Would fit more thematically if they were named: DAWN –> WAR –> RISE. I and 20-plus of my Internet friends agree.Īll of the movies are misnamed.
To use the worst writing cliche, Merriam-Webster defines "rise" as "an act of going up an ascent." One of the definitions of "dawn" is "a beginning." You see where I'm going with this.įor the record, the correct order of the film titles should be: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, War for the Planet of the Apes, and finally Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Because no one in their right mind would think that "rise" goes before the "dawn." It's as if someone arbitrarily chose nouns to place in front of the franchise title without any consideration for how they would look next to each other. Just as a reminder, the Planet of the Apes prequel titles go in this order: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, followed by Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and finally War for the Planet of the Apes.
As for the Planet of the Apes films, as accomplished and incredible as they are, I cannot for the life of me remember what order they are supposed to be in. But when the titles don't match with the content of the movie, people aren't going to remember what the hell it was about.
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But one thing they just can't get right are the dang titles.Ī title serves as people's first impression of a movie and presents the general themes of what that film will be about. The Planet of the Apes reboot franchise is many things - stunning technological achievements, emotionally resonant storytelling, and testaments to genre filmmaking. In this edition: the titles of the Planet of the Apes movies are in the wrong order and it's. Using modern technology's brilliant effects to tell a story, rather than instead of a story.(Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, and opinionated about something that makes us very happy.or fills us with indescribable rage.
I wish more films these days would be like Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It's far from perfect, and not exactly aimed at my interests, but I can say this for it. When I first left the cinema my first thought was "Hm, that really didn't need to be a prequel to Planet of the Apes" which upon further thought, was actually a good thing! It had the strength to stand out completely from its own laurels, not just those of the original, so not only was it a great movie, it was a great stand-alone film, completely separate to its predecessor. Still, on humans, it was cool to see Tom Felton (Harry Potter, The Apparition) and Brian Cox (X2, Super Troopers) getting into anything has always got to be a good thing. I'm glad now though, as this was as worthy a reboot as you could ever hope for, which as far as I'm concerned trumped even the original, not to mention how much it absolutely fucking brutalised that crap Burton came up with in 2001.Īndy Serkis (Burke and Hare, Lord of the Rings) returns to motion capture glory as Caesar, super-intelligent chimp-lord, who, to be perfectly honest, was written infinitely better than any of the human characters. Although the trailer did look pretty sweet, I must admit that when I first heard about them yet again delving into the Planet of the Apes franchise, I was incredibly bloody sceptical. People sometimes miss them in action blockbusters.Įxtra half-star for a monkey riding a horse, although that would have worked better in a movie produced by The Asylum.įrom the get go I was pleasantly surprised by Rise of the Planet of the Apes. With a sorry excuse to involve "human reflections" and characters we never care about (beginning with Caroline and Will's father), this unrequired delivery certainly makes up for the level of disappointment that Burton brought a long with a remake, but utilizes the safest Hollywood escape route for cashing easy money: Rupert Wyatt offers a potential prequel for the events that followed in the previous films however, it is a bad sign to realize that the amount of entertainment this was providing me throughout was pretty much comparable to Michael Bay (actually, he has done better!) and to the bombs of the 90s by Roland Emmerich. It made me miss the old classic days of the 60s and 70s. The overabudant CGI was too tough for me to handle and to buy in the first place. This so-called "thought-provoking" and "emotionally driven" ride has me in loss.
"Take your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!"įew times I have rolled my eyes so hardly in a movie.
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