Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) Spoiler Thread

[Eric Dylan]

WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY

[4815162342]

As a modern Apes movie the required Maurice and Rocket cameo in the opening minute for Caesar's Jedi Funeral was welcome

[thajdikt]

Do you guys think Raka is really gone? 

[CJohn]

9 hours ago, Eric the Ape said:

WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY

This boy about to steal the show.

[4815162342]

4 hours ago, thajdikt said:

Do you guys think Raka is really gone? 

 

They deliberately staged it to leave open for him coming back if they wish since they could just say he was swept a large distance away 

[SaltyPistola]

22 hours ago, thajdikt said:

Do you guys think Raka is really gone? 

Yeah I do sadly, but I think what he was preaching will only grow between movies. Seems like Noa's tribe is starting to follow in his steps. I think looking back after this new trilogy is over, Raka will be huge catalyst for what goes down. 

[kayumanggi]

On 5/9/2024 at 4:27 PM, thajdikt said:

Do you guys think Raka is really gone? 

 

I have a feeling he'll return in the potential sequel.

[Claire of Themyscira]

I wish I had written up my thoughts last night, but I loved this.

 

Off the first impression, I think this might my favorite within the last three films. I never saw Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, and I don't really want to because of James Franco. But, I thoroughly enjoyed Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, and I think I liked War Of The Planet Of The Apes more...TO ME!

 

But, this one was special. The world building and storytelling were so beautiful. There were so many times my father and I glanced at each other because the visuals were so spectacular. It was such a stunning movie! I know people may have gripes with the length, but I'm a real ass bitch. And, I can appreciate when you are being given a whole story. It never dragged for me, and I never got bored.

 

My father and I were shocked at the runtime by the time we were driving home. What I loved most about this is that it immerses you the best out of all the last films. I truly felt I was dropped into their world. So many great themes and imagery to talk about deeper. The last act had us shook. My grandfather was on the edge of his seat for a while, it was cute.

 

In the ending though, I realized I had my first debate with the movie, and it was with May's character decisions. When I realized she was no Ellie, I found myself disappointed and hurt. But, in the end, it makes sense that humans never fail to be selfish and lookout for themselves, at the expense of others.

 

The more I sit with that, the more I look forward to the rest. Fuck humans! Apes forever. ❤️

[CoolioD1]

this was ok. the only two characters that were interesting to me were the Orangutan and William Macy as the house human but both were kinda wasted. the human girl I thought was pretty terrible. nothing about that character really worked for me with the acting or the writing.

 

planet of the apes > conquest> dawn > rise > escape > war > beneath > kingdom > battle > planet of the apes

Edited May 10 by CoolioD1

[Claire of Themyscira]

19 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

this was ok. the only two characters that were interesting to me were the Orangutan and William Macy as the house human but both were kinda wasted. the human girl I thought was pretty terrible. nothing about that character really worked for me with the acting or the writing.

 

planet of the apes > dawn > conquest > rise > escape > war > beneath > kingdom > battle > planet of the apes

Reported.

[Youngstar]

I really loved this one. It's not quite as emotional as the last 3, but that's ok. The movie flew by for me.  Out of the 4 new ones it's probably number 2 or 3. War is still my favorite, but it's on the same level as Dawn for me. Rise is last, but none of these movies are worse than a 8.5, so that's not a bad thing ^^

[emoviefan]

Really loved this. My second favorite movie of the year behind Dune Part 2. The World Building in this series of movies continues to astound me. Of the 4 most recent I would go 1)Dawn, 2)Kingdom, 3)War and 4)Rise. None of them less than 8 out of 10. As for Raka they could bring him back. You never see the body. Kind of surprised how quick they take him out of the story.  As for Mae yeah they show that humans will look out for number one time and time again. But overall a great adventurous exciting movie. 

[Avatree]

I enjoyed this, a lot more than I was expecting to.

 

Apes were great. The CGI is insane. Comparing a still picture, the apes look the same as the previous ones, but in motion, they look so much more lifelike. Great to see how far the technology has come in the past decade.

 

I didn't mind the first half taking its time, it was atmospheric. But the second half was a bit rushed. I would have liked to spend more time in the camp and more time with Proximus cause he was a terrific villain.

