technical
On the TV show, The Movie Show, David Stratton described the film as a “bold and timely film about the stolen generations.” The film is so highly rated for its amazing plot, the well-used mise en scene and the film techniques including the camera work and sound.
The film conveys the feelings of the characters very well. Phillip Noyce uses lighting which always goes very well with the scenes even though he uses a lot of non-diegetic and contrapuntal sounds. The film?s shots are always correct and seem to have a purpose and the editing is wonderful.
This movie was beautifully produced. I don’t believe another director could have done as good of a job as Luis Puenzo did. I believe Puenzo was able to bring this story to life and allow us to be able to really relate to each character intricately because he lived through the uncertainty and witnessed the agony faced by many, and he made all of the emotions real through this work. I also believe that having actors and actresses that lived through the experience was an excellent move.
Overall, the score was beautiful and appropriate, adding suspense and mystery at all the right times. The sound effects added psychological flavor to the story without drawing too much attention to it.
The war takes a heavy toll on the soldiers who fight in it. The terror of death will infest the minds of soldiers...
The pristine 1933 King Kong was constructed as a movie: to convey a story to entertain an audience. Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake took the substructure for King Kong and expanded upon it in virtually every way in order to “make again” the astoundment of the original for a modern-day audience. Audiences received the first King Kong very well. The stop-motion sequences of Kong were astounding for their time and the movie grossed over $90,000 in its beginning weekend. In order to bank upon its prosperity again, sequels were made and thus in 1976 a remake was made to amend upon the original. Paramount updated the movie to color, altered the story, and cast Jeff Bridges, a widely popular actor of the time, as the lead actor. Although the movie received stirred reviews, it did exceptionally well in the box office and tripled Paramount’s initial budget for the motion picture. Even though the movie wasn’t “as good” as the original, audiences still paid money to view it because of that hope that they would feel like they once did when they visually perceived the first King Kong. The remake add...
Baz Luhrmann has done this film in a unique and brilliant way, with help of the above, and of course a great loved story as a base.
An intriguing plot is the first thing people look for in a movie. War is a complicated subject so in a film about war, while it is important for the plot to be interesting, it is even more important that it is sensible and flows smoothly. This allows the audience to be entertained and keeps them from getting lost in too many complicated details. The Hurt Locker is the story of three men who are part of a United States Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (E.O.D.) team stationed in Baghdad in 2004. Sergeant First Class William James is a daring specialist who knows everything there is to know about bombs, inside and out. He begins his rotation with Bravo Company after the former team leader is killed while attempting to disarm a roadside bomb. Bravo Company has just 38 days left on rotation and since James has arrived, those days are fraught with tension. James d...
Both Collins and Ross did a remarkable job in creating a sensational science fiction story that captivates its readers and viewers. I feel it is uncommon to find a film that portrays the aspects of a novel this consistently, and while there were a few differences I feel the film does an exceptional job of encompassing the vision of this book.
This movie is beautiful to watch, yet difficult. It is raw, yet the cinematography is breath...
With the help of superb editing, sound, mise en scene, and cinematography, this film cannot be topped. The fist scene of the movie creates an atmosphere that helps the viewer know that he/she will enjoy this wonderful classic. Throughout the movie there are surprises and fun that makes this a movie that people will want to watch again and again. Gene Kelly said it best when he said, "Dignity, always dignity. " That is what this movie has from beginning to end, dignity.
...ew war as a positive and inevitable part of life they act accordingly. If the public was shown the real horrors of war they would be shocked by what they see and view war for what it really is, a tool that governments uses for its own benefit regardless of how horrible it is. The public would act differently. There would be more protests against war because people would realize that it is not the most efficient or effective way of achieving goals. Congressmen would be less inclined to vote to engage in war for fear of displeasing their constituents and there would be less war, less lives lost, and more exploration in to diplomatic negotiations. War should be reserved for the defense of a nation. With war movies, the movie industry has a very large influence on public perception and as of now this influence is not being used appropriately for the good of humankind.
...movie that I fell in love with. But most of all I love how the story line is a great overlap into the cinematically engaging movie. There is a great use of camera, timing, shots and story line that are portrayed in this movie without being too overwhelming. This allows the audience to relax during the movie and just take in the scenes as a story from reality. To this day, and even still doing this paper I still come to find different aspects of the movie that I missed the previous times I have watched it.
The 2001 film, Planet of the Apes represents a dystopian world. A dystopian world describes an imaginary society that is as dehumanising and as unpleasant as possible. In the film Planet of the Apes, the world is ruled by humanoid apes who can speak the human language and who treat human beings as their slaves. The world has been represented so that the roles of humans and apes have been reversed in the film, the apes have taken over the superior role in the world whereas the humans have been downgraded to the, as referred to, as the 'dirty animals '. This juxtaposition is thought provoking; it makes us think about how we treat animals and those we see as lesser human in our world and
Overall, the film isn’t half as epic as Emmerich’s previous. blockbusters or half as entertaining. The dialogues are about as interesting as watching paint dry and the bland characters have about as much depth as a puddle in the street! The storyline isn’t exactly. deep, introspective stuff, either.