Directed
By: Matt Reeves.
Starring:
Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell
I
did not watch rise of the planet of the apes and didn’t know even
a teensy weensy bit about the movie before going to watch Dawn of the planet of the apes. Obviously I went to
watch it reluctantly and was pleasantly surprised as I immensely loved the
movie. Those who watched would know the history of the apes and the story line.
In the first part – Rise of the planet
of the apes which was released in 2011, few scientists conduct experiments on
the apes which results in a huge genetic transformation leading to a tribe of
apes who are as brilliant as humans and can even speak in the human language.
However there were many side effects of this experiment like the spread of
simian flu, destruction of cities and destruction of human race. Many die in
the after math and the apes flee to a secured place in the forest and make it
their home. Dawn of the planet of the apes shows their life and ways and how
horrible the situation gets when humans try to avoid the extinction of
their own race and take the help of apes, who happily are living away from the ravaging
San Francisco hoping against the hope that all the humans would have been dead by now!
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Story line and the
performances: It is the story of
survival of the fittest, a story of good vs. bad, a story of hope, war, belief,
revenge, thirst for power and much more. I am totally bowled by the seamless
story of Dawn of the planet of the apes. The plot doesn’t have any major loop
holes. As the movie picks up the pace you will start biting your fingers due to
severe consequences. The human Jason Clarke seeks help from the leader of the
apes- Caesar played by Andy Serkis who has a soft corner for humans as he is
raised by one. Toby Kebbell stole the show as Koba- the ape who keeps provoking
everyone to fight against humans as he is confident that humans are extremely
selfish and will not think twice before destroying anyone who comes in their
way.
Jason
Clarke plays the role of architect Malcolm who approaches Caesar and pleads to
allow him in forest so that he can restore the hydroelectric project for power,
which is their last hope to restore life. Keri Russell plays his companion and Gary
old man is the leader of the survivors. He did not have a big role but he did
what he has to. He is more or less like Koba for the humans. The best part of
the movie is that it will grab your attention because of its brilliant plot and
not by its 3D or CGI effects.
Needless to say the 3D effects were neat and made the movie livelier. The ape
saga will make you think deep. I researched a lot and realised the movie
originated from Pierre Boulle's Swiftian’s 1963
novel La Planète des singes.
What happens after Jason visits forest? Which incident gives rise to
the bizarre strife between humans and apes? Who wins the war? To know all this,
you should go to theatre and must watch it in 3D. Apes holding spears and
shooting rifles, apes who talk and understand English and who communicate with
each other in simian sign language was all mind boggling! You get all kinds of
apes just like you get all kind of humans. Blue eyes is a sensitive but
rebellious son of Caesar, Ash, his cousin worships Caesar, Koba wants people to
follow him, Maurice loves reading and teaches all the apes the alphabets ,
mostly the sentence , “Ape not kill
ape.” You have good apes and bad
apes just like you have good humans and bad ones. The movie is enchanting to
say the least. It is an unforgettable watch. I am amazed by how real it all
felt. Only difference is that apes are replaced by humans in
reality! I declare the
movie as must watch. Right now it is the top movie at the nation’s box offices
with $73 million in ticket sales.
Some memorable
dialogues from the movie:
- Caesar: “I thought apes better than humans but I realise how same we all are."
- Apes do not want war.
- Caesar loves humans more than apes – Koba
- Koba: Apes not kill apes . Caesar: You are no ape.
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I like this movie. But I like more the 1968 movie, Planet of the Apes starring Charlton Heston. His golden voice is very famous - Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, etc. One small anecdote. A guy hijacked a plane at the Los Angeles International Airport. He was holding several passengers as hostage. Negotiators worked with him for several hours. Finally he decided to give up and surrender. But on one condition. He wanted Charlton Heston to read on the air his message to the world. Mr. Heston came to the airport and read the hijacker's message on air. The situation ended peacefully.
ReplyDeleteThat is an interesting anecdote which I nevre heard of. Thanks for sharing S G ! good that Mr. Heston could save lives. I never saw the 1968 movie. I only heard about Ben hur and caught a glimpse of ten ccommandments so don't know him !
DeleteI loved watching the second part