 

It touched on some interesting ideas but didn't really explore them, I guess we have to wait for sequels for that.

 

The girl was crap. Barely a character. And her performance was awful, particularly with her flip-flopping English-American accent.

 

That being said, I thought it was actually really gripping, so as an action film, I thought it worked really well.

[filmnerdjamie]

On 5/9/2024 at 3:27 AM, thajdikt said:

Do you guys think Raka is really gone? 

 

Yeah I knew he was a dead ape walking.

 

Definitely hoping to be proven wrong as he was easily the MVP. But... yeaaaaah...

[JohnnyGossamer]

This was fine. Lotta great ideas, all of which are undercooked. Looks great. Another movie in the ongoing trend in which the ending feels it should've been the start of the 3rd act.

 

Proximus was great. Macy was great. Raka was great. 

[filmlover]

I found this to be an effective continuation of the surprisingly terrific Caesar trilogy. There's just something about a civilization in which apes have taken over the world from humans that is just fascinating to ponder. As in the other movies, the CGI is absolutely breathtaking: they didn't teach actual apes how to act and talk, but you believe they did through the impeccable visual effects work.

 

It's a bit long for sure but the more deliberate pacing seems fitting for this material, and I'm very much intrigued by the direction the next movie is headed in.

 

B+

[eddyxx]

On 5/10/2024 at 9:19 AM, Claire of Themyscira said:

I wish I had written up my thoughts last night, but I loved this.

 

Off the first impression, I think this might my favorite within the last three films. I never saw Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, and I don't really want to because of James Franco. But, I thoroughly enjoyed Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, and I think I liked War Of The Planet Of The Apes more...TO ME!

 

But, this one was special. The world building and storytelling were so beautiful. There were so many times my father and I glanced at each other because the visuals were so spectacular. It was such a stunning movie! I know people may have gripes with the length, but I'm a real ass bitch. And, I can appreciate when you are being given a whole story. It never dragged for me, and I never got bored.

 

My father and I were shocked at the runtime by the time we were driving home. What I loved most about this is that it immerses you the best out of all the last films. I truly felt I was dropped into their world. So many great themes and imagery to talk about deeper. The last act had us shook. My grandfather was on the edge of his seat for a while, it was cute.

 

In the ending though, I realized I had my first debate with the movie, and it was with May's character decisions. When I realized she was no Ellie, I found myself disappointed and hurt. But, in the end, it makes sense that humans never fail to be selfish and lookout for themselves, at the expense of others.

 

The more I sit with that, the more I look forward to the rest. Fuck humans! Apes forever. ❤️

 

 

You are missing out so hard. Franco isn't the star of the movie. Caesar is.  Caesar's story in that first movie is so triumphant and if you love animals then you'll love the movie.

 

[eddyxx]

On 5/10/2024 at 3:09 PM, CoolioD1 said:

this was ok. the only two characters that were interesting to me were the Orangutan and William Macy as the house human but both were kinda wasted. the human girl I thought was pretty terrible. nothing about that character really worked for me with the acting or the writing.

 

planet of the apes > conquest> dawn > rise > escape > war > beneath > kingdom > battle > planet of the apes

 

Copying my rankings from another web site:

GOD Tier:

>DOTPOTA
>POTA
>ROTPOTA

Good Tier:

>COTPOTA
>EFTPOTA
>KOTPOTA

Ok Tier:

>WFTPOTA

Shit Tier:

>BTPOTA
>BFTPOTA

Let's forget that this one exists Tier:

>POTA(2001)

 

 

[Cmasterclay]

Really liked alot about this from both an ideas and a filmmaking perspective. Definitely good. Did not coalesce into the quality of the last three - largely because it kind of abandons some of the ideas for the finale, and in even larger part because a huge part of the film was built around a performance and a character that was so bad it made Jar Jar Binks look like Marlon Brando in the Godfather. Yeesh. Didn't really love the new lead ape either, though that was more a writing issue than performance one. The overall concept, the ideas, the supporting characters all much better.

[WittyUsername]

What I’m gathering from this thread so far is that Freya Allan is the most contentious part of the film. I didn’t think her performance was especially great, but I wouldn’t say she was distractingly bad. If she’s being set up as a major antagonist of these new movies though, then that makes Proximus Caesar’s apparent death rather disappointing.