Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes

expectationlost

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Is James Franco in this?

unbeknownst to him maybe but only in a some kind flashback or tv clip that he shot when doing the first movie

Warper

Saw the new trailer for this last night and it really has dampened my expectation for this. Gives too much away and is poles apart from the earlier trailer which was full of menace.

krudler

New poster

Yeti Beast

Cheesey as hell, but I love it.

krudler

Good lord, and an awful, awful version of the same poster, what's with the head?! your photoshop is bad and you should feel bad.

Duckworth_Luas

Isn't that gorilla in the posters dead?

krudler

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Isn't that gorilla in the posters dead?

Maybe that's why its the orangutan on the UK poster? weird only spotted that

Yeti Beast

Small Q&A with Andy Serkis, where he talks about performance capture. There are one or two snippets of footage that I hadn't seen before, but I don't believe them spoilery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEZ64x16K3Q

Adamantium

krudler wrote: »

Good lord, and an awful, awful version of the same poster, what's with the head?! your photoshop is bad and you should feel bad.

Humans set up cult.....

Caesar and co are actually running from Jason Clarke's floating disembodied head ala the Simpsons where Homer was chased by that capture bubble, while trying to escape.

BlitzKrieg

New trailer

MASSIVE WARNING, DONT WATCH IF YOU ALREADY WANT TO SEE MOVIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV2dcumgDvU

only watch if you are still on the fence, there is a scene shown in trailer that may convince a lot of people to see the film, but if you were already converted you'll be p*ssed seeing it in the trailer:


clearly it's based on the last planet of the apes movie in the original series (battle) so I already can guess a lot of plot points, though Rise was based somewhat on the third movie (conquest) and was still fresh and amazing addition to the franchise, this looks to continue the trend.

This is 1 of 2 movies this summer I really really need to be good, the other is How to Train your dragon 2 which had previews last weekend and was f*cking amazing, so there is a lot of pressure from me now for this to deliver.

DVD-Lots

Final trailer released but I am warning you now.

DO NOT WATCH IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR SPOILERS IN THIS!!!

Seriously, raging I watched it as it gives away what I see as 2 major events in the movie itself......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpSaTrW4leg

EDIT:Beat me to it but at least we are on the same wavelength!!!!

Yeti Beast

I'm not watching that, but dayum, I'm looking forward to this.

pleasebegoodpleasebegoodpleasebegoodpleasebegoodpleasebegood

Staplor

I watched it, damn pissed off I did now.

That bit they are referring to above would be amazing had I seen it in the film rather than a trailer.

Don't do it. Close the computer and go outside.

A Neurotic

What exactly is the massive spoiler? Nothing seemed to stick out in the trailer. I haven't seen the original movies so have no knowledge of any established mythology or anything.

_Kaiser_

Staplor wrote: »

I watched it, damn pissed off I did now.

That bit they are referring to above would be amazing had I seen it in the film rather than a trailer.

Don't do it. Close the computer and go outside.

Must.. resist.. temptation!!

I DID watch the one Liz posted above though and

the last line in it about war having already begun sounds very laboured and a setup for the next film..?

No don't tell me. I'll just wait till it comes out

PartnerSeeds

I watched it

reverse psychology got the better of my child like mind

Lemonandice20

Technocentral wrote: »

Original was brilliant because basically it was a brilliant commentary on class and race in contemporary America after that all the other sequels and remakes were bolloxolligy.

I hate when movies try to make a commentary on the world today. They should just tell their own story independently imo.

Lemlin

There was a full 3 or 4 minute length trailer for this shown during The Hunger Games on Channel 4 on Saturday. The entire advertisement break was dedicated to it. Disappointed I watched it because it gave away alot of the plot.

The film looks very good though.

badger57

Trailer is good, hope the film is too!!!

Liam McPoyle

I was in Easons O'Connell Street and they were selling the book of the movie for only €9.

Was kinda tempted but managed to resist and havnt watched any of the recent trailers. I watched Rise pretty much blind and enjoyed it all the more for it.

BlitzKrieg

Business Cat wrote: »

I was in Easons O'Connell Street and they were selling the book of the movie for only €9.

Was kinda tempted but managed to resist and havnt watched any of the recent trailers. I watched Rise pretty much blind and enjoyed it all the more for it.

Isn't the book set between the two films and not an adaptation?

Brendan Flowers

A Neurotic wrote: »

What exactly is the massive spoiler? Nothing seemed to stick out in the trailer. I haven't seen the original movies so have no knowledge of any established mythology or anything.

I'd also like to know what the massive spoiler was as it seems to have gone right over my head!

Riskymove

Brendan Flowers wrote: »

I'd also like to know what the massive spoiler was as it seems to have gone right over my head!

Me too tbh

DVD-Lots

For me what is spoiled is the rogue ape and the arrival of the ship, surely they should have kept both of those under wraps for the film itself. I was wondering why they both started fighting and this trailer spoiled it for me, I would have preffered not to see it in a trailer tbh.

Mickeroo

They've released some shorts to fill the gaps between the movies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejrtt37XzOY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxcTS7AUngs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYCl7_bDbZs

Adamantium

Mickeroo wrote: »

They've released some shorts to fill the gaps between the movies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejrtt37XzOY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxcTS7AUngs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYCl7_bDbZs

So good, I wish this was it's own separate thing.

Also, if companies held back on lavish trailers and proposed to use film shorts to promote movies to give them an idea of what it is.

Liked that Prometheus TED Peter Weyland speech.

Kiith

They were brilliant. Really well done.

