This week I had to endure 7 films in a series of films about the planet of the apes. Well, I took it. The movies were good, they weren’t good, and they were really bad. The Monkey Planet Rebellion is good. And although he did not sympathize with me until the viewing, during the painting itself I was pleased. There’s no doubt that the effect of the original’s bad followers has been felt, but I still think it’s a worthy film and worthy of being in the universe.
A representative of a good movie is an interesting, unusual story, a representative of ordinary cinema is a beautiful picture and sophisticated special effects, and the Rebellion of the Planet of the Monkeys is both the first and the last. Not only that, already at the very first seconds, the film pleases the eye with the beauties of nature and the city, and the use is good and does not interfere with the development of the story, which cannot but please, because there are many examples of entertainment without a narrative.
It is worth highlighting that the film, although it is listed in the “sequels & prequels”, it is difficult to call it one or the other. It doesn’t sound like a backstory, as we’ve been told that in past movies, and it’s not a sequel. But it's not a remake either.
This time the action takes place in the 21st century, experiments on primates have already taken root, and no one is going to stop them. The main character, played by James Franco, will have several years to care for a monkey named Caesar at home.
Without a doubt, the intrigue of the original is not left here, but this, in general, is not a hindrance.
Well, if this is the Planet of the Monkeys, then wait for revolutions and uprisings. It is these two factors that I consider weak in the film, since Caesar is too quickly offended by the world of people, and then with his friends is a brawl to get to the place where he should be – at home, in the woods.
The authors did not spare any effort on various references to the series, and if you want to understand them, you will have to try and see the entire line, which is not very simple, I tell you. But it was worth it. The approach is excellent: they are not shoved at every step, do not stick the viewer in the nose and do not use old ideas - just a few small and simple messages for fans of the universe.
And I really want to highlight the music. The compositions are at a height, support the atmosphere and create a pleasant feeling of struggle for freedom.
In my opinion, the Rebellion of the Planet of the Monkeys is the best representative in the series of films since the original 1968 film, which is able to present a very interesting story that can please fans and who with all the title and respect treats the origins, not missing the details and gluing all the potentials of past, not the most successful films, in itself.
8 out of 10
For a long time I could not find the title for the review. Here I remember the previous paintings “Planet of the monkeys”. By the way, not exactly what I watched before - not stored in memory. But I remember that there was a war (I think 2001 picture). Here a little bit (well, right there a little ... a lot!) is very different. The new version. Apemen is the name of Pithecanthrope. But here monkeys are like people, and some people are like monkeys.
And in this new version, the plot is based on the following: experiments on poor animals. Yes, we can say that the search for a superdrug for the experimental could be crowned with success, and no one would judge the winners. But the story is offered from this perspective. That's where we take it.
The film sounded a terrible phrase: “Alzheimer’s disease”. It was from this terrible ailment that they were looking for a cure, conducting experiments on chimpanzees. But as a sin, one monkey showed unprecedented aggression. Well, I immediately thought, now stuff us - viewers - with something indigestible and has long been "not tasty." But it quickly turned out that the experimental monkey was pregnant and just protecting its born cub, which, as it turned out (I just found out that something I missed while watching), gave birth in the laboratory. One of the employees takes the baby, bypassing all conventions.
This is where the story starts. It turns out that the medicine (probably through the mother's milk, again, this is already a contrivance) was partially transferred to the child. The baby grew, crepe, and now by the beginning of the described events became a large mammal. And once, defending the father of the main character, he showed aggression, like the one shown by his mother. Caesar, which was the name of the film’s main monkey, is isolated and placed in a kennel. And then according to the laws of the genre: a bad attitude, the search for mutual understanding with primates in a new environment and a punitive campaign.
That's short. There is so much that has already been described (although the necessary only indicated). Next, the viewer is invited to enjoy the collapse, chaos, capture of the city. Well, at least that's how it's presented. In fact, the monkeys were attracted to one goal.
That's the movie. It's amazing. And I didn’t think it could be very meaningful and interesting. I started looking just to broaden my horizons. And I didn't.
What about Caesar? Will the hero who embarked on such a dangerous operation and moved the primates-brothers to such an adventurous event survive? Well, as they say, look and see!
From the actors you can learn James Franco, familiar from "Spider-Man" (rival and friend of Spider-Man himself) and Brian Cox (in another cult epic, his hero pumped Adamantium Wolverine). And I have to admit, I was really happy to see them. It was unexpected for me. The monkey-leader was played by Andy Serkis, for whom playing monkeys is already a familiar thing. Well, how a man made a monkey - this can already be found from the official description.
I will end by recommending this film to watch. But I was looking forward to a bigger story.
Wyatt’s name before watching this film was unknown to me, which is not surprising: his brainchild “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” can be considered almost the debut in the field of high-quality commercial cinema. Almost everything seemed to have been filmed and written about animal experiments. But it is impossible not to notice that Wyatt made his contribution to this grated and shabby topic.
