Can Hollywood ever get past the "humans suck" mentality?
Here Noa is a elevated chimp who is just trying to live his best lives with his pals. His world is invaded by some outside ape force (think "Conan The Barbarian") and he sets on the journey to find his tribe which was ape-napped(?).
A solid premise that reminds me of "The Searchers" as well. He comes across a human Mya, who they befriend each other, as only human and ape can (did I mention this is about 200 years after the Battle of Apes flick). Apparently, in this world humans are feral idiots (suppose that's us now). Especially online.
So they trek to find a king Ape (I know I'm saying "ape" a lot, as I am terrible at identifying the specific primate). Okay, so this community, I guess, is imprisoned to serve this King Ape who is being taught hierarchy or Roman history by a scholar of some kind. This is Proximus. Who takes on the teachings of Caesar (remember the previous ape movies, because I don't). This community worships this King. So they're also trying to get this massive door opened (think "Fallout") which is actually a vault shelter that once housed humans during a nuclear problem. Or, in this case, apes going nutty. Incidentally, I side with Proximus. All he wants to do is to learn things the humans did. Granted, only to subjugate his people. But at least he takes initiative.
Well, mysteries aside, a pretty decent start to kick the franchise back into gear. The CG is incredible. I mean...insanely good. And if this is the future, it is convincing. It's painstakingly seamless.
Story wise...meh. It still feel lackluster in pace. 2 hours and 40 minutes feels a little too indulgent for a movie about cuddly simians. That's another thing...why make them looks so cuddly? I guess they are. Fraya Allen's Mya is solid too. If you're looking for sentimentality between her and Noa. Forget it. Mya is a tough cookie. But quite understandable. After all, monkeys started controlling stuff her species made. And also, they have the ability to eradicate them. And, in this case, perhaps the kindness is not doing so.
Here Noa is a elevated chimp who is just trying to live his best lives with his pals. His world is invaded by some outside ape force (think "Conan The Barbarian") and he sets on the journey to find his tribe which was ape-napped(?).
A solid premise that reminds me of "The Searchers" as well. He comes across a human Mya, who they befriend each other, as only human and ape can (did I mention this is about 200 years after the Battle of Apes flick). Apparently, in this world humans are feral idiots (suppose that's us now). Especially online.
So they trek to find a king Ape (I know I'm saying "ape" a lot, as I am terrible at identifying the specific primate). Okay, so this community, I guess, is imprisoned to serve this King Ape who is being taught hierarchy or Roman history by a scholar of some kind. This is Proximus. Who takes on the teachings of Caesar (remember the previous ape movies, because I don't). This community worships this King. So they're also trying to get this massive door opened (think "Fallout") which is actually a vault shelter that once housed humans during a nuclear problem. Or, in this case, apes going nutty. Incidentally, I side with Proximus. All he wants to do is to learn things the humans did. Granted, only to subjugate his people. But at least he takes initiative.
Well, mysteries aside, a pretty decent start to kick the franchise back into gear. The CG is incredible. I mean...insanely good. And if this is the future, it is convincing. It's painstakingly seamless.
Story wise...meh. It still feel lackluster in pace. 2 hours and 40 minutes feels a little too indulgent for a movie about cuddly simians. That's another thing...why make them looks so cuddly? I guess they are. Fraya Allen's Mya is solid too. If you're looking for sentimentality between her and Noa. Forget it. Mya is a tough cookie. But quite understandable. After all, monkeys started controlling stuff her species made. And also, they have the ability to eradicate them. And, in this case, perhaps the kindness is not doing so.
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