Posted on 06/29/2014 7:38:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Audiences will get more than a dystopian future when they line up to see Dawn of the Planet of the Apes next month.
The second film in the rebooted Planet of the Apes franchise reportedly packs a pro-gun control message, according to a new review of the film in Variety. The story also touches on environmental fear mongering, albeit in a reduced fashion compared to the first installment.
The “Apes” franchise has always been a politically loaded one, and this latest entry states its left-wing credo in ways both allegorically implicit and bluntly direct. (You’d have to be pretty obtuse to miss the pro-gun-control subtext attached to misdeeds on both sides of the man-monkey battle.) While the previous film functioned as something of a cautionary tale against man’s destructive meddling with his environment, “Dawn” apportions blame a little more equally, as the beasts (introduced in a thrilling, technically jaw-dropping faceoff against a grizzly bear) are shown to be no less reckless an influence on the biosphere than their former superiors. “I always think ape better than human,” Caesar admits to Malcolm, his speech patterns having evolved rather rapidly even over the course of this film. “I see now how like them we are.” It’s a reverse epiphany that would have Jane Goodall in tears.
The upcoming film is set roughly a decade after the 2011 hit which showed how the franchise's genetically engineered apes came to be....
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Dogs of course could never be allowed to open-carry.
There would be too many firefights between cops and canines if that were to come to pass...
I think the Apes found a copy of the Koran...
Haha!! Sean Bean... as Boromir!
He’s had an interesting career. I first saw him in a series called “Sharpe’s Rifles” set during the Napoleonic war in Spain. There’s about 16 episodes in that series. Masterpiece Theater (BBC) production.
Played a great villain in Clancy’s “Patriot Games”. Lord of the Rings, other flicks as well. Always does a good job.
He does make a good “baddie”.
I liked him in ‘Goldeneye’, the 1st of the Brosnan 007’s.
Don’t remember that one...
Check this out. Great series.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008YT8QYG/ref=dra_a_ac_mr_ho_it_CX200_100?tag=amazondisplay-20&ascsubtag=4a251a2ef9bbf4ccc35f97aba2c9cbda
oh noes
Rise (2011) and Dawn (2014) are set in their own universe and have nothing to do with the silly Tim Burton's helmed “reimagining” Planet of the Apes (2001) with Marky Mark, aside from using the same source material. They're made by a different creative team and take a completely different approach. They are also not remakes, although Rise uses a similar premise as the fourth film, Conquest (1972). It's akin to saying you won't be seeing the James Bond movie Casino Royale (2006) with Daniel Craig because you hated the James Bond spoof Casino Royale (1967) with Woody Allen. Or that you won't see it because you hated the Pierce Brosnan era James Bond movies, etc. Or to use another franchise example, boycotting the Christopher Nolan Batman movies because you hated the Joel Schumacher one with George cLooney. In short, you need to judge the current set of films on their own merits.
(Of course that being said, even though it has a completely different creative team, I'll wait for the 2014 Godzilla remake to come to video... and yes that's because I got sick of the franchise after the 1998 remake. So I suppose I'm being a hypocrite here, but it just seems to me that “Godzilla” and “American film studio” DON'T mix)
>> There is only one “Planet of the Apes” movie and it is the original starring Charlton Heston. All of the others stink. That is all. <<
Actually, Heston was in three of them: the 1968 original, the 1970 sequel (Beneath), and the crappy 2001 remake (appearing as a Ape!).He also makes a “cameo” of sorts in Rise, via stock footage. Though with the exception of Rise, I would agree all the 70s sequels can't hold a candle to the original, but a couple of them are entertaining never-the-less.
>> I agree. We shouldn’t give guns to apes. We should limit gun ownership to humans. And possibly some intelligent dogs and horses. <<
Heh. Well I suppose this movie IS “anti-gun” if you favor extending 2nd amendment rights to chimps and think its unfair that it applies to humans only. ;-)
>> Hollyweird missed the point of “revolution”. Of course the chimps are going to use guns. Our founding fathers understood this. So do Communist dictators. <<
>> Wouldn't a few guns (and ammo) come in handy with a bunch of apes running around? But yeah... it’s things go “primate”, it’s good to have weapons. <<
I would say so. I feel a lot better about seeing this movie knowing Gary Oldman told off the Hollywood left and he's starring in it (as a human, not a chimp)
>> I think people are just on-edge in general, knowing that everything and anything to do with the left is ultimately about getting control. So... everything will be about that in peoples’ views. It’s kind of just where we are right now. <<
Eh, it reminds me of when some conservative activists were insisting there's some incidious pro-gay propaganda in the Disney movie Frozen. While the company as a whole is undoubtedly a huge cheerleader for the gay agenda, I finally sat down and watched the movie on DVD back in March, and it was 100% kid friendly and had a nice traditional heterosexual love story. The song “Let It Go” could be symbolic for ANYTHING – it only “represents” someone “coming out” as gay if that's what you say it does. Hysteria about the film just makes our side look bad and does more harm that good, IMO. That being said, I think the left is 10X worse when it comes to demonizing something as right-wing propaganda. The hillarious thing is they think “Fox News”, “Karl Rove” and the “Koch Bros” control us all.
(probably more entertaining too)
“...Hysteria about the film just makes our side look bad and does more harm that good...”
Spot-on.
From what I heard from someone who worked on the show, ACT (Action For Child'run's Television) objected to the pistols and rifles that the apes were carrying. So the creators amped up the firepower into something that the kiddos couldn't find around the house.
And google image searches really suck now BTW (they again have changed their algorithm and database). No picture to support the statement (if any even exist).
The guns in the Apes cartoon are almost lasers. It’s also really just plain bad TV, but it is from that era when it was apparently the law that cartoons made for kids needed to be as cheap as possible with the thinnest stories available.
Action For Children’s television also sought to censor anything they personally found improper (it was the era that Tom & Jerry had to become friends). The head ladies of it when forced to watch the end product said that it wasn’t entertaining but at least it wasn’t offensive.
BLEH.
The second amendment definitely does not apply to damn dirty apes who are obviously not “people”! 3 bananas a day, if they agree to do your housework, are all apes are entitled to!
I already didn’t like the movie for its anti-human animal rights message, so this doesn’t mean much to me.
I wonder if they’ll take EBT cards instead of bananas?
Try 2 hour and 45 minutes of relentless action....beautifully shot...lots of plot holes but Definitely better than the last 2 sequels.
that works for me even the plot holes:)
And people wonder why I have not been to the movies in years......this is why.
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