Review of War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) by Anderson G — 07 Aug 2017

In a movie market so confused, full of remakes, rebots, movies that are just to raise money, we have a certainty, the recent franchise of "Planet of the Apes" does not disappoint, it is almost a sigh in the middle of the year, the good blockbuster Is coming, and it is almost ironic that a movie about monkeys at war against humans can be the most natural thing in the cinema these days, and one of the franchises where we can better personify ourselves and society, disguised as a good popcorn, With an impressive motion capture, good performances and a good script, Matt Reeves finishes the trilogy by thrilling and enchanting the audience and leaving in the air a feeling of want more.

The script that until now seems linear, but the same is complicated by introducing previously unknown elements of the franchise, elements that had everything to go wrong, but the opposite happens, serve and contribute to the unfolding of the plot.

Behold the story of Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his troupe of monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees who, after confronting a battalion led by an evil colonel (Woody Harrelson), are eventually captured by him, the script follows linearity, but As I have already said, becomes less unpredictable and has very interesting ramifications, although it does contain some holes.

"Planet of the Apes-The War" is not a story of good guys and bad guys, everyone is looking for survival there, even the figure of the colonel, he does not act for sheer evil, he really believes in what he does, Human race, and sees not only the monkeys as a threat, but also the infected humans, and the monkeys in question, are there solely and exclusively trying to survive and build a legacy, we could embody ourselves on either side.

Technically the film tells a beautiful photo, even though it is a large part of CGI, it is extremely alive and almost touchable, we have forests, water, snow, mountains, earth, always with a dark film (less in the end that changes to a film Yellow and makes a reference to "2001: A Space Odyssey"), we also have a great editing and mixing of the sound, an assembly that keeps the rhythm of the film constant and exciting even at two and a half hours, where we barely have dialogues Spoken, and of course, the high point, the capture of movements, is something completely frightening and makes the viewer sometimes lose the focus of the film to be admiring these details, the technology advanced, cezar became better, and now humanized, he is frighteningly incredible.

And one of the great merits of Cezar being incredible in the movie is the actor Andy Serkis who does a job of acting, that even with all the technology in the world, without the human factor, Cezar would be empty, and Andy Serkis has to stop getting a quote Of the academy and start to win prizes, and an Oscar nomination for now !, Another one that is incredible in the film is Woody Harrelson, although being well-known face in the industry, Woody already has a face of villain to the natural, and here he is very well Used, and when the film ends you want to see more scenes of the colonel, because there are few, moreover, all other actors who made the monkeys are great, there is nothing to talk about in terms of acting.

Matt Reeves now has a challenge with the new Batman movie, but the director has already proved to be a great director and knows how to use film technology to his advantage, making movies big and commercially profitable but at the same time quality.

Reeves makes a film that tells the monkey odyssey and almost conceals the "human-being" element, at least physically, as it instigates us to impersonate these monkeys, is a film that uses a lot of sign language, contains few dialogues And even so binds the public, is a story of ascension, fall and peace.

"Planet of the Apes - The War" is goodbye, at least for the next 10 years, because we know how the industry is ... anyway, it's a great movie.