War For The Planet Of The Apes -

War for the Planet of the Apes is not a film about apes fighting men; it is a film about the human heart beating inside a beast. Matt Reeves delivered a conclusion that is operatic in its sadness, yet triumphant in its resolution. It dares you to cry for a computer-generated chimpanzee, and you will.

The night before, they had found the body of his eldest son, Blue Eyes. He had been sent to scout a northern passage. The humans had not just killed him. They had posed him. Tied to a cross of splintered pine, facing east—toward the rising sun, toward the hope he had been seeking. War for the Planet of the Apes

In the final shot, as Maurice proves Caesar’s theory that apes can learn to speak, Caesar closes his eyes with a whisper: “Maurice…” It is the death of Moses on Mount Nebo—able to see the Promised Land but forbidden to enter it. Caesar’s sacrifice ties the entire trilogy together: Rise was his birth, Dawn was his trial, and War is his exodus. War for the Planet of the Apes is

“Tomorrow, we finish the dirty work. No prisoners. Not even the young.” The night before, they had found the body