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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Incredible film making with incredible messages
Where to begin? This film is absolutely gorgeous in it's clear picture and incredible animation on the Apes but yes the animation is absolutely incredible. I could go on saying how insane it is how life like the apes are. The motion capture is graced by the MO Cap master himself Mr. Andy Serkis if who doesn't receive an Oscar? I would be so sad. (even though he already should've). Who gives a masterful performance again as the Ape leader Caesar alongside many other great performances from not even real apes but they're incredible. We meet the apes in their forest home and all comes crashing down when they meet the first human character who panics in fear and shoots one of the apes. This is where the incredible messages and themes of the movie come from of trying to live in peace and not letting fear blind. Or hate as Koba who we know had a rough life from the first film was taught hate as said in the movie and Caesar was raised with kindness mostly thus they're conflicting ideals as Koba whom embraces hate wants revenge and violence and Caesar want's peace and safety. This is the parallel in human characters as well. As the human we learn want's the same as Caesar and Gary Oldman's character shares the same violent approach as Koba. The clashes between what looks to be that post apocalyptic civilization for the humans. The Apes almost in a caveman type beginning to society but much more advanced starting there own civilization. It shows how similar the humans and apes are in ideals and wants. I don't want to spoil what I think to be an incredible film. So I will not elaborate further but I feel if you watch you'll see the implications when both Ideals are used and the consequences of each. I congratulate: Matt Reeves in his masterful direction of this film, the writers for a great script, all actors who gave incredible performances, and every crew member who made this film what it is.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Absolutely incredible
As I write this I have a poster for this film next to me! I have deemed it my favorite movie and Tarantino my favorite director/writer quite a while ago. Pulp Fiction truly show Tarantino's passion for film in it's many homages and in the form of Jack Rabbit Slim's which I can only assume for a fellow movie lover like Tarantino was a dream set. The whole film continues to show Tarantino's always great dialogue all around. This alongside his other films is heavily dialogue driven which when done well can make for a great movie experience. The actor's performances are incredible each actor uses the dialogue their given to create great characters that everyone knows especially in Samuel L. Jackson who delivers a great speech in the form of EZEKIAL 25:17. This is a segway to another large component of Tarantino films: Violence because after this speech they unload on a man who betrayed their boss. So a little disclaimer if your not one who can watch violence in a movie then I might avoid this. The music chosen for the soundtrack is great. I cut myself off here because I could go on for hours with praise for this film Needless to say I highly recommend this film to anyone who has not yet seen it. Then go watch his other films.