Among the major films released in China this month, there are two particularly eye-catching films, one is the much-anticipated nolan's new work "Dunkirk", and the other is "Rise of the Apes 3: The Ultimate Battle" (hereinafter referred to as "Rise of the Apes 3"), which ends the trilogy.
Today, "Dunkirk" has been released, although the word of mouth is booming, but the box office is a bit weak.
In the blink of an eye, mid-September is coming, and this weekend, we will have another blockbuster movie - "Rise of the Apes 3".
Although they were also introduced to China in September, in fact, as far away as North America, the two films have already taken the lead in war as early as July.
In fact, this is not the first collision year between the "Rise of the Apes" series and Nolan films, as early as 2014, "Rise of the Apes 2: Dawn War" had encountered "Interstellar", in front of the latter, the former with excellent comprehensive quality, the box office did not fall behind, and finally 708.3 million US dollars box office performance, topped the global box office top 6 that year.
After 3 years, it has returned from reloading, and I don't know what kind of surprise it will bring us (PS: there are benefits at the end of the article).
Rise of the Apes 3: The Ultimate Battle
War for the Planet of the Apes
Like "Dunkirk", as early as the media test screening, "Rise of the Apes 3" was already well received:
The Hollywood: "The best movie of the summer, or even the year." ”
The Chicago Sun: "To date, the most shocking and outstanding of the nine Apes franchises. ”
Rolling Stone: "Epic Chapter, Full of Ambition"
On Rotten Tomatoes, its Rotten Tomatoes index is as high as 93%, and while it is on a par with Dunkirk, the audience expectation value is 4% higher than that of Dunkirk.
The film's high degree of completion makes "Rise of the Apes 3" the most successful trilogy series after "The Lord of the Rings".
From 2011's "Rise of the Apes Ball" to 2014's "Dawn Battle" to today's "Final Battle", the series has not only developed more profoundly in style, but also jumped out of the limitations of the commercial framework with rich metaphors and mappings, thus bringing the audience a more complex viewing experience.
As the idea of a homeland in humanity is gradually stripped away, we see this power of unity in another very different emerging race.
Through this series, while witnessing the development of ape epics, we can more urgently feel the limitations and sense of crisis of human beings themselves.
The first part of the series mainly explains the growth of the male protagonist Caesar.
In order to get his father with Dementia back to a healthy life, Dr. Weir has been working on the development of a genetic drug called "Cure.".
In order to develop the drug, he needed to conduct experiments on gorillas, and in order to succeed, he privately adopted a small orangutan and named it "Caesar".
Will's experiment was ultimately a success, and in it he found that Caesar's intelligence had improved dramatically.
However, humans could not accept Caesar with extremely high intelligence, and in desperation, Caesar was sent to the orangutan care center.
Faced with the brutality of the caretaker staff, Caesar used his wisdom to resist and eventually rescued the other orangutans who were also imprisoned, and used Cure against them, and a group of highly intelligent orangutans began a war against humans.
The second part of the film tells the story of a decade after Caesar led the crowd to flee the nursing home, when the sinister and deadly "orangutan flu" virus had spread across the globe and humanity had paid a heavy price for its former stupidity.
In the primeval jungle adjacent to San Francisco, Caesar led his orangutan companions to establish a peaceful orangutan kingdom.
Until one day, the tranquility of the orangutans is once again broken by humans, facing an energy crisis, trying to use the power station of the dam in the primeval forest to provide energy, and the war is about to break out...
In the third part, the previous work will continue, telling the story of Caesar from an orangutan who only wanted to be free, becoming closer and closer to humans, even with the shortcomings and dark side of human nature.
On the one hand we see that he has not only acquired human wisdom, but also infected with the weaknesses of human nature; on the other hand, Caesar's heart, like the book of Apocalypse now, is on the verge of madness by war and anger.
In the film, the contradiction between the apes will be completely intensified, and the two camps led by Caesar and the Colonel will be fiercely fought, and the final battle will be inevitable.
In order to reconcile the contradictions of the apes, the film also deliberately added a little Lolita named Nova.
Nova lost his voice due to infection with the "orangutan flu" virus.
This little Lori, because of Caesar's "she has no one else", ignited the sympathy of the orangutan Maurice, so she was taken on the road by Caesar and his party, and since then she has formed an indissoluble relationship with the ape tribe, incarnating as a cross-racial person of love and beauty.
This role of Lori, starring Hollywood's 14-year-old emerging child star Amir Miller, Miller looks sweet, looks like the young version of Amanda Seyfried, and the potential of the long-legged model and the strong sense of lens make this little Lolita kill countless film in seconds.
In addition to the new little Lori, the most attractive role in the film is still in Caesar, played by Andy Serkis.
As early as 18 years ago, With the role of "Gollum" in "The Lord of the Rings", Andy has become famous all over the world.
In the 2003 Academy Awards, the judges believed that his role was computerized to make him lose touch with the little golden man, but this did not affect his position in the hearts of many Lord of the Rings fans.
Premiere magazine once listed Gollum as the "100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time," ranking 10th.
The successful portrayal of Caesar in "Rise of the Apes" made foreign media shout "Oscar owes Andy a little golden man", thus successfully establishing his godfather status in the field of motion capture.
In the past 6 years, with the shooting of the "Rise of the Apes" trilogy, the film's CG technology has also made breakthroughs invisibly.
The special effects part of the film, led by Weta Digital, director of "The Lord of the Rings", is filmed in an orangutan movie, but the film does not use a real orangutan, but is made entirely of CG special effects, which is extremely realistic.
Through this technology, Andy's superb acting skills can be conveyed to the audience through the screen without hindrance.
From either angle, Rise of the Apes 3 is destined to be a movie worth looking forward to.