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#5. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Johnbobb- 3
Scarlet- 3
Karo- 4
Inviso- 5
KBM- 5
JONA- 6
Stifled- 6
Wickle- 7

"Dawn is solid, but it gets stuck in the typical tough spot that the 2nd films of triologies tend to fall into. It largely exists to bridge the gap between the origin and the war, but fortunately there's a good bit to keep it distinct. Koba makes for a thrilling villain, with intelligence to rival Caesar's and pure AM-level hate to drive him. Watching him manipulate the guards into getting their guns, only to immediately break character and gun them down went from hilarious to startling in moments, and seeing Koba work really shows the division between him and Caesar. The end fight scene was even better, with the crumbling tower making everything feel large in scale and simultaneously claustrophobic. It's a shame the human characters' subplot doesn't entertain nearly as much." ~Johnbobb

"After the final moments of Rise reveal the species-leveling catastrophe of the Simian Flu, Dawn sees the scraps of humanity struggling to remain dominant on the planet. Andy Serkis Caesar carries the weight of his people on his shoulders, and he must determine if the humans who once enslaved him are worthy of his compassion. He may be infected by his memories of love for James Franco, but the hatred that resides within Kobo (his right-hand chimp) will force Caesar to engage in battle rather than compromise. Stepping behind the camera, Matt Reaves brings a singular vision to the visual storytelling and a sincere trust that Serkis mo-cap character is enough to capture our attention." ~Scarlet

"After the virus kills off most of mankind, the survivors and Caesar's new simian civilization clash thanks to the betrayal of of the scar-faced monkey that was CLEARLY going to be evil from minute he appeared in the previous movie.
Unfortunately, the whole film comes off as a rather unnecessary sequel that seems to go on and on and on without much of a point and everyone killing each other for reasons that get ever more arbitrary and contrived.
None of the heart present in Rise is in this movie, however there are many scenes that are probably very touching to those who can speak monkey sign language or who are entranced by apes who talk like they are trying hard to pass a kidney stone.
It is competent, but is really nothing more than a glorified filler arc mandated by some executives that decided it absolutely had to be a trilogy. Like, you can literally skip right to the third film with very little confusion." ~Karo

"This movie was fine. Once again, I think Andy Serkis does a fine job playing Caesar (although he constantly has this half-scowl expression on this face, so thats weird.) And the movie is fine in terms of being a well-made and well-produced modern film. The problem I have that keeps it out of my top tier is just how obvious the plot feels. You have humans and apes. Apes live alone in their little ape sanctuary, humans are trying to survive after the simian flu wiped out their population. And they meet up ten years after the events of Rise, and theres some automatic tension. Thats fine. Tension is good. My problem comes from both sides having exactly ONE guy who is a raging asshole trying to stoke the fires of war. Carver and Koba are so unnecessarily dickish, and I KNOW that Koba is supposed to be evilbut when youve got characters that feel complex and multi-dimensional (even Gary Oldman feels like a fleshed-out person), those cookie-cutter motivations just feel off. And theyre the MAIN source of conflict in the film. So yeahthis couldve been better. Couldve been worse, as evidenced by the films I ranked lowerbut couldve been MUCH better as well." ~Inviso
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I'll just go back to gifs. Not like the winner was gonna click my topic.
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