Rated PG for intense and frightening sequences of action and violence. Did you know Edit. Trivia One of the first movies to use motion-capture in an on-location setting. Previously, motion-capture was limited to special studio set-up with special motion-capture cameras in very clearly defined surroundings. Goofs It can't have been a surprise to the staff that Bright Eyes was pregnant. Animals used for medical tests are very closely examined both before and after treatment.
Quotes Will Rodman : Caesar. Crazy credits The end credits appear over a map, showing the virus spreading around the world. Connections Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 22 June User reviews Review. Top review.
I really wanted to like this film more -- and I'm sorry I'm a huge fan of the series excluding the Tim Burton disaster, of course but this didn't have nearly the depth nor the intelligence I was expecting. Like most I was initially skeptical at the idea of attempting to reboot the franchise -- but as positive reviews kept flowing in regarding this "smart" script and Avatar-like CGI, I began to get excited again.
With the surprisingly high box office numbers and positive feedback from most who saw it, I got more excited. I finally ponied up last night to check it out. The good news: The CGI apes stuff works pretty well. Serkis does his usual great job although I thought his King Kong was better. Action sequences and set pieces are all good. The bad news: There's no Rod Serling-style, Twilight Zone-ish, philosophical themes or moral messages here. It isn't "smart" compared to the original films.
It relies on a trite storyline that's been beaten to death Don't play God; Don't mess with Nature -- yada, yada, yada with nothing more interesting or thought-provoking. The original series was not afraid to hit you in the gut and make you think.
Those movies were much heavier in every way; while this plays much more like a straight action film. Entertaining from that aspect -- along with Caesar himself, but not much else. So, I don't know where all this "smart" talk came from. If this passes for smart then our standards have dropped. Next is the acting. Franco, Pinto, Felton, Cox and the rest are all one-note characters with little depth.
I know Caesar is the protagonist -- but to have the other actors be so uninteresting is a real drawback. And this -- along with the trite story -- reminds me a bit of Avatar.
A by-the-numbers retelling of Pocahontas or Dances with Wolves -- where all the characters are one-dimensional. Visually stunning, yes -- but with shallow characterizations. There's not much else to say about them since we're not presented with their context. A group of genetically modified apes goes to war with humans in the New Orleans-shot sequel 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Caesar portrayed by motion-capture specialist Andy Serkis ponders his next move in the sequel 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,' shot partly in New Orleans. That, however, doesn't mean local scenery will be easy to spot. Director Matt Reeves' big-budget sequel is set entirely in the San Francisco area, and his team does a convincing job of disguising local shooting locations. That being the case, here's a cheat sheet covering what scenes in Reeves' film were shot where. The ape village. Reeves' film is set 10 years after franchise reboot "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," in which a simian virus is loosed, endowing apes with superior intelligence while killing off the vast majority of the human population.
As "Dawn" starts, we learn that "alpha ape" Caesar and his 2, or so followers have established their own sprawling community deep in a West Coast forest. There a few glimpses of the real San Francisco. Fleeing the ape ranch, Caesar and his fellow escapees caper over Twin Peaks , two summits rising more than feet above the centre of the city, before heading to liberate their comrades from San Francisco Zoo , Sloat Boulevard at the Great Highway.
Apes appear at the junction of Hornby Street and West Hastings Street , climbing up the classical frontage of the block , and massing on the roof with improvised spears. The Golden Gate Bridge is of course glimpsed in long-shot, but a huge section of it was reconstructed in Vancouver to accommodate the action sequences. The climatic showdown was filmed, using giant greenscreens, mainly at Kent Hangar Field at Kent Avenue and Boundary Road, south of downtown, which has also hosted filming for Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and Elysium.
After a downbeat ending in which Rodman was killed tested badly in previews, the more upbeat end was reshot in that old standby, Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Visit: British Columbia.
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