Movie Review – by Ken Bolding
I loved Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. It is different in tone that its predecessor Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which I also thought was fantastic. It wasn’t at all what I expected. “Dawn” isn’t really an action movie. It’s much more cerebral than you’d expect in a movie about a bunch of apes taking over the world.
And to its credit, this film is distinctly from the apes’ point of view. At times, the human parts are a bit underwritten; so we get stars like Gary Oldman and Keri Russell without much to do, but this movie is titled Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, not Sunset of the Planet of the Humans. This film is ultimately a reflection on war and politics in conflicts where despite the outcomes of the battles, no one wins because even the victors don’t get what they really want, peace.
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