Dawn of the Planet of the Apes-They Don't Care Anymore, So Why Should I?

Vague references to a bunch of bullshit that doesn't pan out.

"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" is the sequel to the prequel to the reboot of the Planet of the Apes movie series and if I have to explain what is wrong with that then you might as well stop watching movies in general. It shows how a colony of apes and a colony of survivors of a human pandemic must work together and fight each other for mutual survival.

For a much better and more concise review of this film's merit and the state of Hollywood in general, visit Peter K. Rosenthal at The Onion here:
http://www.theonion.com/video/the-onion-reviews-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes,36436/

The motifs of the movie are the nature of humanity, fear of humans toward outsiders and toward ourselves, and war caused by lack of communication. These are shown throughout the film in an adequate manner but really nothing to write home about. Or, really, for that matter, to write a review for. I just ended two sentences in a row with prepositions and I hate myself for. That.

The films seems to dance around in various themes and symbols without really committing to anything. The main ape's name is Caesar and the warlike structure of their society is sort of like Rome. Also, the apes live in the woods and hunt large packs of animals like the Native Americans. The king is betrayed by a friend, which is also like Caesar, but then the king's killer takes power and tries to control the king's family so it's more like Hamlet, except that the king doesn't die because they couldn't think up a Lion King-esque way that the king's ghost could visit his son so instead he just tells his son about the murder on his death bed. It's really just a bunch of impotent bullshit.

There's some hunting scenes, there are contrasting scenes that show the structure of the ape society versus the structure of the human society, and there are battle scenes. The scenes that show the home life are interesting but mostly predictable and the battles ebb and flow in a completely arbitrary way. One minute the apes and humans are working together and the next their fighting. One minute the apes are charging the front of the human base and the humans easily mow them down with machine guns and explosives but as soon as it seems that the apes are dying by the scores they suddenly break the wall and take over the entire human village. There's also some scenes where the apes and the humans work out relationships and family issues but I don't even care any more.

I really just can't commit any kind of emotion for this movie. Even hatred seems far to virile for this tepid, watered-down excuse for a story. It's not awful but it really should not have been made. "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" earns an AVOID IT for just being another example of Hollywood greed and apathy. Fuck it. Do you think this is a good movie? Please explain why you're wrong in the comments below.