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SCheeseman
Apr 23, 2003

Holy poo poo watch this movie.

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SCheeseman
Apr 23, 2003

I liked Rise a lot, but it was pretty flawed. Every human actor in the movie was out-acted by CGI apes for example. Funnily enough, this trend continues in Dawn, though the gap between the two is much smaller.

SCheeseman
Apr 23, 2003

AV Club reviewed it. It's a pretty terrible review, spending a good chunk on how because it's a prequel we know where the story leads (the same complaint can be made about any adaption from pre-existing source material) and whining about what it isn't instead of accepting it for what it is.

They've really let the quality of their reviews slide, it's a shame.

There's also this (spoilered):

quote:

Strangely, the book they bond over is Charles Burns’ graphic novel Black Hole—a choice of little apparent thematic significance, though viewers should probably be grateful that Reeves didn’t go in the opposite direction and cut to a close-up of Animal Farm.

Little thematic significance? What about the astronauts that are going to be inevitably introduced? It's setting up Maurices' future understanding of the astronauts and their fate. It's a very subtle and brilliant piece of foreshadowing.

SCheeseman
Apr 23, 2003

WE DOIN IT NOW posted:

You also have to account for all the fighting for resources that come with the fall of civilization.

Also the simian flu isn't the only disease that exists. Considering the poor conditions everyone is living in and the scarce food supply, there would be further declines in population from that.

SCheeseman
Apr 23, 2003

They seem to struggle to talk and their voices are grunty and rough. One could assume that their method of speech is similar to that of a human who has a damaged voicebox?

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