Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
We are so back, baby! I love the reboot series of Planet of the Apes maybe as much as Jord loves the original series (and the reboot for that matter) and after seven long years we return to our beloved CGI ape-realm. After logging the scores from Jord's rewatch I learned that each of the reboot movies thus far has been nominated for Best Visual Effects at the Oscars and that feels so right, as Apes and Avatar have to be two of the best CGI-based franchises in existence. As far as Kingdom goes, I loved it, and it felt like a true continuation of the reboot trilogy. The world felt so real, as did all the characters. As Jord put it, something was missing, and it's hard to exactly put a finger on what that was. I think, despite it being 2 hours and 25 minutes, I wanted more. There's a lot of setup in this movie for the next two movies, and that maybe leaves you with not quite enough time with the different factions. Really excited to see where this goes.
-Z
