Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #34 extract: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)



Whilst it is imperfect, this just gets better and better with each re-watch. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is scene after scene of evocative and multi-layered drama that plays upon the thematic relationship between knowledge, good and evil that is present throughout the trilogy. The writing is subtle and whilst the direction, sound design and editing do not resonate with the script as well as you'd hope, it shines through the film masterfully. All the motion capture performances are tremendous. And whilst the CGI has already begun to age after 3 years, the apes are far more compelling than the humans. On this watch, however, I have to say that the supportive role that the humans play wasn't as grating as I thought. 
As I've said before, alone, this isn't a masterpiece, but combined with the two other films of the series, this is one of the greatest slices of contemporary Hollywood cinema.

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