Review of War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) by Alex V — 15 Oct 2017

Two examples of trilogies where each movie gets better than the last are the Toy Story and Captain America franchises. Well now there's another, this rebooted Planet of the Apes Trilogy. I loved the first two entries in this franchise and their complex look at certain issues.

Now we have reached the finale, and everything has built to this. Here we join Caeser as he goes to avenge his kind by killing the ruthless Colonel. We've seen Caeser rise to become a leader and we've seen his leadership grow in the dawn of his civilization.

And now we see his darker instincts, and he begins to turn a bit into Koba from the first two films. There was a subplot with a little girl that I found to be extremely touching and it was great to watch.

The character of Bad Ape could've been the Jar Jar of this movie. He was a comedic character in a very dark film, however he really worked and helped relieve the tension. My biggest flaw of the last two movies was that we were too invested in the human characters.

War is all about Caesar and his apes and there's just enough of the Colonel to see where he's coming from. The motion capture work for this movie cannot be praised enough. Every ape looked so real and it amazes me that an extremely talented team of people was able to create this.

In the end, War for the Planet of the Apes is extremely riveting and without a doubt gets an A+.