Not the most successful and certainly not the most creative in the title of the film “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” will tell us about a young scientist looking for a cure for Alzheimer’s, with whom his father is ill. Of course, attempts to recreate the drug are being tested on animals, in this case monkeys. And the medicine begins to act in the most unexpected ways. This was shown in the Deep Blue Sea, where the tests were done on sharks, and the result was an intelligent predatory animal. The Rebellion is increasingly democratic and dramatic. A monkey named Caesar will be presented with a successful and unsuccessful experiment at the same time. This raises the question of the humanity of such animal testing. Yes, fiction is even utopian today, but who knows what science will come up with in the future? And this is a huge plus of this film: to give the viewer a ground for reflection. Human eyes and the animal form of Caesar poison the soul, and history appears before us every minute of the film in an increasingly philosophical context.
The cast is not the most impressive, but James Franco, known for "Spider-Man" plays convincingly, and besides him and Caesar, no one is needed.
8 out of 10
If I had not been overly praised for this film, the level of expectations would have decreased, but the film still deserves the attention of the audience. Definitely liked the film, and would take it by genre to such a “chemical fiction”. Fantastic here and a lot, it depends on what angle to look at it. From the point of view of the usual fiction about starships or time travel, this is not such fiction. This is about the invention of another drug that miraculously affected the mental development of a primate - chimpanzees.
The closest relative of man has become so developed that the species itself with a collar around the neck of a monkey has become ridiculous. It was no longer a monkey, but a man, only a very hairy man.
It seems to me that such a story happened in the year 1900 – when the population was less intelligent and humane and shot everything that could even phantomly cause a threat to human existence. And since the action seems to concern our days, it is not quite appropriate (characteristic of children's films) the cruelty of guards to primates, and therefore the problem of inequality is sucked out of the finger.
I liked the movie because it was entertaining, which is a lot.
What makes a monkey better than a man? What better man than a monkey?
Hollywood once again at all times rushes to remind us of the questions that arise in the head of probably each of us. Maybe it’s time for us to finally become human and treat animals as equals. Or will he fully accept that our lesser brethren are but food and an object for tenderness? And this film asks us — is it not too early we declared ourselves masters of the land?
Humans, wanting to help themselves, were testing new drugs to cure deadly diseases on chimpanzees. The result was not long in coming. The medicine with terrifying speed made a cute stupid monkey with an innocent name Caesar furry genius, who already in his five-plus years could get a Harvard degree if he wanted.
And nothing clouded his serene life, until more than one unpleasant incident threw him in a real prison for monkeys. Where does Caesar decide to fight for freedom?
In this war, there is no right or left. Humans are just as right as primates, but both are wrong. Throughout the film, I didn’t know which side to take? I see some pretty chimpanzees running along the screen, but a second later, they suddenly lash out at the already miserable people, and I start pitying the latter until they too cross the line. This is all very controversial.
The visual part of the film is really impressive. Well-designed footage of the jungle claims the title of paintings.
Yes, yes, the plot is standard, you say, lovers of intellectual cinema. And I-I'll agree with you. But he's catchy. Holds it until the last shot. I don't know about you, but I haven't lost interest in history for a second. I was thirsty to absorb every new piece of information. I have no regrets about the time I spent in this film.
Darwin’s theory of evolution has both supporters and opponents. There are many assumptions, few facts. At least no one has ever seen a monkey evolve into a human. However, the famous “infinite ape theorem” exists, and therefore there is a tiny possibility that the impossible is possible.
The French writer Pierre Boole was an electrician by specialty, that is, a person who, at least, is not alien to scientific views. In 1963, he created his most famous novel, Planet of the Apes, in which he implicitly suggested that the “infinite ape” would one day not only be able to tip the finger of a new Hamlet, but also surpass man on an intellectual level. The book became a bestseller and then a classic of the genre. Five years later, the novel was filmed by American director Franklin James Scheffner, marking the beginning of a long-running film series of five films, the last of which was released in 1973.
In zero Hollywood, experiencing a crisis of ideas, again turned to the plot of Boole. The eponymous remake was instructed to remove the “dark storyteller” Tim Burton, who unexpectedly abandoned his corporate identity and shot a full-fledged blockbuster with stars, a multi-million dollar budget and special effects. The film brought the studio “Twentieth Century Fox” large dividends and three awards “Golden Raspberry”, including in the category “Worst remake or sequel”.
This relative failure certainly hung a sword of Damocles over the filmmakers of The Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011). The script of the tape, in fact, has nothing to do with either Boole’s book or previous adaptations, although the authors, including the word “planet” in the title, clearly emphasized the existing connection. In fact, it turned out a prequel, the background of the events that led to the fact that the monkeys seized power on Earth.
... In the past, in the present, but people have always been selfish, mercilessly exploiting their younger brothers. A talented young biologist, Will (James Franco), is not so much concerned about the future of humanity as he is trying to save his father (John Lithgow), who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. However, tests of the experimental drug "Alts-112" have not yet yielded tangible results, and the tragic incident with the experimental chimpanzee nicknamed "Yasnoyazka" and puts an end to Will's work. The office no longer intends to sponsor the fruitless research of Will: monkeys are sent to the expense, and the scientist is asked to do more real and monetary projects.
But Will does not lose hope and faith in his own strength. Having sheltered from the pity of the baby “Clear-eyed”, he notices in the young chimpanzee incredible mental abilities for primates. Apparently, the experimental virus passed on to Caesar (as Will and his father called the new family member) at the genetic level, making the composition unstable in the laboratory resistant to any mutations. Caesar grows up and gets smarter before his eyes, communicating with people in universal sign language.
