So good. Top 5 trilogy of all-time?? There's very few that were as consistent as this one was
I think I'd go Dawn > War > Rise but I like them all for different reasons
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Bad Ape instantly became one of my fav characters of the series, he was so great
I guess they thought the better of bringing Koba back after teasing that he's still alive after Dawn? Glad they didn't, the nods to him with the dream sequences were enough
The last few Giacchino scores haven't been that great, but he killed it on this one
Probably even moreso than the other movies, the dialogue-free sequences were so captivating/emotional. You could always tell exactly what was going through the characters' heads. The scene where Maurice meets Nova and where Nova gives the food/water to Caesar standing out the most
The Colonel might've been the most disappointing part of the movie for me, even though he was still definitely a solid character. It just felt like they could've done so much more with him. His first few scenes were amazing but I feel like they kinda squandered him after that, especially his demise. I guess it defied expectations because a big showdown was expected but it just felt pretty anti-climactic for a character that was built up so much. That said, Jason Clarke's character in Dawn is still the best human character but I think I'd put the Colonel second above Franco. Woody did well with what he had
The comment made about other ape populations is intriguing, not really something I had thought about. I doubt they'd do it but it'd be kinda interesting to explore another part of the world with a much different situation than Caesar's apes had. Like a jungle in Africa which already has a huge ape population and would probably instantly have the upper hand
Even though it wouldn't have made sense timeline-wise I was expecting to see a rocket come streaking across the screen when it panned up to the sky at the end (: It sounds like they'll likely be making another trilogy though so I'm guessing the end of that one would meet back up with the original's timeline?
actually the first was directed by Rupert Wyatt, which is probably part of why it has a different feel to it. Reeves definitely elevated it after he picked it up, he said in a recent interview that he'd like to come back for a new one too
Dawn is super good on rewatch, I saw it again a couple months ago. It's really close between that and War, but I really loved the conflict in Dawn with Malcolm/Caesar wanting to coexist but all the ingrained tension between the groups preventing it, which the last scene perfectly sums up. That's what's so great about these movies though, each has a very different conflict yet all of them are really engaging in their own ways
