The film tells the story of a research team led by Will, MD, who develops new drugs that can cure Alzheimer's disease and tests them on orangutans. The plot seems to be relatively old-fashioned, a drug formula was successful in a female orangutan, and the female orangutan's IQ and cognitive ability were greatly improved. The female orangutan ran away shortly afterwards and was shot to death. It turned out that she wanted to protect her newly born son. All the tested orangutans were put to death, but the little orangutan inherited the mother's high IQ survived and was brought home by the male protagonist to raise him, named Caesar.
Due to the rejection of the drug and the human immune system, Will's father's condition worsened and angered his neighbors. In order to protect him, Caesar attacked his neighbor, was taken away by the animal control agency, and put in an orangutan prison. During the period, he was abused and bullied by the original orangutan leader. In the end, the orangutans convinced him to push him to become the leader, including King Kong who was originally locked up alone. And sneaked into the pharmaceutical company and stole the drugs. All the orangutans in the prison gained a high IQ. Caesar led the orangutans to escape from the prison, went to the medical research company to rescue the orangutans who did the live experiment, and collectively rushed to the redwood forest in the national park on the outskirts of the city-their new home. .
There are several plot designs in the film that impressed me.
In the orangutan prison, Caesar, who has been under the warm care of Will and his family, began a miserable life-often abused by guards, eating unswallowable food, and bullied by the orangutan leader. However, Caesar showed a strong character and was not overwhelmed by the sudden tragic reality. Later, he succeeded in becoming the leader of the orangutan group and did not retaliate against the former leader who bullied him. When Caesar was born, he was fully loved by the Will (father in the real sense) and nurtured well enough. He developed a sound personality and extremely high frustration quotient. Of the same kind).
When Caesar first arrived at the orangutan prison, he first encountered an orangutan who looked the same as himself, and then gradually realized that he and Will, his father in his mind, were not the same kind, and later learned of his life from Will. Shi—Mother was used for in vivo experiments in Will’s company, and was eventually killed by humans. He understood that he did not belong to human beings, and Will’s home was not his own, so he began to think about where he belonged. He thought of the redwood forest that Will had taken him to. It seemed that it was the best home he could think of. .
He led the orangutans to the Redwood Forest and clashed with the police on the Golden Gate Bridge, the only way to go. Police helicopters hovered in the air. The boss of a pharmaceutical company who was irrational for financial gain was also on the helicopter and shot the orangutans. After the huge King Kong pushed Caesar away, he weighed several shots and jumped into a helicopter not far away, causing the helicopter to lose balance and then fall. King Kong chose to sacrifice himself to save Caesar and the other orangutans. During this period, an orangutan was about to kill a policeman, and Caesar yelled at him: No! The police wanted to kill them, but Caesar still didn't want to kill humans.
Finally they arrived at the Sequoia Forest, and Will came afterwards. The one-eyed orangutan who had been a living subject attacked Will, and Caesar stopped him. Will wants Caesar to go home with him. Caesar said softly and firmly to Will: Caesar is home. This is the first time Will has heard Caesar speak a human language. Cyclops may have the same high IQ as Caesar, but they are barbaric. Caesar's companions only suddenly acquire high IQs when they are adults, and personality (orangutan?) begins to develop after birth, and is basically stereotyped in early childhood (for humans at the age of 6). Caesar was born with an IQ equal to or higher than that of humans, and was well nurtured and cared by Will. With a powerful brain, he explored the outer world and interacted with his relatives (Will and his family) from an early age. The sum of all these experiences gradually formed him. Therefore, his social cognitive ability and personality development level far exceed that of other companion orangutans, so he has the warmth of human nature (maybe understand the weakness of human nature) and the ability to love, even if some humans want to kill them. When Caesar said "Caesar is home" to Will, he meant that he not only found this home that really suits him, but also found his home-the orangutan group. He didn't want to go back to the previous home with Will, because he knew he didn't belong to a human being, and he didn't belong to the city full of steel and concrete. Human beings have their own destinations, and Caesar also hopes to find their own destinations and strive for it. This is the spiritual need for belonging.
In the film, Caesar climbed the towering redwoods twice, looking at the city once inhabited on the other end of the bridge. The first time Will took him there to play. With Will’s encouragement, Caesar climbed up; the second time, after saying "Caesar is home" to Will, it was a kind of farewell, farewell to the past life, once Home, former father.
Caesar is creative, has a high frustration quotient, and is not susceptible to anxiety and fear. He is a self-fulfiller. In Rogers' words, he "discertains right from wrong and hates evil, but has deep sympathy and tolerance for human weakness." So he can. Tolerate those humans.
The most shocking scenes I have two, one is ready to kill when fellow gorillas, Caesar restrained Road "No!" The second is Caesar said "Caesar is home." On Will
there be a caged gorilla, because His eyes were shining with the brilliance of humanity.
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