![]() ![]() Ramses and Moses were raised as brothers, something the 1998 "Prince of Egypt" story seizes on to give the story emotional heft beyond religious importance.īut Caesar and the General don't have that. He doesn't even have a real relationship with General Woody Harrelson to fall back on, either, so the emotional punch is sucked right out of the story too. Instead he just kind of wanders around, gets captured and enslaved, and eventually frees his people from their very temporary enslavement. ![]() There's no magic, so he can't bring a plague of locusts, he can't turn water to blood, he can't be responsible for basically anything jaw-dropping within the context of the Moses tale. There's no literal god for him to interact with, but that's okay, as long as he does absolutely incredible stuff that makes us look at him with the same wonder and awe his people do.Įxcept that never happens. So we, the audience, are sort of primed to see his metaphorical ascension in the third film. I think it's fair to say that the end of Dawn implies this trajectory we witness Caesar step down the stairs with arms outstretched, all the other Apes bowing before him, and the shot is constructed to mirror old school religious paintings and murals. Worse, because of the fact they're trying to tell a secular version of the Moses story, nothing he does helps the audience see him as being a kind of mythical icon. Everything is twisted to make sure that it conforms to that premise, instead of simply telling a story in which Caesar earns his place as near mythical to Ape society, by acting in a way that bestows that gravitas to him. Instead, he literally becomes Moses, with the story of the third movie warped and bent as much as possible to hit the same story beats as that of Moses. Like.yeah, the idea of the Apes having their own Moses figure is cool, and getting to see this character we're invested in go from forefather to literal religious icon is a very intriguing premise. I think the issue is how rigid they were in clinging to the "Caesar becomes Moses" aspect which was mentioned in interviews and press. The trilogy also has a beautiful soundtrack if you like me are into listening soundtracks while working. Certainly best blockbuster trilogy since Lord of the rings. ![]() You get popcorn enjoyment with good soundtrack and good storyline. You get actors like Andy Serkis, Gary Oldman, woody Harrelson and James Franco. You get the orangutan Maurice with another arc running in background that ends with the child in the third one. His identity trouble with Koba and his revenge arc as well. Here you get a long character arc involving Ceaser. Many blockbuster flicks are plagued with stupid idiotic plots (every disaster movie or new Jurassic world flicks). They are well written blockbuster movies. It's the way the movie humanizes the antagonist. It's the arc of redemption that he goes through with revenge on his mind. But it's not the biblical plot that I like. He stops his people's suffering by taking it on himself. Ceaser is ofcourse Moses to his people leading a literal exodus. It hides multiple biblical plots under the storyline of Ceaser. ![]() War according to me is best of the trilogy. In the third installment you realise what transformation we had witnessed at the end of dawn. The light enlightens only him and every other ape kneels in front of him. You can see the way Ceaser is placed in the scene. I think the last scene of dawn is again well directed. His return is directed as more like a good has returned. Giving him his own "Et tu brute" moment involving "Koba" rebelling and "stabbing" Ceaser. Then dawn provides a story involving Shakespearean plot of "Caesar". You realise that Ceaser is.no longer just an ape. With that brilliant scene when he says "no!". The first one involves his transformation from an ape to more like human. Every movie shows a transformation of Ceaser. ![]()
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