Those who have seen the new movie -- would you say it thematically reflects social issues and tensions of the past few years? I ask because that was one thing the original Apes movies did. (I'm a sucker for the scifi movies of the mid-'60s to mid--70s.)
Just got back from this. First movie to get me out of the apartment in a year or so.
I'd say yes. Not quite to the extent as the original, nor am I entirely sure they're as intentional. It's difficult for me to imagine this story being told without addressing one or two social issues, so I'm not sure if it's intentional or just a necessary pre-requisite of telling the story in the first place. But there were a few social issues I identified with that were addressed, but only insofar as I'm hoping this is indeed a "reboot" and the consequences will be addressed in further movies. ETA: I'll furthermore say that what I'm thinking of may not be important social issues in the eyes of many people, but it's certainly covers a few that have come up more than once in P&CE here. I'm not great at discerning what's important to other people, so I'll leave it at that.
This being the first new live-action flick I've actually bothered to see in a while, I was pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed it. There were a few things that bothered me, mostly the main [human] character being stupid every once in a while when it came to communicating with Caesar once the real plot began. But that may be my genre-savvines speaking, having seen all of the original movies. So it may be more along the lines of wishing he were more genre-savvy.
In other news: Andy Serkis becomes one of the best live-action actors around these days who never actually appears as a live-action character. What
will the Oscars do?
ETA: Just for some perspective: I didn't even have any idea this was a movie until today. I haven't watched television in the last year or so, having mostly been watching only anime, but I loved the original series of movies.
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