Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

[Kane52630]

 

[Pennywise]

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

If I had to take a guess, the final trilogy will be remakes/reimaginings of the original franchise.

 

[Zantera]

I thought it was really good! Really liked Noa as our new protagonist.

 

[Link]

I wasn't expecting anything particularly special, but I was easily won over. The pacing is interesting, and I don't think it'll work for everyone. I'd compare it to Dune: Part 1. The same goes for the amount of action versus world-building and character work. It's really beautiful to look at, the 160 million budget is utilized to perfection. Excellent special effects, flawlessly married to everything that's real onscreen. I'll happily watch a sequel, the setup is more inviting than I ever could've imagined.

Apes ranking:

Planet of the Apes (1968)
War for the Planet of the Apes
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Beneath the Planet of the Apes

I'd give Dawn and Kingdom the same score. I think Dawn might be the better movie, but I like Kingdom just a bit more. There's something magical about that pacing, I don't know.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Cap2024]

That’s around what the studio expects.

Rise and War basically performed the exact same way with Dawn being the outlier.

Thus, as long as it keeps in line with those two (meeting expectations), all is good (could be higher, but still fits pattern of the other two).

 

[BobJM]

This was incredible; it may be recently bias but easily my favorite. This fit so beautifully with the last trilogy while still standing on its on and bringing something different. Excellent two leads in Noa and Mae too.

- Kingdom
- Dawn
- War
- Rise

 

[VictusMortuus]

I was concerned the new director wouldn’t be able to deliver a movie on par with the last two, but I’m glad to not only be wrong, but very very wrong! This movie was exceptional and a unique film experience much like Dune it felt like an artsy fartsy indie flick disguised as a big blockbuster.

 

[blueharvest]

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes required AI — but an ethical kind, says VFX lead

How the latest Apes movie used AI tools to help mo-cap actors, without losing the human touch

www.polygon.com

 

[Kane52630]

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes required AI — but an ethical kind, says VFX lead

How the latest Apes movie used AI tools to help mo-cap actors, without losing the human touch

www.polygon.com

Yeah, it's non-generative AI tools that most VFX companies and video game artists use already.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Zantera]

The main discussion with a new Apes movie is people feeling sorry for the apes or the humans, but I feel sorry for the poor horses having to carry gorillas on their back!

 

[legendkillin]

Interesting, I hope it does not get messed with much now that Disney owns the property.

 

[Kane52630]

Interesting, I hope it does not get messed with much now that Disney owns the property.

They seem to be doing a good job so far keeping the two studios apart but also hiring better people to run 20th Century Studios.

 

[-Arya-]

Not good for a blockbuster

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Kane52630]

Just got out... Wes Ball did it again.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Just finished watching the film.

So good. Really enjoyed it. For a 4th film in a franchise the quality is still there.

The fact that this movie is 99% Apes and it only had a budget of $160ish million....it looked FANTASTIC. It makes me question what all these $200million budgets are doing and still looking cheap.

Hopefully we get a part 5.

 

[Ninjablade]

This was pretty good, even if I had some issues with the narrative. I liked most of the characters. Ending has me curious.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[psylockolussus]

9 films is a bit much and ambitious in an unrealistic way, especially they aren't even close to making the fifth movie. I hope they would reduce that number because I don't really see how they could reach the 9th film, without a couple of box office disappointments along the way. Didn't they see how the third film declined at the box office? I also don't think Disney would even give them a 2nd chance if one of these flops, so... imo, they should do 2 more with the sixth film as the finale.

And oh, that CinemaScore is bad news.

 

[Cap2024]

“Studio insiders aren’t overly concerned about the CinemaScore, noting strong that 85 percent of moviegoers gave it an A or a B. This suggests that a vocal minority dragged down the overall score by giving it a C or lower. And exit polling by PostTrak shows both general audiences and kids and parents giving the fourquel four out of five stars.”

Adding: I finally understand what this means, if not for a vocal minority it would have been B+ since that aligns with most viewers. Thus, why still not the best result - not “overly concerned.”

Box Office: ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Shows Heat With $56.5M U.S. Opening, $129M Globally

The second event pic of summer 2024 came in ahead of expectations — along with scoring the second-best domestic debut of the series — as 'The Fall Guy' continued to struggle.

www.hollywoodreporter.com