Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Commentary: Under construction.
OF COURSE I'm adding a copy of this movie to my collection! In memory of The Mom and for me. I mean, who knows, maybe she'll be able to watch it over my shoulder. I hope so. She'll be sorely pissed if she misses any of "the Apes" movies!
Anyway, I'll watch the movie, later, and write it up, as much as I do, which means it might be awhile before I comment on it. I mean, I don't even have the physical movie yet!
Apes Character Table
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Owen Teague Noa Kevin Durand Proximus Caesar Peter Macon Raka Lydia Peckham Soona Travis Jeffery Anaya Sara Wiseman Dar Neil Sandilands Koro Eka Darville Sylva
Human Character Table
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Freya Allan Mae William H. Macy Trevathan Dichen Lachman Korina
Additionally, I plucked an interesting retrospective of the entire Planet of the Apes franchise up to this point: Ape Shall Not Kill Ape: A Look at the Entire Ape Francise by Gerardo Valero. If you're at all invested in the Apes series, for whatever reason, you might find it worth a read.
[In my case, as I mention above, my reason is that my mother was enthralled with each movie as it was released, except the Tim Burton 2001 reboot; my mother was so excited about that movie we actually went to the theatre to see it during its initial release, after which my mother said something along the lines of, "Well, that was unnecessary." I think I recorded her actual comment somewhere here, but I haven't found it, so I'll look for it "later". Needless to point out, that was one Apes film we didn't add to our collection.]
You know, I probably should create a Planet of the Apes label, considering how many of these movies I've added to the collection and, reportedly, this iteration won't be the last installment. Remind me to do that, will you?
Yep, I just checked and I have all the Planet of the Apes movies in my collection (minus the animated and TV series productions) except the Tim Burton one. My collection also includes a documentary hosted by Roddy McDowell about the making, and success, of the initial five films.
Well, I just checked and I found a relatively cheap DVD copy of Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes effort, the one my mother (and I, and, it seems a lot of other people, including fans of this franchise, frankly) didn't care for. So, Dear Reader, I ordered it. The more I thought about it while writing this post, the more it occurred to me that I really ought to have the entire compliment of the original franchise that my mother so enjoyed and that, now, so do I, which is why I keep up with the franchise even though my mother died at the end of 2008. This edition includes several special features about Tim Burton's production, as well. They should be helpful in my understanding of why this attempted reboot pleased neither my mother, nor me.
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 2024
Directed by Wes Ball.
Labels: cgi-animation, super-hero3
