Dawn of The Planet of The Apes (1 Viewer)

[Mario Kart]

Just got back from it. Let me save all of you some trouble here... do not wait for any after the movie credits scene. There is no credit scene after the movie or after the credits are done. Save yourself the ten minutes or so.

The Good:

- the apes look natural and it feels like you are watching apes.

- no slow motion at all.

- the humans are getting to be less involved, which is good.

The Not-so-Good:

- the story... it is rather cliche however it is with apes.

- the length was just about right but there could have been just a little more (you might know what I mean after you see it).

- always has to be one dumb ### human, huh?

The Verdict:

- I'd give it 3 out of 4 stars. Could have had more ape society but that is minor. Talk about the "Dawn" of the apes... yes, it is just the beginning. The scenes with Franco tie the story together. Caesar's history ties the whole story together (don't want to say too much here). The flu is explained at the beginning using the plane scenario like at the end of the first movie. 1 in 500 humans survived the Simian Flu. Overall, I'd say its worth a matinee at the minimum for those questioning seeing it in the theater.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Just got back from it. Let me save all of you some trouble here... do not wait for any after the movie credits scene. There is no credit scene after the movie or after the credits are done. Save yourself the ten minutes or so.

Anybody know if there's a website that provides this info for all movies? Would be very useful. Especially for kids movies, my wife always watches through the credits just in case there's something at the end.

ETA: Google directed me to a site called aftercredits.com. Doesn't seem to be the greatest layout though. It claims there is a "stinger" after the credits in this movie. No idea what a stinger is.

 

[Mario Kart]

Just got back from it. Let me save all of you some trouble here... do not wait for any after the movie credits scene. There is no credit scene after the movie or after the credits are done. Save yourself the ten minutes or so.

Anybody know if there's a website that provides this info for all movies? Would be very useful. Especially for kids movies, my wife always watches through the credits just in case there's something at the end.

ETA: Google directed me to a site called aftercredits.com. Doesn't seem to be the greatest layout though. It claims there is a "stinger" after the credits in this movie. No idea what a stinger is.

http://www.mediastinger.com/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-2014-extra-audio-after-the-credits/

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Just got back from it. Let me save all of you some trouble here... do not wait for any after the movie credits scene. There is no credit scene after the movie or after the credits are done. Save yourself the ten minutes or so.

Anybody know if there's a website that provides this info for all movies? Would be very useful. Especially for kids movies, my wife always watches through the credits just in case there's something at the end.

ETA: Google directed me to a site called aftercredits.com. Doesn't seem to be the greatest layout though. It claims there is a "stinger" after the credits in this movie. No idea what a stinger is.

http://www.mediastinger.com/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-2014-extra-audio-after-the-credits/

Thanks, that site looks better than the one I found before.

 

[RUSF18]

Saw it earlier this afternoon as well. Enjoyed the last one a bit more for the overall story but this was nicely done. Some beautiful shots.

 

[anakin]

Saw it earlier this afternoon as well. Enjoyed the last one a bit more for the overall story but this was nicely done. Some beautiful shots.

I could not have said it better.

 

[Hawks64]

Saw it tonight and really liked it, I thought the story was equal to Rise and really liked how they developed Blue Eyes.

 

[MC Gas Money]

Saw it tonight and really liked it, I thought the story was equal to Rise and really liked how they developed Blue Eyes.

Did it live up to the praise the critics are giving it?

 

[Hawks64]

Saw it tonight and really liked it, I thought the story was equal to Rise and really liked how they developed Blue Eyes.

Did it live up to the praise the critics are giving it?

I thought so, I would go see it again.

 

[Todem]

Outstanding movie.

We loved it!!! Great flick.

4/5 stars

I love the new reboot of this great classic series. I can't wait to see what will be next. It was equal to and just as good as Rise. Different. Really well done.

 

[Run It Up]

Kind of bummed, I had no expectations going in to this movie, in fact I didn't even want to go see it tonight but I got dragged off to it -- but everyone I saw it with either hated it or fell asleep.

This bums me out cause I thought it was amazing. The cinematography was great, from the bottom up this film was almost perfect.

Director Matt Reeves has won me over, I thought the remake of "Let the Right One In" lived up to the original and "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" surprised the hell out of me.

9/10

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Saw it last night.... and didn't like it.

Too long, found the story disappointing, like above extremely cliche. The lead actors were a blah (Russell and Oldman are good though). The visuals and graphics are the best thing, amazing.

