[Trailer 3] Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
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When the first trailer for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was released back in December, I didn't think much of it. Sure, I enjoyed Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but that was mostly due to my bias towards James Franco and Frieda Pinto. The first Dawn trailer looked bland, both in its color palette and subject matter in which the humans and apes are about to engage in war. Fast forward to last month when the second trailer was released, and I found myself quickly turning a 180. There was a heightened sense of horror with this new trailer, perhaps led by Caesar's (Andy Serkis) developing voice and the fact that animals shouldn't be talking. With this third trailer, I'm completely on board for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
While Rise of the Planet of the Apes featured some nice action and large set pieces, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes sets the stage for an all-out action film pitting the humans against these evolved monkeys. Of course, with the emotional backbone of Caesar and Dr. Will Rodman's (James Franco) connection gone due to the latter's lack of appearance in this film, the drama comes in Caesar's struggle between his emotional connection to his human upbringing and his newfound role as leader of the apes. Talk about drama.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will be in theaters on July 11th.
[Trailer] Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
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Taking place ten years after the Planet of the Apes reboot, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes features a war-torn landscape in which humans and primates have been fighting following Caesar's coup in the previous film. With presumably the world's entire primate population made intelligent from the ALZ-112 gas, Caesar's primate revolution has grown to a staggeringly large number, causing the human survivors to ask for a truce. Somehow, the peace is quickly ended, and the war rages on.
Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In) has taken over the directing role from Rise's Rupert Wyatt. As a huge fan of Cloverfield, I want to see how Reeves' vision has shaped the rebooted franchise; unfortunately, this teaser trailer is too short to give any real hints. Outside of Reeves' involvement, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes looks somewhat bland, like yet another post-apocalyptic, ravaged world where the humans must fight against a supernatural "external" threat. With James Franco and Frieda Pinto not part of the sequel, either, I fear that franchise will just become another generic cash cow reboot.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will be in theaters next July.