I've always felt weird about sequels. A decades-long franchise gives the fans a lot of material to indulge in, but sometimes I feel that there is something unattainably sacred about the work that is "one and done".
Dot Pot A strikes me as one of those movies that is good, but like Toy Story 2, leaves me confused as to whether the sacredness of one movie or book is actually legitimate.
This movie is a mix of incredible, interesting, frustrating, and original. The whole concept of "two groups harbor distrust and eventually fight" is something that has been explored even by Disney (check out Pocahontas, which came out in 1995), but for some reason "Apes vs. Humans" instead of "Natives vs. Settlers" or "Aliens vs. Humans" injects new life into it.
What's incredible is that the apes in this movie highlight how far technology in cinema has come. I don't know if it's really good makeup and costumes, motion-capture, or pure CGI, but you'd swear that they used real apes if you were dumb.
Some minor plot holes frustrate me, but it's more of a nitpicking instinct borne of watching dozens of Cinemasins videos and surfing movieplotholes.com than anything too major, although Poor Communication Kills is very key to the plot, which may annoyed me greatly. The ending, however, massively disappointed me, mainly due to the fact that it was so cynical, along with a healthy dose of Fridge Horror.
Overall, I felt good about the movie. It's flaws are outweighed by the good, and I rest comfortably knowing that any doubts about the fictional future will be addressed in a sequel.
Film Are all sequels bad? No.
I've always felt weird about sequels. A decades-long franchise gives the fans a lot of material to indulge in, but sometimes I feel that there is something unattainably sacred about the work that is "one and done".
Dot Pot A strikes me as one of those movies that is good, but like Toy Story 2, leaves me confused as to whether the sacredness of one movie or book is actually legitimate.
This movie is a mix of incredible, interesting, frustrating, and original. The whole concept of "two groups harbor distrust and eventually fight" is something that has been explored even by Disney (check out Pocahontas, which came out in 1995), but for some reason "Apes vs. Humans" instead of "Natives vs. Settlers" or "Aliens vs. Humans" injects new life into it.
What's incredible is that the apes in this movie highlight how far technology in cinema has come. I don't know if it's really good makeup and costumes, motion-capture, or pure CGI, but you'd swear that they used real apes if you were dumb.
Some minor plot holes frustrate me, but it's more of a nitpicking instinct borne of watching dozens of Cinemasins videos and surfing movieplotholes.com than anything too major, although Poor Communication Kills is very key to the plot, which may annoyed me greatly. The ending, however, massively disappointed me, mainly due to the fact that it was so cynical, along with a healthy dose of Fridge Horror.
Overall, I felt good about the movie. It's flaws are outweighed by the good, and I rest comfortably knowing that any doubts about the fictional future will be addressed in a sequel.
Read my full review at Mr. Movie's Cinematic Survey.