DAWN PLANET OF THE APES FULL MOVIE MOVIE

Dawn may not provide a clear answer as to who is truly at fault for the ultimate destruction of humanity in the series, but one thing is evident: it isn't the apes who blow it all up.Р В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’Вawn of the Planet of the Apes opens today in the US. In a film as big as Dawn, itР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s easy to assume that the story will boil down to something simple or more obvious, but thatР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s far from the case here. It recognizes that action for the sake of action is not compelling, and that action stemming from brewing conflict and character faults is. In that sense, DawnР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s telling of the history of this war is remarkably true to the tone of the original, 1968 Planet of the Apes, with its focus on humanityР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s self-destructive tendencies.Р В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’Вawn of the Planet of the Apes is the kind of summer blockbuster that you want to see. The war emerges as a fever dream of the Second Amendment gone wrong, with unnecessary deaths and conflict over little more than a mutual fear. Guns are rarely used to protect here and are framed as clear tools of attack. That tension places notes of the gun-control debate throughout the film.

We can guess - and we know it won't be good. These weapons donР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t receive their weight through bloodshed either: instead, Reeves knows when it's better to cut away from a gunshot than to show where the bullet went. In fact, Dawn might be one of the few action films where viewers are actually rooting for a gun not to fire. Even a tiny pistol could start a war, and one almost does on several occasions. The more the humans arm themselves, the more inevitable a clash becomes.Р В РІР‚СњР В РІР‚РЋirearms are so plentiful in summer blockbusters that itР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s easy to overlook their power, but Reeves manages to grant a gravity to them in Dawn. The apes know that guns are the humansР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС› means of destruction, and even a single firearm sets their entire tribe on edge. They do create spears as weapons, but they destroy every gun that comes into their possession.

They let offenses from the humans slide by. The apes preach (and largely follow) a principle of not killing. With the humans constantly on the edge of violence, the apes become the good guys, even in spite of their inevitable rule over humanity. But mainly, we hope that they wonР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t be the ones to slip up and start the battle. As viewers and fellow humans, we canР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›t help but hope that these people make it through alive. They stand in stark contrast to the mostly peaceful apes, who are willing to accommodate the humans if thatР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s what it takes to avoid a war. Though the human camp is rundown, the humans in Dawn are no ragtag group of survivors - they're a militarized band weighing their options. The humansР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС› struggles are never quite as important or powerful as those of the apes (like I said, a digital ape is the most emotive thing in this movie), but it's through the humans that Reeves draws Dawn's defining question: who will be at fault for the war we know is coming? Gary Oldman costars as a human leader, but he remains behind at their ramshackle San Francisco camp, giving Oldman far less screen time than youР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›d wish. Leading them is Malcolm - played by Jason Clarke ( Zero Dark Thirty) - whose family comes along for the ride.

DAWN PLANET OF THE APES FULL MOVIE MOVIE

The humans in the movie are represented by a small group that becomes intimately intertwined with the apesР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС› world. Likewise, the humans' home can look like a budding frontier filled with ravaged-but-recovering buildings, but the apes see it as the decrepit, overgrown version of San Francisco that it's truly become.

The apes' forest can be a beautiful sight filled with rich greens and calming mists, or to the humans it can look like a witchy, hellish landscape of dead wood. Serkis' digital character conveys more emotion than many of the human actors around him, and the overall use of CG for the apes won't have you pining for the days of physical costumes.Р В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’Вirector Matt Reeves ( Cloverfield, Let Me In) puts the viewer further into the heads of the apes by subtly altering the world depending on whoР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС›s viewing it. Serkis is cloaked in full CG as an ape the entire time, and while that and other effects grew tiring in the first film, here it works exceptionally well. The star of the show is Caesar, the apesР В Р вЂ Р В РІР‚С™Р Р†РІР‚С›РЎС› leader, played by Andy Serkis, the motion-capture actor behind Gollum. And ultimately, we know that something has to screw it up. That fills Dawn with a quiet tension: there is a dearly delicate peace between human and ape. They've experienced human cruelty and imprisonment, and now they just want to be free. They're actually quite rational and forgiving - far more so than many of the humans we meet. What was surprising in Rise and what continues to be surprising here is the extent to which the movie approaches the apes with sympathy: the apes aren't some hyper-aggressive mutants.

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