The orangutan in "King Kong" is still a supporting role, making the audience feel that it is still an animal. This time, the orangutan Caesar in "Rise of the Apes" is still played by Andy Serkins, who played the gorilla in "King Kong", but Caesar has become the absolute protagonist of the film. What's even more amazing is that the CG effect of the orangutan in the film is extremely real. It naturally blends the body movements of animals with the expressions and personalities of humans, which seems to have really created another intelligent creature!
"Rise of the Apes" is the prequel to the old "Planet of the Apes" series and Tim Burton's 2001 version of "Planet of the Apes". The old version of the movie emphasized the contradiction between the two races of man and ape, and the background was set in a post-apocalyptic environment, allowing the audience to think about the disaster that humans may face from a grand perspective. This time "Rise of the Apes" focuses on Caesar, the orangutan, and looks at the disadvantaged groups from the individual encounters. In the film, the human protagonist Will takes Caesar to the forest park to play, when Caesar happily walks from the park. When they came out, they found a group of people with a dog and also wearing a collar. Suddenly, the confusion, humiliation, and inequality became apparent. In fact, the film is not so much an American interpretation of racial inequality, but rather tells a story of identity confusion—isn’t Caesar a symbol of foreigners living in the United States? Even if they have an American friend who can live in the United States, they still cannot integrate into the "American" group.
This year’s commercial films are generally weak. They either have special effects and no story ("Transformers 3"), or have stories without rhythm ("Captain America"), or have styles without details ("Thor"), or have characters without logic (" Green Lantern)... Except for "X-Men: First Class", I am afraid that "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is well-made. The film has both the exciting Golden Gate Bridge battle at the end (comparable to the end of "Avatar"), the vivid character Caesar portrayed by Andy Serkins (definitely a "movie-level" performance), and the blindness to humans Criticism of pursuing interests and arrogant pride...
In a word, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is almost a perfect example of a commercial film, and the various elements of the film are very appropriately combined. The only shortcoming that can be said is that the cruel and cold reflection of the old version has been weakened a lot in this prequel.
——A brief commentary sent to the "Beijing News"
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