Rise of the Planet of The Apes | Canadian First Time Watching | Movie Reaction & Review | Commentary

The first time Caesar speaks, its in defiance of a human. The second time he speaks, its in defense of one. And that perfectly sums up who Caesar is. A wonderfully complex, and caring, character.

Caesar saying “No” for the first time is a top 10 chills moment. This movie did such a good job of establishing the series. I think number 2 is my favorite. Hope you continue the series!

That "NO!" never failed to give me goosebumps. One of the best scene in any movie

Andy Serkis, who played Caesar, is such a treasure and he doesn’t get as much credit as he deserves. His dedication to the art of performance capture is the reason Caesar is so realistic and displays such a remarkable growth. He’s the master of the art and in my opinion should have been nominated as best supporting actor for this film. He makes you connect to, sympathize with and root for a fully CG photorealistic non-human character. The VFX team deserves all the praise they received, but they’re not actors. This wasn’t just an animator augmenting an animated character, this was an actor playing a role. It was a performance.

23:33 George: "Imagine waking up one day and having a sense of self." Simone (looks right at camera): "Wouldn't that be nice?"

"Icarus lost in space" is a hint/throw back to the original 1968 film, it's supposed to be the original ship and they got lost in some sort of wormhole on their way to mars, only to crash into the Planet of the Apes hundreds of years later.

I remember being in the cinema watching this, and when the famous "damn dirty ape" line from the original movie came up, everyone laughed. And when Caesar said "NO!", it just became abrupt silence. Everyone was shocked. 🙂

I distinctly remember walking out of the cinema after this one and it slowly dawning on me that I'd spent the last two hours actively cheering on the end of my own species. That was a new one.

Caesar was mentioned a few times in the original movies as being a slightly mythologized inspirational figure from the founding of the Ape’s established society in those first movies. So people familiar with that knew this was the story of the rise of a leader as soon as he gets named.

the line "get your hands off me you damn dirty ape", which seems really kind of jenky, is a call back from the original Charlton Heston movie ... Kind of a cool older movie if you get the time (lol, so many movies to watch! 😋)

Will only used the 112 on his father, which was an injection. Then he brought home the 113, which is airborne, and he had a mask for it. That's what his father declined to use, knowing it was his time to go. Ceasar grabbed the extra 113's from the garage fridge that Will brought home and hadn't used. Ceasar figured the 113 was an aerosol and released it to the apes at the compound. Being airborne, Franklin passed it by sneezing on the pilot/neighbor. That's how it spreads, being airborne. So once it's "out there" - it'll spread to all of humanity at a point as well as all the apes. The apes will get smart, and the humans will get sick. Like Covid, you can't put it back in the bottle - and Ceasar doesn't have to do a thing, the virus will spread all on its own. That end credit map scene was very chilling, setting up the next two movies in the trilogy.

The entire Apes prequel trilogy is pure greatness. I was hesitant for a long time, thinking of it as a somewhat mind-numbing CGI slaughterfest, but BOY was I wrong. The stories told and the character moments are so good, and that with at times minimal dialogue.

25:18 Love your reaction after Caesar says, "NO!!!" Everything is silent

I'll never forget watching this when it was released, and the whole theater going silent when Caesar yelled, "NO!!!" for the first time. Then hearing everyone immediately cheer once he hits Dodge and starts releasing the apes. It was quite the experience. I think this is an underrated and really impactful trilogy, and Andy Serkis deserves WAY more acclaim! 👏👏👏

"NO!" That was probably the best moment in the movie and what a way to present his first word 😆

When I first saw this film in the theater and Caesar yelled "No!": the entire audience reacted with gasps and utter shocked silence. I was with some friends and after that happened we all looked at each other like "can you believe that just happened?! That was amazing!" It was one of the most powerful moments and strongest reactions I've ever seen or been a part of in a movie theater. I'll never forget it.

Lowkey this was the best big budget trilogy of the last decade or so. The first movie is pretty good but the next two are freaking excellent. The trilogy of movies is really smart, really fun action-wise, and never predictable in where they were going. A much more skilled writer than I could make a compelling case that this movie and the two that followed it are a great artistic representation of ideas of nationalism, of being in a diaspora, of self-actualization from subjugated ppl, etc. Great stuff, especially that second movie, which (in my estimation) rivals "The Dark Knight" as a movie and is a flat out masterpiece.

Remember that Caesar is smart b/c his mother passed her intelligence onto him. Hence, their descendants will inherit the same gifts.

The ‘Caesar is home’ moment..the score, line delivery, Franco’s reaction, all of it is one of the best 45-50 second stretches you’ll ever see in a movie

THIS TRILOGY IS SO UNDERRATED