Alas, the animal, although it knows how to be friends, love and hate, remains an animal. Having become a casual witness to the skirmish between Will’s father and his neighbor, Caesar takes out anger and past grievances on the unpleasant subject. Will, whose attempts to cure his father are still fruitless (the drug only briefly weakened the course of the disease), is forced to hand over his pet to the nursery, and he returns to his experiments with the Alts-112, intending to “strengthen” the formula with the active substance several times. Does he not know that such extensive methods in science can lead to truly unpredictable consequences?
“Who is Rupert Wyatt? “Why don’t I know?” she asked after watching. And no wonder, because the Englishman is a newcomer to Hollywood, and at home he managed to shoot only a couple of short films plus the thriller “Prison Break” (it was from there that the wonderful actor Brian Cox migrated to “Rebellion”. Apparently, the debut of the British so impressed the producers and writers of the tape, the married couple Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver that they entrusted Wyatt with a well-known brand and a budget of $ 100 million. However, the couple themselves also at one time knew the price of fame, participating in the creation of the classic thriller “Hand rocking the cradle”.
Heaven and Earth compared to Burton’s Rebellion. Let’s be honest, Burton was strongly pressed to the ground by the failure of his fantastic parody “Mars Attacks!”, so he did not argue with the producers and filmed as requested. They must have been bad. The Rebellion was much stronger, more powerful and more realistic. After all, technology for ten years significantly stepped forward: in the remake of 2001, all monkeys were played by actors in the most complex makeup, and now only computer technology. What allowed the creators to bring the visual part as close as possible to perfection, all the monkeys look so natural that you wonder. Nevertheless, at the heart of all the key “wired” characters is working with the facial expressions and plasticity of real actors. So, the main character was “designed” on the screen by the notorious Andy Serkis, who was trained in a similar role in “The Lord of the Rings” (Gollum).
In the first part of the picture, the viewer may even get a little bored. The narrative is leisurely, we are introduced from afar to the course of events, the character of Will, his love for his sick father and the first steps of Caesar in the human world. In a world where an animal must be driven on a leash and kept in a cage. In a world where people shamelessly experiment on smaller brothers, hoping to snatch a fatter piece. And in a world where it is quite easy to take and hit a wordless creature, because with impunity and some degenerates even give pleasure from their own superiority. But things change. Once the ribbon crosses the equator, there will be no trace of the previous slowness. On the screen, life is boiling, drama is mixed with fiction, tension builds up to pour out in the last half hour of great action. And yet, it is not technology and not the social aspect that made the film the box office, but the emotional intensity that makes the viewer squeeze into the chair.
From the very beginning, it was clear that the sympathizer would not be the biologist who inadvertently opened the “Pandora’s Box”, but his pet Caesar, the leader of the future uprising of the monkeys. And here the film can be blamed a little for the bias and excessive dose of humanism that all animal films suffer from. Angry or simply unwelcome people in the frame are the majority, for which a separate thank you to actors Tom Felton (you can’t even think of it, even after Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter) and David Oyelowo (the greedy boss will get what he deserves). But the purpose of the authors was not so much to demonstrate the virtues of beasts and the base features of the human race, as to create an atmosphere in which rebellion becomes a phenomenon desired and approved by the audience.
As you might expect, the film has an open ending. The success of Rise of the Planet of the Apes on all fronts allowed the creators to immediately decide to become a new franchise. The beginning is laid, the rebellion took place, but before the complete conquest of the Earth and the apocalypse, which led to the extinction of mankind is still far away, because the action of Boole’s novel takes place already in the 26th century. The sequel titled “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” is scheduled for release in 2014 and will tell about the fate of Caesar.
9 out of 10
The opening scene, which vividly demonstrates a predatory attitude towards the world around us, easily sets the tone for the entire subsequent narrative. Who would have thought, but it feels like we are more than just another blockbuster with high-end computer graphics – the film really feels a strong moral and social undertones. By and large, the story shown could be realized in a slightly simplified form and earlier with the help of simple trained animals and dolls. In other words, if you remove the special effects, there is an interesting backbone, the development of which is fascinating to watch for almost two hours.
Although the events of the film have little to do with Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes and even less with Pierre Boole’s literary original, this is a good example of science fiction. Human genius has gone as far as stimulants of brain activity and, of course, such tests are first tested on animals. The main character here, oddly enough, is not a man, not a character of James Franco, but a new evolutionary round of a monkey - a chimpanzee named Caesar. Conventionally, the plot can be divided into three parts: introductory scenes about the origin of Caesar and his childhood in the family of people, forced imprisonment in captivity and, in fact, the uprising, as eloquently understood from the title. All three parts turned out to be interesting and fascinating to the viewer. The film is not oversaturated with scientific terminology, so you can easily understand what is happening.
The most amazing thing is that Caesar is not just an animal, which we have seen dozens of times in touching stories about animals and cartoons. He is perceived as a character, a protagonist who defends his freedom and, if I may say so, conviction. Indeed, the blasphemous treatment of humans with animals, in turn, generates antipathy. We are so arrogant about the natural world because no form of life can really fight back. This story demonstrates the possible retribution for such exorbitant complacency.