Though I have to say if you have to write how the apes took over, the human created viruses and serums is probably the one that makes the most sense. But what I think what I've been wanting is the rawness of the original movie, plus some answer to how the Statue of Liberty ended up 85% buried in sand. We're two long movies on and I still don't see that answered.

 

[Todem]

Saw it last night.... and didn't like it.

Too long, found the story disappointing, like above extremely cliche. The lead actors were a blah (Russell and Oldman are good though). The visuals and graphics are the best thing, amazing.

Though I have to say if you have to write how the apes took over, the human created viruses and serums is probably the one that makes the most sense. But what I think what I've been wanting is the rawness of the original movie, plus some answer to how the Statue of Liberty ended up 85% buried in sand. We're two long movies on and I still don't see that answered.

Maybe because this is a total reboot of the series?

I love the originals. But so far the reboot has been awesome. A far more modern take.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

Saw the first, plan to see the second.

These aren't really a "reboot" in the traditional sense, though. They're more of a prequel.

 

[identikit]

Saw the first, plan to see the second.

These aren't really a "reboot" in the traditional sense, though. They're more of a prequel.

Not really a prequel, based on the original 3 films.

Reboot is the best description I believe.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

Saw the first, plan to see the second.

These aren't really a "reboot" in the traditional sense, though. They're more of a prequel.

Not really a prequel, based on the original 3 films.

Reboot is the best description I believe.

But in the original Heston film, wasn't the planet already overrun by apes?

 

[Thunderlips]

Saw the first, plan to see the second.

These aren't really a "reboot" in the traditional sense, though. They're more of a prequel.

Not really a prequel, based on the original 3 films.

Reboot is the best description I believe.

Isn't it more a remake of the two or three Ape movies that came after Escape from the Planet of the Apes? I

Also, does it in any way jibe with the Marky Mark one....particularly the end where he goes back to Earth and finds an Ape Washington D.C.?

 

[EYLive]

I thought Rise and Dawn were "origin" stories. Prequels for the 1960 films.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I thought Rise and Dawn were "origin" stories. Prequels for the 1960 films.

sort of, but I don't think they were made to be direct tie ins to the original.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

Its a reboot for sure as the series now shifts its concerns from time travel and social commentary about race and nuclear war to address animal rights, medical research, and the threat of viruses

 

[identikit]

Saw the first, plan to see the second.

These aren't really a "reboot" in the traditional sense, though. They're more of a prequel.

Not really a prequel, based on the original 3 films.

Reboot is the best description I believe.

But in the original Heston film, wasn't the planet already overrun by apes?

Yes, but the world was destroyed at the end of the 2nd film (Beneath the Planet of the Apes). The following ones were prequels to the first two.

 

[TxBuckeye]

Saw it last night.... and didn't like it.

Too long, found the story disappointing, like above extremely cliche. The lead actors were a blah (Russell and Oldman are good though). The visuals and graphics are the best thing, amazing.

This was me. Was actualy pretty excited going in. But ended up feeling pretty "meh" about the whole thing.

 

[snogger]

Saw it last night.... and didn't like it.

Too long, found the story disappointing, like above extremely cliche. The lead actors were a blah (Russell and Oldman are good though). The visuals and graphics are the best thing, amazing.

Though I have to say if you have to write how the apes took over, the human created viruses and serums is probably the one that makes the most sense. But what I think what I've been wanting is the rawness of the original movie, plus some answer to how the Statue of Liberty ended up 85% buried in sand. We're two long movies on and I still don't see that answered.

Maybe because this is a total reboot of the series?

I love the originals. But so far the reboot has been awesome. A far more modern take.

Saw the first, plan to see the second.

These aren't really a "reboot" in the traditional sense, though. They're more of a prequel.

Not really a prequel, based on the original 3 films.

Reboot is the best description I believe.

But in the original Heston film, wasn't the planet already overrun by apes?

I read the director talking about rise of the planet of the apes as being "sort of" in line with Conquest of the Apes, but not fully in line with it.

As for the " I want an answer to how the Statue of Liberty ends up being buried in the earth".. You have to go back to the very first film and look at the time line:

The meters onboard Taylor's ship suggest a launch date of January 14th 1972; Taylor records his final report six months later, to the hour - July 14th 1972 on the 'Ship Time' chronometer. According to the 'Earth Time' chronometer at that point, the date on Earth is March 23rd to 27th, 2673 - 701 years, 2 months and 13 days having elapsed. This equates to a rate of approximately 1415 days passing on Earth for every 1 day aboard the craft (or about 59 days per hour). After the ship crashes, the Earth Time reads November 25th, 3978.

