Why Don't We Appreciate Planet Of The Apes?

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13 years later and Caesar’s first “NOOOOO!!” still gives me chills

The Planet of the Apes reboots are what all reboots should aspire to be. It was probably a hard sell to create completely new characters for this one, but Caesar is honestly one of the only truly iconic characters that has been created post 2010.

The new apes trilogy is offensively underrated

Maybe the lesson is: Not every great franchise needs to have rabid fans. Maybe it's best for a franchise to just carve it's own niche and not have a billion fans talking about them all the time. We've seen the damaged done to Star Wars and the MCU because of it. It gets to be successful and take it's time for each movie. 3 years between the reboot movies really makes you appreciate everything.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is one of my favorite movies, period. Everyone talks about how Andy Serkis deserved award recognition but what about Toby Kebbel?? Koba is one of the best antagonists of this century.

Both times that I viewed Rise in theaters, when Caesar shouts "NO!" just like how the music dies off immediately, the air got sucked out of the room. I have never heard a theater so suddenly quiet... and it happened twice, followed by cheers when Caesar fought back. A great scene.

The recent trilogy was amazing! My wife and I rewatched them all this week in preparation for the new one this weekend!

Serkis' Gollum is epic; but Ceasar is his magnum opus

Woody Harrelson did also one hell of a performance in the third movie. Really underrated villain role, he was solid and also poignant at some points

Matt Reeves should bring Michael Seresin to work in the sequel of The Batman They did a great job working together in these movies

Most slept on sci Fi franchise

I grew up watching the Simpsons and thought the original was a musical

Andy needs so many awards at this point. He's one of the most talented actors and gets shafted at award shows cause his work is still seen as non-standard.

I like Ceasar's initial "NO" in hindsight because it comes just after Malfoy gives the iconic line. It's almost like the movie was teeing up a boring reboot, and Ceasar was not having it. It's like he was saying to the audience. "You're not getting that kind of movie."

This is my favorite modern franchise. I don’t even know why, but I’ve loved every one of these movies. I had no idea this movie was even coming out until a week ago.

I enjoyed the ideas and the spectacle of the original series. In my opinion, the Caeser Trilogy is the best example of a Reimagining, which balances taking a fresh approach while using the most evocative imagery, musical cues, names, and themes from the original. Also, I saw Kingdom otPotA yesterday; I think it's a worthy successor, and I hope this is the beginning of a new trilogy. Apes. Together. Strong.

War for the planet of the apes is a masterpiece

Ever since the release of kingdom, the trilogy has been getting a lot more love and rightfully so

Several reasons. 1) it’s not one of the existing “ too big to fail” corporate IPs. 2) you can’t see the majority of its stars as themselves, which brings the parasocial relationship with the actor aspect 3) it’s best works came before the era when we only followed films because they’re viral or seen as an “ event” from corporate marketing. The Reeves trilogy is some of the greatest studio work in decades, and some of the best work on the 2010s, but it was out when a lot of us were just kids who only watched cartoons. We like to pretend we’re very curious consumers, but as a people, we’re really not. We mostly give our money to the safe, sterilized options.