I would like to mention a truly high-quality visual range. This applies to skillfully selected filming locations - from an ultra-modern laboratory to cramped basement enclosures for animals. This, without a doubt, high-quality computer animation, thanks to which it was possible to breathe life into animal images endowed with intelligence in the plot. These are beautiful landscapes, especially impressive scenes in a relic forest with giant redwoods.
A surprisingly interesting and almost original project, given the solid creative heritage. Another worthy option of spectacular action, able to gather a family or circle of friends at the screen. I want to believe that the sequel will multiply all the best.
The fantastic film Planet of the Apes, shot in 1968 by American director Franklin J. Sheffner with Charlton Heston in the title role, is now recognized as an unconditional classic of the genre and one of the best fantastic films in general, playing both on the field of pure entertainment cinema and having a serious philosophical content. Having spawned a number of less successful sequels, both artistically and financially, the story of Planet of the Monkeys continued to be relevant into the 21st century. In 2001, a remake of the 1968 film was released under the leadership of Tim Burton, which was supposed to revive the cult franchise for a new generation of viewers, but the box office failure crossed out this idea and only in 2011 a new film about the Planet of the Monkeys was released on the screen - not a remake, but a reimagining, a rethinking, to the first tapes essentially not related, a completely new story and a new franchise, called "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and became the first major Hollywood project of the English director Rupert Wyatt.
In the center of the plot of Wyatt's film is a young scientist Will Rodman, conducting trials of a new drug for Alzheimer's disease on gorillas. As a result of side effects from a prototype of the drug, one of Will's experimental wards, the gorilla Caesar, acquires unprecedented intelligence even for our brothers in mind, and Will, meanwhile, becomes increasingly attached to Caesar. But very soon, Will and all other people will have to pay for their behavior towards suboptimal animals.
As such, the spectacular action component in the tape seems purely secondary and positioning Wyatt’s film as a one-time blockbuster is incredibly difficult. In the rebellious Caesar, calls are heard for humanity not to be cruel not only to animals, but also to themselves, and these appeals are heard in the foreground of the film clearly, almost propaganda. Perhaps this topical idea is conveyed to the viewer too straightforward and manipulative, quite in the spirit of most American blockbusters, but this does not negate the qualitative ideological content of the film, because hardly every blockbuster has it at all; entertainment extremely rarely goes beyond the limits, becoming art, and the Rebellion of the Planet of the Apes should be perceived as a work of art, albeit in some places shackled in the chain of a typical Hollywood spectacle. Caesar, in fact, raises a revolt of the weak-willed and begins a ruthless struggle for freedom. Ruper Wyatt literally pronounces the death sentence to all mankind, stuck in vices, the race for profit, the sentence to people who embarked on the path of not evolution, but regression and deevolution, the path to nowhere. But Caesar’s rightness is at certain moments questionable: as if by chance the fascia fall into the frame and the rational Caesar, controlling his destructive mass, becomes the embodiment of a slowly cultivated dictatorship. Those who are avenged and those who avenge in an instant become equal to each other; there is no more morality, only blood and gunpowder, and battle until death.
Acting work in the tape is distinguished by self-sufficiency, integrity and high-quality reincarnation. Convincing as Will James Franco, who created the image of a person inclined to humanism and opposition to the System. For the second time, Andy Serkis, who appeared in the guise of a computer monkey, brilliantly plays the role of Caesar, captivating the audience even with his look. Also, charismatic characters were created in the film by Brian Cox, John Lithgow and Tom Felton, although, of course, the first violin in the tape is Caesar and the rest of the characters only complement it, without shading.
From a visual point of view, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” is a true spectacle of Hollywood scale, but all painfully realistic special effects do not dominate the content of the film; the form is not broken. Cinematographer Andrew Lesney and director Rupert Wyatt focus not only on the action, which is not Michael’s plan, but also on the personalities of the main characters, giving the tape a monumental multi-voiced sound to the amazing glimpses of the Patrick Doyle sundream, perfectly merging with the video series.
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” is a film from the category of intellectual blockbusters, touching on a lot of serious and not losing its relevance topics. A large-scale, fascinating and stylish movie spectacle, only tangentially associated with the classics of 1968. All moviegoers are recommended to watch in any case.
The picture Rupert Wyatt under the name "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is almost a direct continuation of the classic 1968 film "Planet of the Apes", which is based on the famous book of the same name Pierre Boole. However, in the 2011 project, the creators have quite moved away from the backstory, so that “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” can be considered as a completely independent film that does not look back at the famous predecessor and its numerous, much less successful sequels. And although some references to the old franchise are still present, but they will be interesting only for fans of the heroes of Boole. After all, no matter how it may be, but “Planet of the Apes” although it is a landmark product of American cinema, but the age of the film does not benefit, since the whole project is simply morally outdated, including effects, acting, and editing. But people’s memory cannot forget the famous cycle, because some reboot of history sooner or later would have to appear on the screens, especially since with competent advertising, box office fees will be at a quite decent level. It remains only to create the film itself, which at least should have become a strong middle man with a claim to a sequel. Unfortunately, he became so, failing to turn into something more...
