LogFAQs > #914285175

"The fact that the reboot series is successful at all is proof that this concept could have been executed better than it is here. It's not well-directed at all many scenes are poorly lit, and the camera constantly Dutch tilts for no discernible reason, Battlefield Earth style. At the heart of the plot is a tortured analogy for 19th-century slave auctions that comes across as more insulting than anything else, especially when you have scenes of Roddy McDowall telling all the black men in the cast that they, of ALL people, should understand his plight! The ending with all the apes putting down their guns flies in the face of both the nihilistic tone of the series' previous endings, as well as the established continuity of the movie franchise. The apes have already murdered a bunch of people at this point, why are they suddenly developing a conscience when it comes to the actual worst of the lot? (The real answer: because that ending didn't test well.)

So yeah, really not that much to recommend this movie, although there are some satisfying scenes of carnage at the end. The cast is also clearly doing their best with the schlocky material McDowall, to his credit, does a good job of differentiating Caesar from his previous character through physical nuances, despite looking and sounding exactly the same as he did as Cornelius." ~KBM

"This film COULD be better if not for two things. One, I watched this after I watched the first movie in the reboot trilogy, and I cant help but think that Dawn did this same plot, but better (keep in mind this write-up is prior to me rewatching Dawn). And two, the analogies to racism were just a LITTLE too on-the-noseespecially when the movie decided to add a black character specifically to be sympathetic, because he knew what it was like to have his people enslaved. It was a bit preachy, and that detracted from the rest of the plot, which was standard uprising stuff. It WAS a bit weird how quickly mankind developed these bipedal chimps though. Only took like, twenty years I think? That was kinda distracting, and felt a LITTLE hamfisted to try and keep the movies as continuous sequels. But Conquest still had its interesting moments, and Im not gonna say no to more KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN." ~Inviso

"Conquest is a very flawed movie, but at the same time, I ended up having a pretty good time with it. It takes the series in a pretty drastically different direction, leading up to a violent ape revolt that remains one of the best sequences of the series. Caesar makes for a compelling new lead (even if he doesn't have Andy Serkis' incredible performance backing him yet). It's at its best when making these steps toward the titular conquest, but also makes some big missteps when it tries to get deep. In particular, the comparison between the apes and the slavery of black people is pretty rough." ~Johnbobb

"Initially, I was really excited to see the lore explained by Cornelius in Escape. But then about 20 minutes in, I was wishing it remained in my imagination. It had potential, and the ape slavery could have made for a good starter movie to lead into Battle. But instead the movie focused on the completely boring evil human leader and his cronies. While there were a few cool moments for Caesar, particularly the epic speech at the end, around two thirds of this thing was just a drag. And actually, even the big uprising at the end was kind of wonky due to the dark night setting making things a bit hard to keep track of. There was also recycled footage used during the fight. I thought only Disney pulled that trick.

Traviss Opinion: Travis checked out of this one, and I did too, to a certain extent. It was rough trying to stay interested in this. So me and Travis played Pokemon Lets Go Pikachu on the couch for awhile until things picked up in the movie. He also brought me a ton of cars and told me what colors they all were." ~Stifled
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I'll just go back to gifs. Not like the winner was gonna click my topic.
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