Comments on: A review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes Writer, blogger, and dreamer. Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:33:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 By: Anthony J. Langford https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comment-1212 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 23:53:07 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comment-1212 Yes, it seemed a bit silly to me in this age to be so city bound. Would have been nice if they had given a bit more justification for city living. A shame, because it was (mostly) quite excellent.
*They mostly come at night. Mostly*

]]> By: Graham Clements https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comment-1213 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 04:29:51 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comment-1213 Anthony, They should have moved out into the country to grow food and found somewhere with solar power. If they had read "The World Without Us" by Alan Wiesman, they would have realised that decaying cities are not the best place to live – especailly ones with nuclear power stations.

]]> By: Anthony J. Langford https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comment-1214 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 00:16:35 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comment-1214 *SPOILERS*
I finally got to see this last night. I thought it was terrific. It was a very emotional ride, with a lot going on, not so much story wise perhaps as you say, yet the themes of parenthood and trust were prominent, as was the underlying thread throughout that almost all the characters had good intentions and believed in what they were doing. I thought it particularly pertinent as to what's happening today in Ukraine and Gaza. Emotions and intentions are complex and move too fast for us to control situations. Fear and insecurity take over.

There was also a strong anti-gun message, at least, that was my take on it. Guns cause all of the initial problems. This happens several times.

My only fault is that the humans need for power was a bit lame. They were prepared to go to war, because ' there arent many of us left.' Really? What about alternative techonolgies? What about the food and water situations? Would have thought that would have been more pressing.

I love the original series and thought the third film was pretty good too, Escape. Otherwise I agree with your assessment.

There's already another sequel lined up for 2016.

]]> By: Graham Clements https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comment-1221 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 06:36:07 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comment-1221 thanks Dan

]]> By: Dan O. https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comment-1222 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:58:54 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comment-1222 Nice review Graham. A terrific summer blockbuster that has plenty of excitement, as well as drama to make things a whole lot better.

]]> By: Graham Clements https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comment-1226 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 04:49:17 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comment-1226 No real spoilers in it.

]]> By: Anthony J. Langford https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comment-1227 Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:50:47 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/a-review-of-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/#comment-1227 Yet to see this, so in the spirit of avoiding all reviews, I will read yours after as I prefer to go in completely cold, spoilers or not.

I'm sure its spot on though, as usual.

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