Rise of the Planet of the Apes(2011) had one of the best "holy shit" moments I have experienced in a theatre.
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Yes. Same here. In that moment, you could feel all the oxygen get sucked out of the theater, and no one expected it.
These movies should be up there with Star Wars and LOTR in terms of respected film trilogies. It's frankly astounding how good they are.
It's why I held off on calling him a villain. He's such a rich character you can sympathize with even if you see him doing objectively shitty things.
Same goes for the Colonel in War.
That scene was ruined for me by the fact that the idiot with the taser started swinging it at him like a baton.
I immediately thought "Why is he swinging it instead of using it?" when I saw the movie the first time.
No one would do that, they would use the taser, to...you know...tase. Made no sense to quit using it as a taser and just start swinging 🤣 . Had to set up the moment somehow though. Obviously, I let the thought go after a few seconds. Just made me kind of laugh at how dumb it was.
I immediately thought "Why is he swinging it instead of using it?" when I saw the movie the first time.
No one would do that, they would use the taser, to...you know...tase. Made no sense to quit using it as a taser and just start swinging 🤣 . Had to set up the moment somehow though. Obviously, I let the thought go after a few seconds. Just made me kind of laugh at how dumb it was.
Fantatstic trilogy. Rewatched the first one with my gf recently. I jokingly referred to it as "Animal Abuse: The Movie" beforehand, but yeah, oof. I forgot how awful the humans actually were. It's been hard to convince her to watch the second one lol (despite her also thinking it was excellent).
Yeah I had no interest in watching this but my cousins wanted to watch it so I ended up seeing it in theaters. That moment had me and the whole theater audibly gasping. Legit jaw dropping moment and of course I ended up watching the rest of the trilogy in theaters on my own,
Such an under-the-radar trilogy. One of the best ever.
And they look AMAZING in 4K UHD Dolby Vision. Particularly #2 and #3.
And they look AMAZING in 4K UHD Dolby Vision. Particularly #2 and #3.
I really enjoyed the trilogy. This moment and the beginning of the second movie are things that are etched into my mind.
This moment in particular is the only time I ever remember feeling a room full of people holding their breath. It's weird to me that I haven't felt it in other movies because on the face of it, it isn't - that - special. I guess it was just well crafted in a way that's hard to explain.
This moment in particular is the only time I ever remember feeling a room full of people holding their breath. It's weird to me that I haven't felt it in other movies because on the face of it, it isn't - that - special. I guess it was just well crafted in a way that's hard to explain.
Never seen this movie, but having seen the original 60s (?) movie, the parallels of catching the hit, the iconic line the actor shouts, and then the shock of seeing the ape speak compared to the reversal reactions of the original movie........
Just wow.
Just wow.
It's to bad he will always be known as Malfoy and this type of casting is probably all he was ever going to get. Dude seems talented. Probably one of the best child actors in that series.
Crowd at my showing went D: whoa D:
It was a really cool moment, that trilogy is fantastic
Honestly expected it to be garbage but they exceeded my expectations
It was a really cool moment, that trilogy is fantastic
Honestly expected it to be garbage but they exceeded my expectations
From that moment specifically all the way to the end of the third movie, you got one of the best movie trilogies in modern times.
I remember really disliking the 3rd one for some reason in theatres and haven't seen it since.
Love Rise and Dawn though. Dawn especially is one of my favourite movies of all time. The pacing in it is unmatched!
Love Rise and Dawn though. Dawn especially is one of my favourite movies of all time. The pacing in it is unmatched!
I think that's the point - Malfoy is a complete incompetent who can't stand his job. Why would he bother to learn how to do it properly?
That scene got a huge pop from the audience in the theater I saw it in.
The whole trilogy is just so we'll done and superbly entertaining.
The whole trilogy is just so we'll done and superbly entertaining.
I was a liiiiiitle bit underwhelmed as well, but because I love Dawn so much. One of my favorite sequels of all time.
But War is great, and has such a fantastic OST.
Third one was just an okay film about war and internment camps imo. The fact that there were hyper-intelligent apes was kinda tangential. The CGI was amazing though.
Great movie and great director, but this one was directed by Rypert Wyatt, Matt directed the other two.
Funny you say that... I love the scene in the op, but Tom Felton is not particularly great in it.
Incredible moment. I was in a packed theater I think we all expected a popcorn flick. When that moment happened it was dead silence. I think everyone in the audience got goosebumps. Never experienced anything as powerful as that again.
Such a great build up.
Such a great build up.
If you listen/read interviews with the people behind the films they weren't planned out.
Knowing very little about anything, I'm gonna say only bettered by the Back To The Future set.
I think I saw the middle one? Never really caught these and I'm not sure why. I need to find out where they're streaming.
Time for a rewatch, I guess. Great movies.
I think the first is really underrated, despite Lithgow going a bit over the top and Franco being Franco.
I think the first is really underrated, despite Lithgow going a bit over the top and Franco being Franco.
It's a fantastic trilogy. One of the best reboots I can think of.
I would like to see them tackle Planet of the Apes proper as well, but if it doesn't happen I'm happy with what we got.
I would like to see them tackle Planet of the Apes proper as well, but if it doesn't happen I'm happy with what we got.
