tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post4649507798270361266..comments2024-03-05T17:26:44.559-08:00Comments on Roman's Movie Reviews and Musings: War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)Roman J. Martelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-49165050982226525352017-08-16T16:24:14.967-07:002017-08-16T16:24:14.967-07:00Looking forward to Thor: Ragnarok?Looking forward to Thor: Ragnarok?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-85422494947930534492017-08-07T07:58:05.267-07:002017-08-07T07:58:05.267-07:00Check it out. I really think it may be the best of...Check it out. I really think it may be the best of the three. Thanks for the link. I agree with his evaluation.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-62756835970575743242017-08-05T11:13:09.059-07:002017-08-05T11:13:09.059-07:00I've not seen the third installment yet, but I...I've not seen the third installment yet, but I feel as a whole they really did a stellar job or updating the whole series, and making it all feel like it fits in with the other cannon. <br /><br />You might like watching/listening to this YT guy's talk about the series on writing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohq-GpaJTwE&t=30sEl Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-57877525295227212132017-08-03T21:05:00.539-07:002017-08-03T21:05:00.539-07:00Yeah I was burning out on the apocalyptic stories ...Yeah I was burning out on the apocalyptic stories that we had a rash of there. I'm not sure if the "The Hunger Games" started it, but it certainly felt like that occurred at the beginning of the film trend. We seem to be swinging into full super hero mode these days, so a little apocalypse makes for a nice change of pace.<br /><br />"Rise" is a solid film, but I really liked where "Dawn" took the series. Give that one a try, I think you'll like the way they balance the motives and really ratchet up the tension. "War" feels like an extension of "Dawn" with the same creative crew building on the previous film. I've got a blog coming up exploring these films a bit more, but yeah, I have to say this is one trilogy that is worth seeking out.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-24378493962512889792017-08-03T14:30:01.797-07:002017-08-03T14:30:01.797-07:00Apocalyptic tales commonly are metaphors for our i...Apocalyptic tales commonly are metaphors for our individual death: the gorilla in the room, so to speak. I’m not sure why we so much enjoy tickling our inner Thanatos with end-of-the-world scenarios – “end” from the human perspective that is. (Nowadays anthropologists count humans among the Great Apes, but I suppose we shouldn’t get picky.) We do, though.<br /><br />I’ve seen only the first entry in the reboot. I didn’t dislike it, but it didn’t encourage me to seek out the sequels. It seems I should reconsider that.<br />Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.com