Filmmaker reacts to War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) 

What a way to close off on an amazing journey! ------- Want to vote on what I should watch next? Click here! www.patreon.com/jamesvscinema Be safe out there and enjoy the day!

James, you know I ain't much on special effects. But I totally agree with you here. Excellent movie that could not have it's impact without FX. Kudos for showing this Trilogy. Peace James.

I used to watch a lot of movies with my grandfather, he's 85 years old so he's seen a lot of masterpieces and he has a very good memory. Even though he's not really a movie lover, he always appreciates me showing him new movies and he literally told me that the last real masterpiece he saw was this movie with me ! ^^ Now I would also like to ask you James if you have seen the original "planet of the apes" movies from the 60's ? It would be super interesting to see you react to those movies so you can see how good they still are (the first and fourth especially) and how many references they put in the recent movies you just finished.

This trilogy made me wish humanity could move past war

APES TOGETHER STRONG!

Excellent trilogy

If you've yet to see _Planet Of The Apes,_ do. The 1968 classic and reboot trilogy are all the same universe (more or less - _Rise_ references the astronaut mission). The original run of films is 💯 worth viewing - each, just as epic, profound, & disturbing in their own way.

Definitely appreciate you noting that the audio was muted, sometimes I think my headphones are broken or something

Andy Serkis played Ceasar and is responsible for most of the emotional that you see, its CGI to an extent but he is the one portraying the emotion. There is a behind the scenes about it you should check it out!

Beautiful

Steve Zahn is the actor playing bad ape. He's been in a lot of comedies.

Have you seen the Mark Walberg one. Not saying its a great movie but i like it. You'll probably have a good laugh by the ending.

25:14 ... it almost looks just like Mt St Helens from the vantage point of Spirit Lake. (Southern Washington State)

I don't get the "it's better without subtitles" thing, like it's a song that you can enjoy without knowing the language, that's like going to a seminar in China and just sitting and watching people talk and not understanding a fuckin word they're saying.

everybody worries about the worse!! lol

Next to The Lord of the Rings, this has to be the most consistent, incredible trilogy

It’s the promised land in my eyes. As you said, it’s overall theme has biblical similarities.

SPOILERS: This movie is truly a masterpiece. Caesar’s story ends perfectly. I don’t think it should’ve ended any other way. It’s truly a happy ending. He got his “people” to safety as his final mission I suppose. He made sure that everyone that he cares about made it to safety and then dies peacefully. Truly a perfect ending.

In terms of actual filmmaking achievement, this is always one of my favorite movies. To be able to take a premise that is so absurd on its face and make it into an incredibly emotional and philosophical story that outshines most traditional war films is honestly astounding.

YO James, idk if you've seen them before, but if you want to watch a deep dive into this trilogy here, there's a RU-vid series by StorySteet on each of the Apes movies that are about an hour long each. They are an excellent watch and I highly recommend them if you've got the downtime. Regardless, loved the commentary bro, stay safe

Andy Serkis is a darn treasure of cinema. Woody Harrelson is a darn beast, as usual (in a good way). I’m glad they didn’t kill Maurice, cause I was expecting that heartbreak.

cgi is still better in this one than any in any marvel movie still in 2022

I feel like this movie trilogy gets forgotten about a lot. Three great films with great stories, scores, acting and special effects. Considering that these are based around CG characters and still can give you the same emotion as a real cast would really set this apart from films trying to do a fraction of what it did.

ROB ROY. The best movie no one's seen. Stars Liam Neeson & Tim Roth. Was released a month after "Braveheart" and thus, was overshadowed by it. But like Braveheart, Rob Roy is about a factual Scottish person a few centuries after William Wallace. Tim Roth stars as one of my all-time favorite villains in this one. In fact, Tim Roth received his only Oscar nomination for his role in the movie. Just had to mention as a recommendation. Don't think you'd be disappointed.

This movie is epic and when I first watched it in the cinemas I was surprised how little action there was in the film, but I think the fact that it's more of an emotional drama made it more effective and ended the trilogy on a great note!

This makes me wanna watch the trilogy again, the way you got caught up in this was infectious! And truly it has to have at least one of *the* best scores out there. The movies, amazing as they are, wouldn’t have been the same without it. And I love how we all get captivated whenever Maurice speaks.

What I loved is that karma and irony got Colonel McCullough in the end. He became the one thing that he hated so much. In his mind, if you couldn't think or feel, you're basically a mind less animal. That was a fate worse than death for him. Not only did this man killed his own son, but also killed and tortured not just apes, but humans too. Glad Caesar didn't put a bullet in him even though he had EVERY right to do so then and there! I wouldn't blame him too. But hey, he killed himself so Caesar wouldn't have to lol.