The plot of the updated planet of monkeys is as follows: a brilliant young scientist Will Rodman (James Franco) works in a super-modern research center, where he develops drugs for many serious diseases, including the ill-fated Alzheimer, which is sick father of the hero Charles (John Lithgow). All drugs are tested on monkeys trapped in cages. And once in a difficult and not always successful work there was a breakthrough - a young chimpanzee Caesar (Andy Serkis) thanks to the introduced drugs began rapid mental development, which directly shows the success of the drugs being created. However, not everything goes smoothly in the corporate value system, and Will has to temporarily shelter Caesar in his house. But if the work put sticks in the wheel, the personal life of the hero is just beginning to improve thanks to the charming veterinarian Carolyn (Frida Pinto), who takes care of Caesar. And as much as Will would like to keep this peculiar family intact, society does not accept the fact that a huge chimpanzee lives next to them. A few occasional tense situations and Caesar becomes the enemy of Quarter One. Thus, the animal was directly confronted with the human factor, which behaves in the most unpleasant way with its relatives, despite the emerging success in research directly related to Caesar. And he is not going to submit to fate, but is raising a real army to become its leader in the struggle for freedom of his kind, while teaching people the most cruel lesson.
For director Rupert Wyatt, Rise of the Planet of the Apes was the first large-scale blockbuster of his career. The choice of producers stopped at not too famous director. First, Wyatt directed the critically acclaimed crime drama Prison Break. Secondly, on a project of this scale, it will be easy for this director to impose a production opinion and keep the budget within strict limits. Basically, that's what happened. It is obvious that Wyatt tried to add a lot of drama and a complex development of relationships to the film, but the imbalance in the creative approach of many participants in the project made itself felt, because speculative moments that must squeeze tears from the viewer simply make the audience bored.
Separately, I want to dwell on the very drama of the relationship. Apparently, the director wanted to show us the warmth of Will and Caesar’s relationship from the birth of the chimpanzee to adulthood. Of course, we fully reveal their everyday life, friendship and mentoring. But I can’t believe their warmth, because I feel a lot of manipulation, which asks me to please. And if you consider the fact that Caesar, despite all the efforts of the studio WETA and remained a computer model, it is difficult to believe in him. In addition, it is worth noting the fact that in the film “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” was completely unnecessary role of Frida Pinto, which acts as a beautiful scenery that does not affect anything and is present in the frame because of the script. Her relationship with the hero James Franco is the toughest template and to cause at least some interest from the viewer simply not able. Franco also does not remove stars from the sky, but he is the main character, who in many ways moves the plot. Although he is also a lot of complaints, since the actor is really talented, but in blockbusters he often likes to relax and not strain. A clear confirmation besides Wyatt’s painting is “Oz: The Great and the Terrible.” Due to the fact that the main characters are either inexpressive, or hidden under not quite plausible graphics, the strongest feelings are caused by supporting actors, namely John Lithgow and Tom Felton. The first played the father of the main character. The actor brilliantly conveyed the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. And it was the script that I criticized in many ways that helped him. Lithgow had to prove himself both a sick, half-witted old man and a man who rose from the ashes, as well as a strikingly broken old man whose dreams fell apart again. And even if he doesn’t have much screen time, he squeezed it to the end! Tom Felton has once again turned into a scoundrel. No matter what, but such roles are perfect for him. Of course, unlike his Draco from Harry Potter, a new hero named Dodge is a real sadist and a daring scumbag, incapable of re-education. So this is a true antihero who hates all animals and shows his superiority over them with the most brutal methods. Of course, the punishment will overtake him, but we will hate the hero for a long time. and all thanks to the experience of Felton in such a role.
As for the scenes of action, there are no questions about them. Everything is professional, dynamic and colorful. You can see that the entire budget was basically thrown to the end, since it is here that the whole extravaganza of the action unfolds, and the number of digital monkeys just goes off the scale. In many ways, thanks to the final battle and a strong ending, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" looks more or less presentable. Unfortunately, the drama of situations and experiences of memory visas erased quite quickly, so do not lead the viewer by the nose - The Rebellion of the Planet of the Apes is only valuable in its action scenes and effects. If you need a real drama, then choose the appropriate genre without the prefix “fiction” and with a decent audience rating.
5 out of 10
There was no expectation of the film. After Tim Burton’s inept version of Planet of the Apes, returning to the franchise felt dull and unattractive. Even if Leonardo DiCaprio played Caesar (the main ape), the film was not at all intriguing.
After learning that Tarantino considered it the second most important film of 2011, he was very surprised. But still looked with caution - expecting another cheap fake with a bloated budget.
After the first half hour, I was surprised again – the picture was not only spectacular, but also interesting. In fact, the plot is banal - experiments on animals lead to the appearance of a super-gifted monkey named Caesar. Soon the intellect of Caesar comes into confrontation with the imperfection of the surrounding world. This leads to an organized riot - a flock of monkeys tries to take over the city.
I will highlight three aspects. The first is the name. The first part of the new franchise has nothing to do with Scheffner’s Planet of the Apes. It was distracting, the whole movie was expecting some references, and there were none. It would be better to promote the franchise under a completely different name - Caesar.
The second aspect is how accurately the monkeys are depicted. Computer technology has come a long way and now monkeys look like real animals. The scenes were very impressive.
The third aspect is the subject of slavery (it is no coincidence that Tarantino, who worked on Django, liked the film). Attitude to monkeys in cages causes irritation, and a scene in which the monkey does not leave the cage will develop in Tarantin's "Django".
So, a good spectacular film that would definitely deserve a higher score if not for the soft and slightly blurred end, probably anticipating a new franchise.
