Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - Movie Review 

How did you not watch the Cesar trilogy? Lmao

The fact that you guys didn't watch or know the movie connected to the last 3 movies made this entire review fall apart.

Can’t believe Alex didn’t see the last trilogy. It’s great.

From “NO!” to “What a wonderful day” love this series

Other joe looks kinda different

Paramount: We can’t make a successful movie without humans being the main characters. Planet of the Apes: Hold my Banana 🍌 🗿

The last trilogy was actually pretty good. The story of Caesar is good and Andy Serkis did phenomenal in that motion capture role

Alex has homework to do to watch Cesar's trilogy.

If you haven't seen the last trilogy trilogy then why tf are you sitting there with your arms crossed??

“they were talking about the sickness and all that stuff, I’m assuming they’re setting that up for the future” 😅 if only he watched the original trilogy

The previous Ape trilogy is one of the strongest in recent memory. I'm a big softy for monke and apes so I loved it. 8/10, it does drag a bit in the middle but I loved every minute.

"No apes were harmed in the making of this movie."

I feel like you NEED to watch the first 3 in order to better understand this one. The way I saw it was the Apes twisting Caesars Legacy ignoring that he did have compassion for humans but never failed to put his apes first. So we see Noah learn of Caesar and begins to adapt the compassionate traits yet I don’t think proxima was wrong either about humans being selfish and wanting to put them back in cages. I thought it was interesting to see two sides of interpretation of Caesars beliefs and wish they expanded more on it .

I'm unsure how you can review this movie when you haven't watched the previous trilogy. This one is a follow-up and in a timeline that is generations later. Like many new movie series, the first is usually slower due to world-building. It was the same way for other movie series like Dune. Hopefull, the next movies follow suit and get better. Yikes, I don't know who the actress playing Mae is!

You guys gotta watch the Ceaser trilogy.. Its amazing.. Specially Dawn.. This movie is a sequel to those 3 movies not the other movies, 2011 was a reboot..

The last 3 are actually underrated imo and some of the best sci-fi in recent years, they really hold up! Look forward to seeing Kingdom to see for myself how it compares 🤠

imagine watching the fourth instalment and not seeing/remember the last three.. what happened to these guys?!

How tf do you review this movie and not watch the first 3? Wth?

Trying to be “legitimate” critics but not really seeing or going back to watch the last trilogy is insane to me.

“Mmmmmmmmm, Monke.” -Oogway 10/10!

Its really hard for u guys to do this review with soo little knowledge of the previous films. Cmon dudes!

Watching a movie while you play a game?

Remember in the James Franco movie there is a quick part in which the news anchor on a tv says that all contact has been lost with a space mission. I really thought this movie was going to do something about that and have astronauts return to Earth but none of that happens.

How Alex not watch the trilogy and prep yourself for this one smh that should of been a priority.

How can they have an honest review without having seen the previous 3 films? Horrible review by the Joe team I'm very disappointed. I know it's subjective but the film mentions Caesar dozens of times so without watching the previous 3, you can't fully understand who he was and what they were referring to the whole movie. Such a shame because Kingdom was a 8/10 at least.

WAIT? Alex didnt watch the new trilogy? Its one of the best trilogies ever. Thats crazy

I loved Kingdom of the Planet of the Crystall Skull of the Revenge of the Son of the Chamber of The Secrets of the Rise of The Raiders of the Last Crusade of the Apes

Ya'll should have watched the 2011s trilogy before seeing this haha it answers the majority of your questions and points of confusion with the lore/virus/etc.

The “What a Wonderful Day” scene was one of the deepest parts in the entire movie. Proximus using Caesar’s words which were originally meant for good and twisting them into something very bad. It also shows how religion can quickly become a cult if it is misinterpreted and people are misled.

Rise and dawn were the best… rewatch, Caesar was him.

Jesus, how much vacation time does OJ get??

How have you guys never seen the 2010 trilogy?

Reboot trilogy is heavily underrated. I’m excited to see this one and where the story goes in this continuation trilogy.

27:55 Alex is just dead inside, I did feel the moments lol

And btw they aren't just voice acting but they actually have people doing motion capture in person for the apes. And honestly I love the slow pacing at the start, it's so damn good. I would've felt jipped if they shortened the film. And I think it makes the fights much more impactful.

The astronauts and Icarus were shown in a tv clip within the movie Rise, it’s in the background.

I don't know what they're on about when it comes to slow pacing? Do they just want nonstop action? That sounds like a pretty shallow movie. Most of the slow moments are meant to build the world up. Obviously this is a set up for a new trilogy. I saw the movie too and I feel like its a solid 8/10 for me and that is because the movie is really REALLY good. The reason I have it at an 8/10 is because I felt the villain was underutilized and we could have done with more time focused on him. Other than that, the rest of the movie is pretty solid. Mae also being able to just... seemingly know how to get into this weapons vault, know where to find the key she was looking for, and having the knowledge to make high explosives also was just odd. It's been 300 years and yet she acts like she used to work at this vault or something. Also its been 300 years and satellites still work? How?