First time watching this one was at a triple feature of the first two before the midnight release of War. Such an amazing experience and seeing the huge level of production and cgi quality as well as Caesar’s journey all in one sitting on the full screen will still be up there as one of my fav cinema moments!

I don't think I could make a top 5 trilogy list without this on it, it's fantastic

Still waiting for: The Fisher King. Directed by Terry Gilliam. The Fisher King. The. Fisher. King.

The way this film ties into the original film is cool, the Simian Flu has evolved and causes humans to regress essentially into apes while it makes the apes smarter as in the original series the remaining humans had de-evolved basically into Neanderthals and became the animals themselves.

Caesar is my favorite character ever written! These movies are just unbelievably deep! Great reaction!

I know most people love Dawn more than War, but I truly love this one and think it's the best of the trilogy. Also, James you're great at catching the very intricate technical aspects of filmmaking that not many audience members catch and as another fellow filmmaker it's greatly appreciated from you. Love what you do brother.

If you want to watch another good Woody Harrelson movie check out The Highwaymen with him and Kevin Costner hunting down Bonnie and Clyde

"uncle rukas of a gorilla" LMAO

Even told me 20 years ago I'd be in love with a movie trilogy about talking apes I would have slapped you. But this movie series has given me chills and tears and I've owned all three and have watched them many many times.

Hey James- From one film guy to another, I really dig your breakdowns of some of the more technical filmmaking elements of the movies you explore- not always the typical stuff that audiences notice in movies but you've got great insights- Keep up the great work man!

One of the greatest endings of all time and One of the best trilogies of all time. Bittersweet, tragic and beautiful at all the same time! Andy Serkis deserves an Oscar for this epic performance!

Please consider THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS (1997). Based on actual events about two killer lions. It stars Val Kilmer

its rare that a trilogy gets better with each establishment but planet of the apes is one of the rare exception, war imo is the best of the trilogy and one of the best sci fi movies I've seen. usually you have a bang in the first film, then the quality goes down or it reaches a height in number 2 and then quality decreases in the 3rd but this just kept going up, kinda like the lotr trilogy, incredible incredible film and trilogy.

We need a vanilla sky reaction

18:00 now that I think about it, the scene of the girl walking through the prison camp reminded me of the scene of the girl in "schindler's list"

i love the new catchphrase - "Sit back, relax, get your popcorn and snacks" - it even rhymes!

Hello James VS Cinema, Just so you know. They are currently filming another "Planet of the Apes" film. It started shooting last month at the Disney Studios in Sydney, Australia. It will be called "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" & it will be a direct sequel to this trilogy. It is slated for release on May 24th, 2024. Sadly, Andy Serkis won't be involved, nevertheless, I am looking forward to seeing what they do. I strongly recommend that you watch the first five "Planet of the Apes" films which star Charlton Heston & Roddy McDowell, which were released from 1968 to 1973. Only then will you understand why this franchise is such a benchmark of Science Fiction & why it has such a cultural impact. I look forward to your comments.

Can you please react to the WORST FILM I've ever seen... "Cell", it's a zombie type movie but it's sooo bad, it has so much potential as you'll see but then just gets really really bad 😆

when i first saw it im not gonna say i was dissapointed.. just wasnt what i thought it was gonna be but i still loved this movie for what it was. SPOILER ALERT.. My jaw absolutley dropped when woody harrelson killed blue eyes and baby mama.. n rip ceaser will always be missed 🙏

This movie is a modern masterpiece to me. Like it is rare for me to like see a trilogy that has 2 great movies in it, one of them being actually fantastic, but then I can easily just go, "yeah but THAT ONE". War is to me the best one, just without even questioning it. Honestly one of my favourite movies of all time.

My mom taught me all my critical thinking. We would talk about anything and everything, and although we've always been different people we've always shared a passion for Cinema. She saw some of the original Planet of the Apes movies and she could not finish them because she couldn't stand the Apes being hurt. Her favorite land animal is the orangutan and when the trailer for the first remake movie trailer came out, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, she cried when she saw the orangutan rendering. It was so beautiful and she couldn't look at any of the promotional stuff after that, she was just so sad thinking of them getting killed. She went back to Mexico and we don't talk much (I can't go back and I wouldn't be welcomed as I am) but I hope she was able to watch the remake trilogy all these years later. She would have loved it, and been happy to see how all the Ape deaths were honored. She would probably cry when she realized the Orangutan character lived in the end.

The fact this story started with humans testing a dementia/alzheimer's drug on apes, to it ending where the virus humans accidentally created ended up killing them and wiping out their ability to speak, is so profound and tragic.

