In terms of roles, "Caesar" in "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" is perfect. As a prophet and a revolutionary, he is full of kingly style, domineering, and has no lack of warmth for his family and friends. As the leader of the ape tribe, Caesar can not only dominate the ethnic group with strength, but also win over allies with a tender hand; for alien races, in addition to conducting peace-based diplomacy, he also knows how to use strong force to intimidate and deter him. , even human beings are impressed. The ape tribe, which has just acquired wisdom, has no time to establish a civilization, and follows the original governance model of strongman dictatorship, making it possible to travel quickly and efficiently; the wild survival skills that have not been degraded have given the ape tribe a physiological advantage in the post-"ape flu" era. Excellent endurance and explosive power, extremely high mobility, coupled with super reproductive and reproduction capabilities, allow the apes to have the upper hand in the competition with humans. And the human society destroyed by the flu can only rely on the weapons left over from the age of civilization. They tried to re-select leaders, established rules and organizations, and even tried to restart energy production, and they did not reduce their pride as the first species on the planet. But in front of the ape clan, which was gaining momentum, humans only resisted a little, and then disintegrated, giving up the space for confrontation to the inside of the ape clan.
Like all regimes, there are so-called "doves" and "hawks" within the ape tribe. Caesar has old feelings for human beings and hopes to maintain the status quo; while Koba advocates hatred, plots conspiracies, and provokes wars. For the movie, Caesar, who insists on peace, is bound to win, which is the inevitable choice of the main theme of business. But in a more pragmatic view, Koba's route may be more in the interests of the ape race. Whether humans or apes, there is a strong sense of distrust towards aliens, and this distrust cannot be fundamentally improved through some kind of leadership dialogue, and confrontation is almost inevitable. It follows a very sad logic: the lack of understanding between ethnic groups creates estrangement, estrangement breeds fear, fear triggers extremes, and extremes incite the gene for violence. This fear-based misunderstanding and the violent conflict caused by the misunderstanding are shown countless times in the movie. When the conflict continued to accumulate, the scattered violence turned into irreconcilable hatred, and the two ethnic groups were solidified in a life-and-death situation.
Such a story is more than just the humans and orangutans in the movie? Look at our real world, ethnic conflicts, religious conflicts, historical entanglements, any of which can be transformed into blood-for-blood slaughter, even if they are the same creature, have the same language and culture, they will eventually The written text is not my race, and its heart must be different from suspicion and confrontation. The human world has developed for so long, our material has become more and more developed, and our level of civilization has become higher and higher, but the nature of the strong prey as animals hidden in people's hearts has never been cleaned up, a little spark, maybe some ulterior motives With the guidance of , it may be able to detonate the cruelest side of human hearts, and do things that even animals can't do.
In the fable-like story of the movie, human beings finally failed and were enslaved by the ape family, but the ape family was just repeating the path of human beings once again. The good news is that, based on commercial considerations, the movie is not that heavy, some of which are wonderful fighting puppets, wonderful plots and vivid special effects, and the story also leaves room for reconciliation for Caesar and another group of "good guys". Although Koba's final conspiracy to usurp the throne failed, humans and apes were still dragged into the road of no return. It can be coerced to go in an irreversible direction until one party fails completely, and then it ends.
In the second part of the film, the story of human beings has become the details. Even if Gary Oldman showed off his superb acting skills in the crying scene, it can only be blown away by the rain and wind in front of Caesar's powerful aura. Compared with the invasion of gorillas into the human world, perhaps the subversion of the status of actors by CG special effects is a more realistic threat.
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