Review of War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) by Razvan Florentin P — 04 Oct 2017

War for the planet of the apes provides a perfect ending to one of Hollywood's best remake/reboot attempts of recent memory. The director, Matt Reeves, showed us that he could step into an existing franchise and leave his own mark with Dawn of the planet of the apes but with this most recent outing he showed us that that he has grown as a director whether it be the well shot action scenes or the small character moments that may seem insignificant but helps provide more depth to the apes.

The reason why this movie and this trilogy were able to work so well was Andy Serkis' performance as Caesar. In my opinion he is Hollywood's most underappreciated/underrated actors. He has to do so much in a motion capture suit as Caesar for us to understand what Caesar feels like from moment to moment. As a result, I think that Caesar is one of cinemas most interesting characters let alone animals of the 21st century. Some other positives I had with the movie was the grim tone of the movie, the score by Michael Giacchino, the ending, as well as how it ties into the other planet of the apes movies. My only negatives with the movie was that it was a bit too long as well a couple of plot decisions by the writers. Asides from that I thought it was a perfect ending to one of the best trilogies of the 2000's.

Final Score: 4 out of 5.