AClockworkCody’s review published on Letterboxd:
This was as advertised. There was a lot of monke. Some monke not so good, but some good. Maybe Orangutan makes cameo appearance.
First I have to say, the cinematography and the vfx team fucking killed it. I haven’t seen a film look this thematically gorgeous since Avatar and this franchise didn’t take a century to pull it off.
Implementing the human characters, more specifically our lead protagonist though, was kind of obnoxious. The lead actresses character was so dull, Mecha Caesar or whatever his name is could’ve ripped her in half and it wouldn’t have mattered.
-I had an easier time rooting for Jesse Plemons character in Civil War than I did our main human actress if that tells you anything.
All that matters though is following our monkey pals through the main plot line and it works great! The 2 and a half hour runtime zipped through because of how invested I was with the story!! Very little emotional toll, but an adventure that was exhilarating with an ending that left me satisfied and curious.
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