7 out of 10
It turns out that monkeys are not as stupid as they think they are. Even without medication, they can do a lot. But under the influence of some Alz-112 and Alz-113, they became even smarter. But then they rebelled against humanity and went to their habitat. That’s what the movie is about.
The movie is good, but I don’t want the theme. For example, the Planet of the Apes. But, in this case, the creators wanted the two franchises to be related.
I'm very happy with the actors. Especially James Franco. I know him from the movie Oz: The Great and Terrible, but this movie came out much later. I liked his character very much, but some personality traits were particularly annoying. But there are no perfect people, right? Here Frida was a little short, in some moments, where she should have been scared or experienced some anxiety, she stood stupidly with a stone face and hummed the zippered text. But overall, not bad. I remember Tom Felton. Although he played well, believable, but I wanted to strangle him while watching:
The effects are very high. The monkeys are perfectly painted, especially their live eyes. Eyes are my weakness, I just drown in them. That's what happened now. Very cool.
But it wasn't without the movie blunders. Attention! There could be spoilers. For example, what I noticed was that Caesar asked permission because he was so smart (because of the medicine). But for some reason in the monkeyhouse, the pack leader also asked for permission for something (I don't remember what) from Caesar before taking the medicine. Caesar learned to speak with gestures. But for some reason in the cage and the orange orangutan calmly gestured something explained to Caesar.
8 out of 10
Hollywood bigwigs have a newfangled trend: invite even little-known filmmakers from abroad, apparently, so that new thoughts come to their tapes, in which they can invest money. I support them with both hands, because he who does not take risks does not drink champagne. Thus, at the head of the production of the picture "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was an Englishman Rupert Wyatt, who had only a couple of short films and a full-fledged "Escape from prison", but this did not prevent him from removing the tape, where famous actors were involved, such as James Franco, Frida Pinto, John Lithgow and on a snack
Based on the title, one would think that this film is a direct sequel to Planet of the Apes with Mark Wahlberg in the title role. This conclusion is wrong: the two films have no ties to each other, and if they do, it’s because the main characters are intelligent monkeys.
In this film, I will like two things: the first is a plot that is not without a philosophical background, the second is the play of actors.
The plot revolves around the scientific experiments of a young gifted scientist (James Franco), who is looking for a cure for an incurable disease and puts tests on animal relatives similar to us - on monkeys, of course. After some time, the medicine bears fruit, the father is sick with this disease, he injects it to him, which is why he begins to remember and think. However, before he gave the injection to his father, he tested the medicine on a monkey he took home. And so this monkey is obviously smarter. But every medal has a second side. What? You will see this for yourself if you decide to watch "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". What is the philosophy, you may ask? Everyone has their own home where they can feel free. The creators of the technical part of the film clearly expressed this. The philosophy is that we are responsible for the people we tame. And finally, the fact that good deeds do not gain fame (I remade the famous expression, but so it, in my opinion, fits the film).
Moving on to the second point that I liked in the film, I will first mention John Lithgow. I remember this well-deserved actor for his roles as a negative character from "Ricochet" (played with a young Denzel Washington) and "Rock climber" (a popular video with a single hero Sylvester Stallone). And then he hit me. He became so incarnated as a man suffering from illness that he left no doubts, as if he was actually sick (in no case and no one!). He returns to normal life as a normal person, but... However, I will say again that you should see the rest for yourself. James Franco, for me personally, is still an undiscovered talent. I liked this actor in the Spider-Man trilogy, and even more so than Toby Maguire; I was struck by his realistic performance in the 127 Hours, and here again he proves that he deserves more attention to his person. He is a clear, directed game with a strict adherence to the course of his character. The screenwriters clearly hinted at the contrast of different human psychotypes, when in several scenes an unpleasant subject is announced (David Hewlett), a neighbor of the hero family Franco. Not to say that something serious added to the film Frida Pinto, but a nice girl painted the tape with lyrical tones.
The genre of this film I am not inclined to absolutely relate to science fiction, it is a drama, a social drama, just presented in its exceptional angle.
The film did not turn out to be a blockbuster, but it has a broad meaning, when watching it, you can think deeply, and maybe even think about it.
I liked it. Of course, everyone can have an opinion, but in my opinion, this is one of the best films of the year.
The film is spectacular, not devoid of meaning, idea and appeal. It is not devoid of emotions, which are easily transmitted to the viewer. I was really worried about the monkeys.
What makes this movie special is the special effects. Everything is very well done. There are movies that have a lot of computer effects, and when you watch them, you feel like you’re watching a cartoon. Or at least a computer game. It's not here. The chimpanzees are so clearly drawn and added to the frame that it feels like they were right there on the set.
What I really liked was the acting. I know a lot of people scold James Franco for his lack of expression. He’s not Johnny Depp, of course, but James Franco’s performance doesn’t get any worse or less convincing. After this film, he finally touched me.
Of course, I can’t help but mention the strong message this film sends. Something similar can be seen in the film “Chimera”. In short, this message can be described as “People, don’t mess with nature.” And be careful what you tame.” There are a lot of pictures in the film showing cruelty to animals. I don’t know about you, but my heart was bleeding, really.