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is a solid 8/10 for me

In Rise they show on the tv in the background that a shuttle that went into space disappeared. That is how they are going to connect the movies. The original ape movies started with the astronaut ended with Caesar taking over. New ape movies start with Caesar, end with astronaut

“Shit goes for 9 hours, mfers walking then on a horse then walking then back on a horse” 😂

Freya character is not selfish. She is on a Mission to Save humankind.

“Because I’m excited about potential, 7/10” Or you could just score the movie based on its own merit.

I think a unique concept brought by this film is May and Rokka and how they're opposites in how they treat history.

Alex, the Caesar trilogy is really amazing, and I'd love to see your take on it. Bearing in mind that you have a life and probably plenty to do on your plate, damn, would it be interesting to see what you think, especially having seen this film first

The theaters survived 2020. I'm not sure how they are still a thing to this day. You got maybe 3 theater worthy movies a year. I swear good movies were dropping all the time before 2020

5 minutes in I look up and realize there’s no Other Joe 😔

Im glad Joe has seen the other three movies at least. Glad they rated it based on the trilogy.

This is not a remake of the 70's ones... this is a sequel of the new ones... do not expect this franchise to go like the 70's ones. It would be a nice messege of apes and humans as allies against the more agressive apes, a kingdom of humans and apes.

Other Joe cosplaying the gorilla character is something I didn’t expect

So hype for this underrated franchise. Seeing it tonight

It wasn't as good as the other three, but I still found it enjoyable.

Are there other apes that weren’t infected with the virus that don’t talk? 🤔

Kingdom is kinda bad if you compare it to rise ,dawn, war but on its own it’s pretty decent 💯

Enjoyed the movie, the parts I could focus on anyway. A group of young teens showed up ten minutes or so into the movie and were talking and being disruptive the entire first half. For a moment I think they took a photo of either me or the screen? A bright flash hit me from right behind and I was like WTF? Didn't go out of my way to complain as the theater staff are all teens who are constantly high and don't seem to care much. Other than that a decent 7.5/10 for me. Great review btw.

I like this movie but I feel like they had a lot of missed opportunities. I would have loved to see like a Koba inspired clan. Or an advanced clan with their own inventions that makes sense for apes . Etc.

Most reviews are great! Im going in theaters. Finally. This, then Mad Max next.

I really enjoyed it honestly. What they did with Mae was interesting and the one thing I'm not too sure of, especially with the ending that we got. But I really loved Noa and I hope Raka's brief appearance isn't the end of him after all a big movie rule is you need to see a body to confirm a death lol. But I really enjoyed it, this is one of those where you don't need the previous ones to get into but man they add so much more knowing who Caesar was and how his image has been misinterpreted by the generations that followed him. I really hope we get a complete trilogy but honestly the conflicts I like are the ones between the apes, don't know how far they'll go with the human component.

1 film a year in the 70s? How?

Will we find out that noa distant direct descendants from Caesar in future sequels because he lookalike Caesar and does noa have Caesar birthmark?

Alex - PLEASE watch the other 3 movies

I feel like Kingdom is decent on its own but compared to the trilogy its definitely the weakest one. Regardless, I still hope the new ones will be stronger than this one (if the film is successful of course)

A- only because of Rocket but maybe the director felt Rocket would have followed Mae to her goal.

From what I’ve heard they want to do 9 films and this next trilogy I would assume would lead up to that 1968 original where they do another trilogy based on that

Hi Joe! do you have Robosen-Megatron!? can you please make a video with all good stuff you have like that Godzilla and tbh idk what you have so please bring them all. also that red/black is good on you! But cant wait to see you on new Superman suit.

i really enjoyed this movie but it was stressful to watch i just felt bad for everyone the whole time

Couldn’t be here any faster

I watched the movie and the film didn't linger on the landscaper too long like these guys said. It was just enough to show you how the world has changed since the Cesar trilogy. And I love seeing it and trying to guess what football field they're at or what mall or airport they were walking through. This was an adventure and I like this one better that the Cesar trilogy.

If this movie was The Force Awakens for the Planet of the Apes franchise, that does not make me very confident for the next film lol 9:10

Final Verdict 7/10.

"Voice actors"? They were on set in mo-cap suits

ya'll need to do a rewatch/watch of Rise, Dawn, and War! One of the greatest trilogies next to LotR

You JUST found the Marky Mark remake????? Do a vid on that fr (keep in mind it’s early 2000s lol)

To quote Joe, this movie gets the BADASS Seal of Approval from me

I'm shocked yall haven't rly seen the trilogy. It's easily one of my favorite trilogies of all time, literally up there with lotr. Alex needs to watch them right now

So how good is Ciri from the Netflix Witcher Series in this new world were she travelled to guys?!?! :D

Trevathan doesn’t know about the ventilation shafts, and apes are afraid of water, case closed.

