Dylan Amirio
The Jakarta Post/ Jakarta
Humans are known to be the only species to kill out of malice and War for the Planet of the Apes shows that fact directly. Any reason could be used for a human to resort to murder.
War for the Planet of the Apes is a classic tale of revenge, with a conclusion similiar to other revenge themed films, such as The Revenant (with a sniw capped scenery to match).
Woody Harrelson plays the ruthless Colonel McCullough, who is cold blooded enough to fit the description od pure evil.
His intention is to make sure that humas are the dominant species by wiping out the increasingly intelligent apes.
His role and his presentation remind us of a certain old time German leader named Adolf Hitler, who aimed to preserve the dominance of his race by any means necessary.
Ape leader Caesar (Andy Serkis), the first one of his brethren who learned to speak like humans do, spends most of the film filled with vengeance for the colonel that killed his family and the colonel's soldiers who wreaked havoc on his group.
At more than two and a half hours, the film's pace is a bit too slow, risking disengagement feom the audience.
But the audience will definitely stay tuned into their sympathy for the apes, who have been rounded up concentration camp style and abused by their human captors. It is a moral victory for those watching to see the apes claim their win.
This Planet of the Apes installment, which will be in theaters on July 26, presents itself as incredibly serious, as it shows that the apes are incapable of the slightest bit of humor but with good reason.
There is no humor in their situation, as a group of intelligent creatures marginalized by the human race because of the threat of carrying a virus that reduces humans to their original primitive beast like selves.
The addition of the zoo monkey referwnced only as "Bad Ape" (Steve Zahn), who tries his best to provide some sort of comic relief to the film, is appreaiated. His clumsy antics diffuse some of the tension in the film, providing the only parts where laughter does not seem inappropriate.
Otherwise, War seems to offer nothing new to the franchise, other than another struggle by the apes to achieve the freedom and right to exist as they are. This point has been made in the last few films of the franchise, and in all cases of the previous films, the apes always win somehow.
However, a major event in this franchise happens at the film's ending. How will it go? Let's just say that there are elements of the much loved chilhood film the Lion King that might draw some similiarities, you know, with leadership and all.
War is an alright film. After three films, War might mark the end of the franchise, though. The Planet of the Apes franchise has had a good run with films that have been pretty good before. Anything more would just be overkill in reminding us that the true savages are the humans rather than the beasts.
The Jakarta Post/ Jakarta
Humans are known to be the only species to kill out of malice and War for the Planet of the Apes shows that fact directly. Any reason could be used for a human to resort to murder.
War for the Planet of the Apes is a classic tale of revenge, with a conclusion similiar to other revenge themed films, such as The Revenant (with a sniw capped scenery to match).
Woody Harrelson plays the ruthless Colonel McCullough, who is cold blooded enough to fit the description od pure evil.
His intention is to make sure that humas are the dominant species by wiping out the increasingly intelligent apes.
His role and his presentation remind us of a certain old time German leader named Adolf Hitler, who aimed to preserve the dominance of his race by any means necessary.
Ape leader Caesar (Andy Serkis), the first one of his brethren who learned to speak like humans do, spends most of the film filled with vengeance for the colonel that killed his family and the colonel's soldiers who wreaked havoc on his group.
At more than two and a half hours, the film's pace is a bit too slow, risking disengagement feom the audience.
But the audience will definitely stay tuned into their sympathy for the apes, who have been rounded up concentration camp style and abused by their human captors. It is a moral victory for those watching to see the apes claim their win.
This Planet of the Apes installment, which will be in theaters on July 26, presents itself as incredibly serious, as it shows that the apes are incapable of the slightest bit of humor but with good reason.
There is no humor in their situation, as a group of intelligent creatures marginalized by the human race because of the threat of carrying a virus that reduces humans to their original primitive beast like selves.
The addition of the zoo monkey referwnced only as "Bad Ape" (Steve Zahn), who tries his best to provide some sort of comic relief to the film, is appreaiated. His clumsy antics diffuse some of the tension in the film, providing the only parts where laughter does not seem inappropriate.
Otherwise, War seems to offer nothing new to the franchise, other than another struggle by the apes to achieve the freedom and right to exist as they are. This point has been made in the last few films of the franchise, and in all cases of the previous films, the apes always win somehow.
However, a major event in this franchise happens at the film's ending. How will it go? Let's just say that there are elements of the much loved chilhood film the Lion King that might draw some similiarities, you know, with leadership and all.
War is an alright film. After three films, War might mark the end of the franchise, though. The Planet of the Apes franchise has had a good run with films that have been pretty good before. Anything more would just be overkill in reminding us that the true savages are the humans rather than the beasts.
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