So yea, we have thousands of years to get to the original "Planet of the Apes".

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Saw it last night.... and didn't like it.

Too long, found the story disappointing, like above extremely cliche. The lead actors were a blah (Russell and Oldman are good though). The visuals and graphics are the best thing, amazing.

Though I have to say if you have to write how the apes took over, the human created viruses and serums is probably the one that makes the most sense. But what I think what I've been wanting is the rawness of the original movie, plus some answer to how the Statue of Liberty ended up 85% buried in sand. We're two long movies on and I still don't see that answered.

Maybe because this is a total reboot of the series?

I love the originals. But so far the reboot has been awesome. A far more modern take.

Saw the first, plan to see the second.

These aren't really a "reboot" in the traditional sense, though. They're more of a prequel.

Not really a prequel, based on the original 3 films.

Reboot is the best description I believe.

But in the original Heston film, wasn't the planet already overrun by apes?

I read the director talking about rise of the planet of the apes as being "sort of" in line with Conquest of the Apes, but not fully in line with it.

As for the " I want an answer to how the Statue of Liberty ends up being buried in the earth".. You have to go back to the very first film and look at the time line:

The meters onboard Taylor's ship suggest a launch date of January 14th 1972; Taylor records his final report six months later, to the hour - July 14th 1972 on the 'Ship Time' chronometer. According to the 'Earth Time' chronometer at that point, the date on Earth is March 23rd to 27th, 2673 - 701 years, 2 months and 13 days having elapsed. This equates to a rate of approximately 1415 days passing on Earth for every 1 day aboard the craft (or about 59 days per hour). After the ship crashes, the Earth Time reads November 25th, 3978.

So yea, we have thousands of years to get to the original "Planet of the Apes".

Thanks, interesting stuff.

That led me to this wiki which actually references POTA originally being a novel, which I did not realize:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_%28novel%29

The original script for the 68 movie original was first written by Rod Sterling.

http://www.rodserling.com/pota.htm

In the 1968 version the idea that mankind had been ruined by war and/or nuclear fallout was easy enough. I think the tougher question was how did apes rise and become so advanced? The latest movies do explain that part.

I hadn't thought about these as a reboot, it helps but they still do have to deal with the basic premise of how apes got to where they do 2000 years later (which itself was a commentary because that's exactly where we are now from the birth of Christian civilization).

 

[3C's]

Didn't see Rise so I guess I should do that first.

 

[badmojo1006]

It was OK. Too long and cliched.

Gary Oldman was good as always and Andy Serkis was fantastic as Ceasar, but the other male lead Jason Clarke, was nothing

I give it a B-

 

[badmojo1006]

Also, Judy Greer played Cornelia. She didn't have a single line and was covered in makeup. Imagine her agent trying to sell that?

 

[Riversco]

There was too much focus on ape politics and not really any major surprises I can think of. It wasn't a bad movie, just a forgettable one.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

Thanks for all of the information on the tie-in with the originals.

 

[Anarchy99]

I enjoyed the first one better. Not sure what all the critics saw to give it such high marks. It dragged for the first hour and then went overboard on action in the second half. I'd give the first one 3 of 4 stars and the second one 2.5 of 4 stars. Overall, just not as interesting a story IMO.

 

[snogger]

Just returned and although I enjoyed it, I agree with most here that the first one was better..

This one reminded me of a "filler" episode on TV.. Things happen, lots is explained, but when you reflect back you realize this was a film to build up to the war that will be coming in the next film.

I gave the first one a 5 out of 5 as I enjoyed that one from start to finish..

This one gets a 4 for driving the story line, but overall just a touch over 3.5 .. Will watch again, but pretty sure I won't watch it as many time as I've already watched Rise..

Saying all that.. Bring on the next film!!!

 

[fruity pebbles]

i loved it, just thought it was a very good story, shot well. Next one will be great.

 

[The General]

Thought it was pretty entertaining, solid summer movie. Kind of surprised by the unanimous critic lovefest.

Totally agree with those praising the CGI or whatever they did to do the apes. Was pretty amazing how seamlessly that was done. None of the human characters were even remotely interesting, including Oldman.