Fun Fact: Ty Olsson (the Red Gorilla) was also in _Rise of the Planet of the Apes_ as Chief Hamill, the police officer in the helicopter who shot at Buck.

I love 'bad ape"!

CGI primates in this movie were better actors than quite a few actual actors in Hollywood

11:07 Believe it or not, Monty from _Stuart Little_ and Mr. Heffley from _Diary of a Wimpy Kid._

On a irrelevant side note could you react to the movie The Revenant where Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an oscar

Loving what your doing my friend, if you ever need an actor, I'll work for free!

One of my favorite movies of the last decade. Due in no small part to fact that imo it function’s as god dame near a remake to my all time favorite film apocalypse now

Cool that these films are all setting up the ancient history of the original films ...

I remember seeing trailers for the planet of the ape movies. Shit was lit.

This is Cecil B DeMille Ten Commandments. Caesar is Moses in the movie

Matt Reeves hit homerung with this movie. The effects were also amazing. You believed monkeys could have meetings.

The sounds of the final scene its break my heart 😭

Password: Ape Ape Ape (weak) Password: ApeApeApe (strong)

When we had riot stuff going on near our house my dad and I stayed in and watched all 3 movies back to back. So this trilogy holds an odd place in my memories.

Honestly from the very first planet of the apes to get filmed to the 2017 films they all are special in their way.

The final chapter in the Planet Of The Apes Saga, but there are talks of a new film trilogy in the works, where it will take place 200 years after the events of this movie.

James pls watch blue valentine!!!!!!

James you gotta react to Atlanta‼️

Never thought I'd see the day that the Chad Matt Reeves would make me cry over a chimp lol

I can't wait until you do the 1972 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. By far the best original sequel and really interesting film.

Bad Ape = Steve Zahn

Thinking of a couple you may like. Das Boot directors cut is a WWII submarine movie. The Beast is a tank movie about a Soviet tank crew during the Invasion of Afghanistan.

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This is arguably the best one in the trilogy.

73five.

3/3🔥 it's great to see the improvement in CGI between the three movies!! I'm wondering what the next trilogy is gonna be...the animation of ''How to train your dragon'' and ''The Godfather'' both have a solid trilogy

I love the parallels between scene of the guns shooting in the Darkness being the only light on screen in Batman and the gun in the Darkness in this- yup Matt Reeves

James ! Loved review ! Positive vibes and love to our community fam ! Ps. Have you ever seen a movie called born on the 4th of July. I just watched it for the first time directed by Oliver Stone. If you haven’t it’s a must watch for cinematic arts

That happens to me a lot to. I forget exactly what happens in movies all the time. But once you re-watch it most of the time you notice something you didn't the first, second, third time watching it or however many time you watch a movie.

Caesar is one of the best film characters ever, one of the best trilogies ever too

It's funny that you said biblical James, because the story of Moses did inspired this film and that's surprising.

solid standalone film but a very satisfactory ending to the series... so much emotion and intensity

I love how much you love the score in this. One of Giacchino's best - so much gravitas and emotion in it.

Highly recommend the original series. Also the original hand drawn version of Watership Down. Excellent animation and a hell of a score.

loved getting to rewatch this trilogy with you + your commentary!! thanks for the videos :)

Agree these are all recognizable characters with their own backstory (eg Rocket). I also hope this trilogy is cherished for how epic and amazing it is. The fact we have such empathy for a FX character speaks volumes for what they accomplished. Its themes in each are deep, the action supports the drama. I love this trilogy. While I was excited for each one that came out, I would be happy if they left it at three. I am sure they could craft another film for the next stage of "conflict". But without Cesar... I dont think its possible and am happy for it to end at War (although there are plenty of questions that the film left us with). Great film... great reaction... thanks James

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

The music in the final scene got to me😢

My favorite of the trilogy!

17:20 A Boondocks reference. I like that !

Let's go James always coming in clutch with a great reaction don't even have to watch it to know it's going to be good!!!! Keep up the great stuff brother.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and time, as always, stay awesome, stay genuine... much love

School yard scrap of the apes . l thought it was weakest of the series film . But saying that, the movies are better than the Walhberg ( not hard ) and prefer it to Hestons.

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Such a great masterpiece of a trilogy. Looking forward to the 4th

I will always treasure an experience I had as a child, visiting a zoo. There was a mother gorilla and her baby in a cage. She locked eyes with me in such a human way that I didn't see a gorilla. It was profound to me and I could see the intelligence there.

The scene where the soldiers stopped and looked at the approaching avalanche always bothered me. They looked like wild animals in a herd looking at an approaching predator or something that caught their attention. It said a lot about their state of mind without saying anything.

Love this sequel

I have to say I prefer the 1960'/70's series of films as the overall story arc is kind of sad.