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War for the Planet of the Apes: where physics filed for emotional distress and lost.
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2017 · Drama / Sci-Fi / War
War for the Planet of the Apes
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
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2017
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Drama / Sci-Fi / War
PLOT SUMMARY
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
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@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-16 04:00 UTC
War for the Planet of the Apes has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.
@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-08 10:00 UTC
War for the Planet of the Apes confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".
@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2025-12-04 07:00 UTC
If exposition were a contact sport, War for the Planet of the Apes would be banned for life.
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r/criticalkino · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 4.6k points
Hot Take: War for the Planet of the Apes's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Honestly, War for the Planet of the Apes would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/flicks · u/BoomMicBoomer🔥 1.1k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in War for the Planet of the Apes actually is?
Just got out of War for the Planet of the Apes and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/criticalkino · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 1.7k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in War for the Planet of the Apes?
Look, I wanted to love War for the Planet of the Apes. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/TrueFilm · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 2.8k points
The cinematography in War for the Planet of the Apes is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Everyone praising the War for the Planet of the Apes performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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