The fourth installment of the Planet of the Apes series has finally been released and similar to other the previous versions it felt a bit flat, it was interesting but its probably the concept that might be too simple and needs someone who could really spark things up, its a planet rule by apes, always the same topic and it was not different this time other than the characters. This new film starts three centuries after the events of the previous three movies and here we see that the apes are the new masters of the world and humans are now the savages. Honestly, I had a lot of expectations for this one this movie, not saying that its the worst from the franchise although less than I expected. The previous films of Apes series were quite good, so I was expecting the same or higher, potentially to blow my mind away. Did it meet the expectations? Well, I cant give it more than a 7 at best.
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11389872/
- Platform: AppleTV+
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Another problem is related to the pacing been close to 2.5 hours, it feels even longer because Noa does take a while to get to the beach where all his family members are hostages. Suddenly after the first hour you finally get to the beach and face this massive door so your first though is open the damn thing so we can get some action going on but even so it took some time, my point is that the entire travel Noa takes latter on made me feel a bit desperate to get action back into the movie.
The main hero, Noa is rather uninteresting, he depends too much from others, may be too naive to be the Hero, at this point in time after Caesar apes are very well develop and active but Noa and his family are very tame and passive. He is supposed to be this noble, heroic and kind hearted ape who is the successor of Caesar but he is not as none of Caesar aggressiveness when needed or charisma. The protagonist Nova, the human girl character also seems to be somewhat underutilized at first when she was not talking but latter on became more active, at first she is present but she is not very useful to the plot of the story, latter one when she starts to pick up I was expecting the same thing from Noa but it was not until the end when we saw those Caesar genes kick in and probably was too late.
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Definitely, one of the strong points of the movie is the link to the first two films, if there was not such reference and this would the very first movie of the franchise I think there would not be a second part, this is not a bad movie although not one that I would watch more than twice. There are many small details that will be easily noticed by fans of the series with the most important been the legend of Caesar who is been forgotten and twisted by apes themself, the irony. With this last concept you can tell apes are becoming the very same thing as humans, self destructive as they advance.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) is kind of a hit and miss. On the one hand it is a feast for the eyes with some creative concepts of the world and decent acting by some cast members, I really enjoy the bonding part with hawks although a bit too short because it falls apart the moment Noa's place is attacked by other apes. This movie suffers the same ill as most of the other reboots/remakes how every you want to call them, the story is rather predictable and at times quite slow. It is in no way a terrible movie but it does not quite reach the level of the previous trilogy. If you are expecting something that will amaze you or revolutionize the series like the previous films did, you might be a bit let down. It’s a bit of a promising beginning to a new chapter in the Apes universe but not the step up I expected.
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