Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Gary Oldman

Well done for a summer blockbuster. The CGI was spectacular and very convincing, characters (both ape and human) all had distinctive personalities and motivations. The lead character - Caesar - emitted command, strength.

The message was pretty bleak...wars are inevitable and violence is the ultimate arbiter - whatever the conflict. Apes had the high moral ground here but not by much.

In the end this was a well-dressed cartoon...sharply drawn good and bad guys. No one expects more from one of these...and here they got it.

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