 

[fruity pebbles]

Only part i thought was kinda lame

Spoiler

After Caesar was shot, none of the apes checked to see if he was alright. Humans found him alive lying in the bushes.

 

[prosopis]

I enjoyed it.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The CGI is a little awkward. Let's get that out of the way.

But I really enjoyed the story and the script. Thumbs up.

 

[Jefferson the Caregiver]

Entertaining for a summer movie.

You've heard the story before, I don't think they are breaking any new ground on that.

Liked the nod to "The Warriors."

3/5

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Only part i thought was kinda lame

Totally agree, thought this myself, as a plot device it was totally contrived.

And this has been mentioned but the water/dam engineer whose stupidity is needed to drive the whole plot is also poorly done. It's a movie about stupid people doing stupid things.

It was OK. Too long and cliched.

Gary Oldman was good as always and Andy Serkis was fantastic as Ceasar, but the other male lead Jason Clarke, was nothing

I give it a B-

I agree with this. I am not quite sure who made the decision to make Clarke the guy who mostly interfaces with Caesar so much instead of Oldman. Oldman is the leader of the humans and a superb actor but he rarely engages Caesar.

 

[Socrates11]

Entertaining for a summer movie.

You've heard the story before, I don't think they are breaking any new ground on that.

Liked the nod to "The Warriors."

3/5

Haven't seen it yet, but now I'm seeing Ceasar giving the 'Can you dig it?' speech.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

Entertaining for a summer movie.

You've heard the story before, I don't think they are breaking any new ground on that.

Liked the nod to "The Warriors."

3/5

Haven't seen it yet, but now I'm seeing Ceasar giving the 'Can you dig it?' speech.

Ceasar Sirus

 

[badmojo1006]

2 Chimps, from the Myrtle Beach Safari, went to watch the show. Paid for their tickets and Popcorn and clapped and howled at the right moments

The first comment is pretty funny

 

[ebcpastor2004]

Saw it last night w/ my 14 yr old. He chose it over Transformers: Age of Extinction. Good choice. We both really, really liked it.

Neither of us have seen the Rise of... & I'm completely unfamiliar with the originals. Neither one really felt like we were missing any important back story, but now that we've seen this one we'll definitely watch Rise.

Is the original 68 version worth watching?

 

[badmojo1006]

Saw it last night w/ my 14 yr old. He chose it over Transformers: Age of Extinction. Good choice. We both really, really liked it.

Neither of us have seen the Rise of... & I'm completely unfamiliar with the originals. Neither one really felt like we were missing any important back story, but now that we've seen this one we'll definitely watch Rise.

Is the original 68 version worth watching?

Yes yes it is. It is a movie classic

 

[identikit]

Saw it last night w/ my 14 yr old. He chose it over Transformers: Age of Extinction. Good choice. We both really, really liked it.

Neither of us have seen the Rise of... & I'm completely unfamiliar with the originals. Neither one really felt like we were missing any important back story, but now that we've seen this one we'll definitely watch Rise.

Is the original 68 version worth watching?

Yes yes it is. It is a movie classic

Definitely.

 

[gmbacm]

Saw it last night w/ my 14 yr old. He chose it over Transformers: Age of Extinction. Good choice. We both really, really liked it.

Neither of us have seen the Rise of... & I'm completely unfamiliar with the originals. Neither one really felt like we were missing any important back story, but now that we've seen this one we'll definitely watch Rise.Is the original 68 version worth watching?

Yes yes it is. It is a movie classic

Definitely.

Whole original series worth watching, or just first one?

 

[Todem]

Saw it last night w/ my 14 yr old. He chose it over Transformers: Age of Extinction. Good choice. We both really, really liked it.

Neither of us have seen the Rise of... & I'm completely unfamiliar with the originals. Neither one really felt like we were missing any important back story, but now that we've seen this one we'll definitely watch Rise.Is the original 68 version worth watching?

Yes yes it is. It is a movie classic

Definitely.

Whole original series worth watching, or just first one?

Original is great. Beneath is decent.

Escape is actually very entertaining.

The 4th is good

Battle is meh.

I would watch the whole series though. Good saturday afternoon type flicks. But be prepared it is very 70's. But that is the charm of them.

 

[EYLive]

I loved the monkey movie. Really great. I felt like a little kid again.

 

[B-Deep]

Saw it yesterday, loved it

 

[BustedKnuckles]

concept art of what the apes almost looked like in the movie

 

[Fariq]

I liked it