Of course, the film is slightly stamped, but from this it is far from less spectacular. Of course, in The Rebellion of the Planet of the Apes, you can easily guess what will happen next. But it’s happening now with almost all movies, so it’s time to just put up with it.
And here's another thing. It's a very good movie for me. In my opinion, a film can be called such when it catches, makes you think about something, and not just allows you to “kill” time. Look and think about your life. Maybe you should overestimate something.
P.S. Please do not consider my last words as a call to sign up for a green letter.
9 out of 10
6 out of 10 Yes, fans of this film will forgive me, but I honestly do not understand what to admire here, except of course the enchanting Andy Serkis as Caesar. The so-called backstory of how our distant ancestors decided to enslave us is impressive only skillfully used performance capture and an excellent trailer. In general, it seems that most of the $90 million budget was spent on creating monkeys and scenes with them. What had a bad effect on the story itself, apparently the screenwriter was dissatisfied with the fee.
Very slowly, even boring developments. With the usual timekeeping, the film seems endless, and this does not benefit him. And in general, recently there is a tendency, if the backstory to the already promoted franchise is removed, then it is stuffed with such an indigestible amount of high-moral content that it turns from a possible revival of the franchise into its swan song. The same thing happened with Rebellion. Caesar is beautiful, of course, but not enough to bear all the other shortcomings.
Fortunately, in contrast to the boring well, the scene is surprisingly good camera work. Beautiful shot panorama and general views. And some episodes are really breathtaking, like when a gorilla jumps down a plane (don’t ask how she does it).
Although for all its dubious entertainment, the film has one advantage that is difficult to overestimate. Andy Serkis as Caesar. He easily outplays all the other actors and makes Caesar not only the main character, but also the most alive and worrying character. From the heroes of James Franco and Frida Pinto, nothing is required at all but to nurse with an important look and periodically frown tragically, realizing that humanity in its development in general has not gone so far from the apes. Franco surprises me more and more, in one of his films he gives 100%, and in the next walks with a complete lack of emotions on his face. And poor Tom Feltom has grown to be a little asshole. So far, he has not even managed to grow to the status of a full-fledged jerk to play, albeit negative, but more impressive roles. I don’t think it’s such a pleasant prospect to be on the choir forever.
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” is a good, but in general secondary and not the most impressive movie. Perfect for a one-time viewing and only for Serkis.
This film was directed by Rupert Wyatt. He has also directed films such as 2008’s Escape and 2001’s Suburbs, but I don’t know or want to know anything about these films. So you can say that this is his first large-scale project. And he did well with it, one might say well.
I found out about this movie when I was watching the King Kong movie, and I was curious about similar movies, and on that list was Rise of the Planet of the Apes. After watching the trailer for the film, I realized that this film should be watched.
This is not the first time we have seen a story about monkeys caught from their environment and conducted experiments on them. But Wyatt was able to positively surprise the viewer. This film has both positive and negative sides.
This film tells us about a young scientist named Will Rodman, who is looking for a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, conducting experiments on monkeys. So one chimpanzee named Clair-Eyes becomes aggressive and destroys the lab, then she is killed and the experiments are stopped. Will's colleague, Robert Franklin, notices that Blinkeye was pregnant and protecting her baby. Will takes the baby home. Soon, Will notices the monkey’s amazing abilities for his age and realizes that it passed from his mother. He decides to leave the monkey and calls him Caesar. Then Will steals the medicine he gives his father, Charles, who has Alzheimer’s syndrome.
The budget of the film was $93,000,000, and it collected almost $ 500,000,000, or rather $ 480,000,000, which is very good for films with such a plot.
Come on, movie. Now let's take him down slowly. Let me start with the actors.
James Franco, aka Will Rodman, an actor with a capital letter, was the whole film serious, doing a good job. I would never have noticed where he would have played bad or disgusting, not about him.
Frida Pinto, aka Caroline, Caesar’s veterinarian, later Will’s girlfriend, played well, but she did not make any impressions on me, sometimes it even seems that if she was removed, the film would not have changed.
Tom Felton, aka Dodge, was nice to see in another role, as we remember Draco Malfoy from the films of Harry Potter. But here he plays a bad guy who mocks monkeys. What can be said about him is that he plays flawlessly bad roles.
John Lithgow, aka Charles Rodman, the father of the scientist Will Rodman, played wonderfully, the whole film he experienced and believe.
The plot is not bad, a lot of exciting and interesting moments, until the very end the director keeps the viewer in suspense, what will happen in the end? How will it end? There is a lot of action in the film, and quite unusual. There are a lot of monkeys that are very nice to watch. Well, the main monkey begins to sympathize and worry.
Musical accompaniment, it was very pleasant to listen, it was easy, fit with moments.
Dubbing, well, I do not even know, many did not like the dubbing of James Franco, but on the contrary, I will not say that the dubbing is perfect, but it is tolerant.
In general, we can conclude that the movie “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” is a cool and easy blockbuster, which is very pleasant to watch. For those who haven’t seen this movie, I recommend watching.
Anyone interested, is already preparing a sequel, which will be released in 2014. Of course I'll wait for him. The sequel is titled “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.”
9 out of 10
I finally saw the Rebellion of the Planet of the Apes. Honestly, after Tim Burton's film, it seemed like, well, how much can one mock the history of a planet inhabited by intelligent apes and savage people? However. It's a different story. And closing my eyes to the actors’ play, I will say that I really liked the film, have already managed to revise what I wish you.
