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Its hard to believe theyre not real.
At least until now.
The apes, it turns out, arent much better at holding onto their principles than humans were.
They will then ceremonially bond with those eggs and train the baby birds once they hatch.
(They always leave one egg behind in the nest.
Theyre not jerks, after all.)
But then Noa finds a strange blanket outside an abandoned tunnel and brings it back home.
Ball previously directed theMaze Runnerfilms anunderratedYAactionfranchise and here he plays to the strengths he demonstrated in those movies.
This is a world of tribal ritual, terse but youthful camaraderie, and majestic vistas.
Hes painfully naive, and she doesnt say much at all.
As the raging and curious Proximus Caesar, Durand completely takes over the movie.
These last 40 or so minutes dont just make the movie, theyarethe movie.
Still, these are pictures that matter in ways that modern movie franchises have largely forgotten.
But here, its an imperative.
ThePlanet of the Apesmovies were built on rage and shame about the world as it exists.
And whatever its many flaws,Kingdom of the Planet of the Apesgets that largely right.
