Dawn of the Planet of The Apes 

Review Written By: Adolph Vega

3D

Did they even try? Did they even try? DID THEY EVEN TRY?!!! I am very disappointed by the 3D aspect in this film, or lack thereof. At times some the characters or locations may seem slightly behind another, but for the most part the 3D was totally forgotten about within this movie. A select few scenes in this movie may have been converted correctly to 3D to look mediocre, but the vast majority of this movie is horrible 3D that was either too subtle or nonexistent. Nothing is happening in the far background or popping out of the screen, and it's a shame they even tried to present this as “3D”, because at most it’s 2.1-D.

Final Verdict: TERRIBLE 3D
 

Movie

This movie takes place immediately after the events of the Rise of the Planet of the ape’s movie with Caesar the super intelligent ape living with his kind in the forest near San Francisco. The first few minutes of the movie recaps the story of “Rise of the planet of the apes” and what has happened since that movie, so its processor is NOT required to enjoy or understand this movie. The main story revolves around Malcolm and a few human survivors who are attempting to turn back on the electricity for San Francisco and to do this they must enter the forest where Caesar and the super intelligent apes live. A series of misunderstandings between the humans and apes provides conflict and issues to resolve between the species. I was pleasantly surprised by the lack of ape speech in the film and most of the communication is handled via sign language or subtitles. This choice to limit the speech of the apes is very smart and shows an understanding limitation of the speech of the apes and is one of the main intelligent decisions within the film. The ape/human interaction is perfectly handled and never did I question the CGI or if the characters were talking to empty air as so many other movies with digital characters. The storyline hits the perfect balance between being fun and thought provoking. When I left the theater I was hungry for more from this world of apes, and I started to question what it is to be man and if we are so different than the apes we call animals.

Final Verdict: 10 / 10