Okay. Plot. The main character (so far, he is only one and really so far the main one) is a young scientist engaged in the creation of a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. In addition to his professional interest, he has his own personal-cure his father from this ailment. The drug was created, tested on monkeys. The result, who would doubt it, is incredible. Improving the intelligence of primates. Time to inject people? That's a problem. It’s when it’s time to show the results of their research to the big bosses, the most important test subject, which is called “breaking the roof”. Crushes and smashes everything around, attacks people - as a result of which he dies at the hands of the company's security. All development is interrupted, the monkeys are euthanized. The reason was not in the serum, but in the maternal instinct. The monkey was protecting you. On bail he is taken by the young scientist. The monkey quickly shows its mental abilities, in development far surpasses human children of the same age. After 3 years, the main character (yes, still the main one) decides to administer the medicine to his father. The disease is receding. Everything seems fine. But then problem after problem begins. "Trouble doesn't come alone." The disease copes with the medicine, progresses in the father of a young scientist, Caesar (the most intelligent monkey, and yes, the main character) falls into a shelter for his kind. A scientist in desperation creates a new medicine. However, its impact on people is completely different (this is the main theme of the film). It's not a cure, it's a virus, it's a disease. It kills a laboratory employee. Before he died, he had to infect another person.
Bitterness and despair engulf Caesar. He got dumped. Conditions at the shelter are not the best. However, the highly intelligent monkey quickly takes its rightful place among its relatives. Caesar can safely leave the kennel building, which he uses to steal a new serum, thanks to which he turns all his brethren into truly like themselves. He organizes a real riot, rolls around the city in a wave, freeing his relatives throughout the city (the Zoo and the laboratory where he was born). As a result, the monkeys break into the National Park. "Caesar at home." After the credits (be sure to wait for this moment) we will show how the virus spread to the whole world and a direct reference to the sequel.
The movie has many advantages. If you take the storyline of Caesar, then there are perhaps no omissions and saggings. All in moderation, the ascent of the main character is well shown. The rest of the participants in this picture look like a background in the background. They were made in order for someone to create this clever hero, so that there was someone because of whom all this happened, and our scientist should also have a girlfriend. I really liked Andy Serkis. It was his facial expressions that were the basis of Caesar’s face, as well as one of the pluses is undoubtedly music. Now, to write this review included these tracks. Atmospheric. Beautiful. To me, the film is quite dynamic. From the middle of the film, we see both the preconditions for rebellion and a kind of revolution, and the preparations for this very revolt. Didn't it stop Caesar the first time he opened his cage from escaping to the National Park? Rebellion is a planned action rather than a spontaneous decision.
The film begins a new franchise. A new story, how people gave the palm to the monkeys. No wonder the sequel was called “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”.
9 out of 10
Evolution is a natural process of development of nature. And it so happened that over the millions of years of the formation of life on earth, the main stage of the evolutionary pedestal was confidently occupied by man. The Rebellion of the Planet of the Monkeys is a movie with a much deeper meaning than it may seem at first glance. The film interprets many aspects of life and realities of modern society, the modern world.
In this world, man is the pinnacle of life. A representative of the most developed form of life, and therefore, in its potential, the most dangerous. But like any living species, humans have a fact of self-preservation in their genetics. That is why we are trying to find ways to prolong life and prevent death. But this is when it comes to a more global scale. The film is very vividly presented how a person behaves not only with other representatives of the animal world, but also what attitude vegetates within society.
The relationship between humans and the monkey pride in this film can be cited as an example of any life situation on any scale. From a strong high school student who mocks a weak nerd to an entire country willing to do anything to take control of another state for its own personal purposes. The policy is very simple: "The strong conquer the weak". This is an unwritten law not only in the development of the evolutionary ladder, but also in the realities of modern society. A society in which natural selection takes place every day.
In essence, the film tries to show how a person should not behave, being the most intelligent species of life on our planet. But also from the film you can take the fact that in this world everyone should be in his place. Every living species on our planet should occupy its place in the evolutionary niche, because the situation when on the same level as a person will be another kind of life will not lead to anything good.
P.S. Whatever it was "Rebellion of the Planet of the Monkeys" everyone should see, but what morality from what you see to highlight for yourself, it is up to you.
I think it's safe to say that I watched this movie because of Felton - a third of the girls watched it because of him and some, I suspect, because of Franco. Of course, I am not delighted, Tom did not shine much on the screen, and the role is so so-so - grown up and overgrown in sadism Malfoy. There was no one else to rejoice in, I had to stop the attention on the plot.
As it turned out, comrades, this film can be watched. Do not believe that everything is bad there, and the actors are no, and the monkeys are not well painted. It's okay. And the picture turned out to be quality. Yes, it will not kill you completely with novelty and non-triviality, but, you know, it makes an impression, and no matter how the chimpanzee’s larynx is arranged, the main thing is that not everyone will be able to pronounce the words he utters.
I liked the smoothly developing action, verified and logical, without throwing, omissions and manic desire to leave some archival details to the viewer for thought. I loved the way the rebels went through the city. As some claim – to enslave humanity, as I saw – to take their own and get away from the so-called “human” treatment.
Well done, everybody, hello.