Adamantium

IGN review, 9.5 out of 10.

Although I tend to think IGN get paid off to a much greater extreme than others, I'll believe them. Damn what a summer it is for big movies, all them aside from T4, seem to made with care and are WAY higher than average on a storytelling level

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2014/07/01/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-review

Ipso

Adamantium wrote: »

IGN review, 9.5 out of 10.

Although I tend to think IGN get paid off to a much greater extreme than others, I'll believe them. Damn what a summer it is for big movies, all them aside from T4, seem to made with care and are WAY higher than average on a storytelling level

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2014/07/01/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-review

A human, the role Troy was born to play.

Yeti Beast

Mickeroo wrote: »

They've released some shorts to fill the gaps between the movies:

Gonna save them for the evening before I go see Dawn in the cinema. I am excite!!!

*nothing to do with chimps and yetis being related

BlitzKrieg

anyone know if anywhere is doing previews of this before its release?

expectationlost

and those motherboard shorts lead you to this http://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/read/island-of-the-apes The Island of the Apes

Staplor

Which leads you to this one an 16 minute version

http://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/read/island-of-the-apes

Hank Scorpio

This is getting great reviews, 95% on rotten tomatoes so far

McSasquatch II

Cautiously optimistic so - I was afraid this might suffer from the usual Hollywood sequelitis, but fingers are firmly crossed.

Adamantium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy_U-PeRY1k

Mickeroo

Adamantium wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy_U-PeRY1k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwWK9le2CD8

e_e

What are the odds that the upcoming 3D secret screening in Cineworld is this? I think it's very likely.

revileandy

Irish Premiere is next Tuesday in the Savoy

nix

e_e wrote: »

What are the odds that the upcoming 3D secret screening in Cineworld is this? I think it's very likely.

Aye I've heard it is, or so the rumours are anyway..

ardmacha

I have attended this film, in Asia. Not one of the all time great films, but worth the €3.20 I paid, and worth the Irish price too. Some of the minor premises in the plot are hard to believe, but then the whole thing requires some suspension of belief.

cloud493

nix wrote: »

Aye I've heard it is, or so the rumours are anyway..

It was.

doubledown

Just back from The Savoy.

Loved it. Even better than its predecessor. It gets off to a slow start but pays off later. Forgot I was watching CG apes and just became engrossed in the story. Highly recommended.

ancapailldorcha

Very taken with this. Shame they went with 3D though. Added absolutely nothing to the film.

e_e

It was fine, there really is no poor element to the film but save for an outstanding 360 degree long take it truly lacked wow moments for me. The drama is slightly crippled by a real sense of inevitability and franchise lip service, only feeling like a baby step forward rather than the leap in story and technology that was the original. The film just doesn't move all that much.

A small disclaimer though: Saw it in Cineworld and there was a number of factors that prevented me from enjoying it more (crappy 3D, being far back from the screen, people constantly looking at their phones and rustling bags). I might get more into it when I rewatch at home but for now not up there with my favorites of this summer (HTTYD 2, X-Men and Edge of Tomorrow).

BlitzKrieg

e_e wrote: »

It was fine, there really is no poor element to the film but save for an outstanding 360 degree long take it truly lacked wow moments for me. The drama is slightly crippled by a real sense of inevitability and franchise lip service, only feeling like a baby step forward rather than the leap in story and technology that was the original. The film just doesn't move all that much.

A small disclaimer though: Saw it in Cineworld and there was a number of factors that prevented me from enjoying it more (crappy 3D, being far back from the screen, people constantly looking at their phones and rustling bags). I might get more into it when I rewatch at home but for now not up there with my favorites of this summer (HTTYD 2, X-Men and Edge of Tomorrow).

yeah we had similar issues

loved the movie, but we had so many people arriving late and a really bitchy girl beside us who was clearly upset that the secret movie was apes and not 50 shades of grey and was complaining throughout the movie.

Will see it again in 2D. happy to see that two of the three movies I hoped to be good have been good. Now only need guardian of the galaxies to pull through and I win this year's blockbuster pot.

revileandy

Good solid movie, very enjoyable & tense - an improvement on the previous outing.

As previously mentioned, the 3D was pathetic - aparrently the movie was filmed 85% in Native 3d!

maximoose

Caught it last night in Cineworld also, wasn't expecting much but I really enjoyed it! Story was good, some great tense scenes and the CGI was great.

As others have said, the 3D was completely pointless. Added nothing, the only time I recall seeing anything that looked like 3D was a couple of embers from a flame popping out from the screen. Hurry up Hollywood and get over this **** obsession.

Not too familiar with the franchise at all, and haven't seen "Rise of the..." but I'm definitely going to give it a go now, would like to see Caesar's story.

(It happens to be on Channel 4 this sat at 9pm for anyone else wanting to watch it!)

ricero

fantastic movie it surpasses rise of the apes which i thought would be hard

krudler

Easily the best blockbuster of the year so far, hope it does really well at the box office. See Michael Bay, it is possible to write CGI characters as more than just a distraction. The main apes all have something to do, are given character arcs and moments and you genuinely get invested in them.

Speaking of the CGI, while it falters on some things like the deer near the beginning, the work on Caesar and the other apes is absolutely breathtaking at times. You completely forget you're watching motion captured actors interact and I loved how much time the apes are given to be onscreen together with no human interaction just talking amongst themselves.

It does go down the usual route of having the third act action setpiece (although not quite what the poster promises) but it feels like a natural conclusion not just tacked on for the sake of it, there's consequences to everything going on and it's all the better for it.