War of The Planet of The Apes depict the immature side of human beings, and the mature side of the home sapiens. Set in a concentration camp, the greyish characters in the movie are American soldiers. This could very well be the America of Vietnam war, or the factious present.
Such is motion capture, Hollywood termed the technology as cold years back, but Andy Serkis’s “Ceasar” is “emotional” as said by Colonel(Woodey Harrelson). Mocap maybe cold at present, but Serkis gives a soulful performance imbued with genuine feelings characterstic of a human.
Ceasar lead the Apes team to an apocalyptic war with the soldiers embroiled in the ordinary Vietnam War. Early on in War of The Planet of The Apes is that fabulous scene wherein Ceasar overhear The Colonel.
“I have killed the Kong” announces Colonel in an amusing way, terming the ape savage. Enough said. You know the deal. Ceaser must save his race from extinction, and Colonel from an oblique warfare, in War of The Planet of The apes.
The war is a footnote in Ceaser’s planet and we know that right from the beginning. For director Matt Reeves what matter most is depicting the ordinariness of war. Apes in the concentration camp hopes to live another day beyond the trenches, and Ceaser must prevail in combat for that to happen.
Colonel tells Ceaser that he takes extreme ways mainly because the simian virus has spread. Ceaser seems to have trusted Colonel, but he chooses rage to show compassion.
The movie is not a fun filled blockbuster ride as such. If you are here for thrills alone, you better watch Chewbacca mumbling in Star Wars or Planet Apes on prosthetics in the period classic.
War of The Planet of The Apes also depict bonhomie and brotherly love. Watch Ceaser lead his troops on 70 MM, but come back thinking about the Colonel ways of War. Caesar treats everyone as equal; Colonel is quasi-religious.
