the barbarians are coming
I.Cannot.Deal reasonably with The Rise of the Planet of Apes. I ended up giggling uncontrollably at various moments in the movie. Dialog and ape demonstration of auctoritas and a literal taking of the king's shilling Caesar's cookie aside, they actually have SF's mounted police charging at the apes on horseback....I was quite disappointed that there's no Brutus moment, but I suppose that'll be too much.
The ending fizzles despite ominous hints. It bridges a continuity but I just don't feel like it adds anything new. CGI's still better than the Tim Burton bizarre rendition though.
Also, surprise SGA's Rodney and SURRISE Draco Malfoy! Rather, it's Tom Felton playing Draco Malfoy if he ended up in charge of some sort of ape-holding conservatory. The human actors all made a valiant effort to keep the movie serious and Full of Import for the inevitable consequence that's the Planet of Apes.
The unexpected hilarity, I think, comes from the fact that I watch too many Rise-Up-And-Free-Fellow-Men movies/TV series. It's a bit like Gladiator, except with apes. Granted, I could never read Redwall either. Of the pre-movie trailers, is it just me or are there increasing number of alien apocalypse movies in the last five years?
I really should've known. XMFC's permutation of Erik's character asshark-shark, man-shark, shark-man fics induce a similar sort of confused&amused reaction. Though this dehumanization fic of mutants is actually more similar in terms of pathos except for the vital difference that there should be a world's difference between de-humanization and humanization in terms of story-telling..
The ending fizzles despite ominous hints. It bridges a continuity but I just don't feel like it adds anything new. CGI's still better than the Tim Burton bizarre rendition though.
Also, surprise SGA's Rodney and SURRISE Draco Malfoy! Rather, it's Tom Felton playing Draco Malfoy if he ended up in charge of some sort of ape-holding conservatory. The human actors all made a valiant effort to keep the movie serious and Full of Import for the inevitable consequence that's the Planet of Apes.
The unexpected hilarity, I think, comes from the fact that I watch too many Rise-Up-And-Free-Fellow-Men movies/TV series. It's a bit like Gladiator, except with apes. Granted, I could never read Redwall either. Of the pre-movie trailers, is it just me or are there increasing number of alien apocalypse movies in the last five years?
I really should've known. XMFC's permutation of Erik's character asshark-shark, man-shark, shark-man fics induce a similar sort of confused&amused reaction. Though this dehumanization fic of mutants is actually more similar in terms of pathos except for the vital difference that there should be a world's difference between de-humanization and humanization in terms of story-telling..