My ranking of the last 3 including kingdoms is: War Dawn Kingdom Rise But none of these movies are bad at all. Literally all 8 or above out of 10

If you were paying attention to the background dialogue in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, you'll know that there is this story of the lost astronauts and if you saw the original Planet of the Apes, you know that story involved astronauts who inadvertently ended up in the future... They have to keep making these until they close the loop with the return of the lost astronauts. I'm glad this is a trilogy, and that portends that more is to come because they need to tell the story of these astronauts returning.

This is literally fallout new vegas where the courier destroys the bunker under Caesars legion camp. Almost beat for beat.

Alex, you really gotta see modern Apes movies. They are awesome, especially 2 and 3 by Matt Reeves. Smart blockbusters as people call them. Gems among MCU era

of course alex didnt see one of the greatest trilogies of all time, hes allergic to great movies

The reboot trilogy is one of the greatest trilogies of the last 30 years. I’m a long time fan of you guys, but I’m seriously disappointed in you for not seeing them. Like wtf

There is a bird out there that preys on monkeys so the eagles killing proximus wasn’t that unbelievable

I was kind of hard to understand the apes talking so I missed some dialogue and didn’t understand some scenes like Why did May and Noah have beef at the end? I still loved it

Patrick? No, this is OJ.

Joe's "Orangutang" reminds me of Cumberbatch's "Penguing"

Patrick would’ve gotten an f from my high school English teacher because of how many damn times he says “like”

Omg I’m shocked they didn’t see the trilogy with Cesar the 3rd one with woody Harrelson was everything! I haven’t seen this movie yet, but I can’t wait!

i wish they expanded more with the apes finding/keeping those books from the silo and learning how to read, going on a quest to find the books that raka was safekeeping, and then have the final battle with proximus be more about clashing philosophies of proximus vs caesar.

Come on the fellas

Immediately missed Ceaser right at the start of the film, he to me kind of held the last 3 together and kept me interested. I was hoping this orangatang when he was revealed may of been Maurice's son, grand son or at least part of his family as I really liked Maurice in the previous films. They kind of messed the story up a bit though when it came to these places where they cared for humans, Ceaser never did that before he died in the previous film and a lot of what this new orangatang was saying Ceaser did never happened. I get throwing a bit of story in there but when you had 3 previous films showing exactly what Ceaser has been doing up till his death in the previous film it kind of throws me off.

Definitely gotta watch the movies that came before, but yeah it's a start of another trilogy. They announced they want to make 5 more movies. This is the 4th one of the new movies, but this is roughly 300 years later. I think they are trying to tie it into the original movies.

I think they are all solid 7/10 in a way that impresses you a lot more after watching first but then you realize they're not as clever as they could be. just solid medium and the CG is good enough to stay relevant for a while

Its kinda criminal you guys havent seen the three Apes movies,they are so damn good and Andy Serkis is incredible!

I love they didn’t exclude Caesar because he is the heart of this series for me. I absolutely loved this movie, the movie didn’t even feel as long as it was. Only thing I wish was different is more explaining more about who Caesar was to those who didn’t know. Maybe in the next one they can get into that a little more.

Raka makes a noise at the end of the credits insinuating he's alive ❤

Is there a way to set my notifications to only alert me when an actual angry review drops? I get that Joe can't produce a review for every game that comes out but c'mon man, there's been like 60 videos since the Skull & Bones review and most of them are trailer reactions and movie reviews... Even though there's a ton of great games out right now.

this is just angry movies critic show at this point, rts, board games shows

I understand that there were times where this movie was a slow burn. There was a lot of walking/horse back riding. The action was pretty lacking overall, but keep in mind that this was essentially a movie being used as world building since it's been a while since Caesar's death. Plus they're introducing all new characters. All-in-all I think it was a great movie. Yes, again it's slow at times, but it also feels that it needs that. For instance, Noa and Raka don't know about Mae's ability to speak for a while. Raka basically treated her (kindly) like she was an injured wild animal. They needed to use that time to build up the trust (or lack there of) between each other. The point is that this was a slower, drawn out movie, with some random (awesome) ape fights. 7/10 feels a bit light. I'm leaning more towards an 8/10, maybe 8.5/10 if we're stretching it, because the CGI was amazing, the voice actors were great, and the film itself was gorgeous with a very interesting story.

1:31 clearly lying his ass off he's heard of that movie you gotta be living under a rock all the way at the bottom of the Mariana trench to not know about that movies existence.