Analysis Of War For The Planet Of The Apes

In the Original War Of Worlds (1953) is set in California, in a small town. When a fiery blaze meteor hits the earth, it suddenly sends the citizens there into panic. As the aliens start to “invade,” they begin shooting at everything and making everything/ everyone disappear. The director of this movie is Byron Haskin. It was released on August 26th, 1953. The new War of Worlds (2005) is directed by Steven Spielberg on the 29th of June in 2005. During both movies there are many similarities and differences between both alien attacks/invasions. Even with them both being a lot alike, personally I loved the 2005 version.

From this scene until the end of the sequence, Kubrick plays with different editing techniques. When this ape is observing skeleton, the shot cuts to a low angle shot of the monolith. This shows the audience that the ape is thinking about the monolith. When the ape smashes the skull with the bone, it cuts to a shot of a dead tapir. The quick-cuts of the crushed bones and another cut of a beaten tapir illustrates that the apes are no longer scared of tapirs or any other predatory creature. It gives the apes a sense of power and dominance over their so called predators. This method of editing not only becomes an insight to an ape’s thoughts but it also seen as a depiction of mankind’s predatory instincts. The music also invokes the feeling of power because it indicates a connection between the outskirts of space and this major breakthrough of human evolution. As a result of evolution, the apes have a newly-developed intelligence as well as a dietary change that primarily consists of

While begin in the sanctuary, Caesar along with the other apes are not treated very well. From the mistreatment, Caesar starts to make plans about how to escape. He would draw on the walls of his cage, and think of a route to break free. When the owners son takes his friends into the sanctuary, one boy went over to see Caesar, this gave the intelligent ape to steal the pocket knife that the boy had without him knowing. Caesar makes a tool that helps him to unlock his cage and free himself and the other apes. Caesar leads the

The book I chose was “Planets Without Apes” by Craig B. Stanford. The book was published by The Belknap Press (Harvard) by Harvard University Press, in 2013. I think that the book was a good factual read and that there was a lot of good information but with that said, I think it was a bit jumbled with too much information. I say this because there are many, many different large ideas. It is like a tree with the trunk being the idea of a planet without apes and off the trunk are the branches which symbolize the smaller information about what would happen without apes then off of the branches are the leaves which are small little bits of information that all resemble the idea of what would happen with a planet without apes. The way that Stanford portrays his information is great but eventually can be hard to follow.

Planet of the Apes takes the world as we know it and turns it upside down and in so doing questions almost every belief and value system of mankind. Written and produced at a time when America and much of the world was in the midst of a cultural change and people were questioning and protesting everything the screenwriters take make this film a satirical and thought provoking commentary on the big questions of the era. The Vietnam War, the struggle for equal treatment of African Americans and a general mindset of questioning religion and traditional values were the things that made up the American culture of the nineteen sixties. The film grapples with and makes ant attempt to address most of the issues of the period in which it was written. Three thousand years into the future man has devolved into a non-speaking primitive being while apes have evolved into intellectual beings capable of rational thought and speech. Taylor, the captain of the spaceship and tragic hero, speaks his last words before hibernating his way into the distant future, he states that he is leaving the twentieth century and asks a question, “Tell me, though, does man, that marvel of the universe, that glorious paradox who sent me to the stars, still make war against his brother ... keep his neighbor's children starving?” Taylor, a cynic and skeptic, sees man as violent and destructive. When he arrives in the future to a world where apes are supreme the antagonist of the film, Dr.

The film takes place in the distant galaxy Alpha Centauri, on a moon called Pandora that orbits a gas giant. The moon is inhabited by a humanoid race of beings called the Na'vi. They are a peaceful indigenous culture that coexists with nature and have ancient traditions that put them in harmony with their surrounding world. The invading force of humans are less then sympathetic to the plight of the Na’vi and desire only to strip the planet of its natural resources, in this case the valuable resource is represented by a superconductor material called unobtanium. The first thing that stands out in the plot is its similarity to historic events such as colonial occupation of the indigenous

Humans do terrible things to other humans and Pierre Boulle witnessed this first hand through his prisoner of war experiences. Boulle’s novel Planet of the Apes hones in on the human resilience and need of assimilation. Humanity carries out terrible practices to outsiders or people of radical thought. Societies push these people to the edge of the culture and treat them as lesser beings for not conforming to their standards. People who attempt assimilation cannot completely give up their culture or reality to assimilate even in the most dire situations. Giving up their sense of self leaves them worse off than before. Ulysse’s attempts to assimilate into the ape culture along with his reluctance to let go of his human culture, illustrates humanity's reluctance to accept those who don’t abandon their culture for the one they are attempting to assimilate into.

Old films for new The films I have chosen to compare are `The War of the Worlds’ which are both in different era`s. The original movie was created in 1953 and the latest version of the movie was created in 2005. One of the first things I noticed was that in the older version of “War of the Worlds,” the mise-en-scene is a lot darker, especially at the beginning of the film when the first alien lands on earth. This creates a feeling of coldness and loneliness amongst the cast.

In the essay “The Worthy Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” Kelly Pietruszynski thoroughly gives her evaluation of the movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Pietruszynski begins her essay with a summary of the movie so that the reader can get an idea of how the plot will develop (even if they have not seen the movie). She thinks the plot is high quality and that the theory of how the apes gained their intelligence is credible. Pietruszynski goes on to state that we can relate with this plot line because we can imagine all of the time and research that was put into finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. Even listing the subtleness of how the intelligence is gained by the ape is appealing to the author, as it took place over time and wasn’t an

Arnold utilises hand held camera to set a scene, with her use of long shots and she conveys an intimacy between the audience and characters by using extreme close ups, especially of the characters eyes or mouth to indicate emotion or hunger. The films cinematography (credited to Robbie Ryan) could be described as fly-on-the-wall or in this case wasp-on-the-wall as the camera shows the audience a personal inside glimpse of the characters’ lives.

The story begins at the dawn of time. The setting seems to be a location in Africa. Apes surround the setting in a pack. This pack represents the beginning of civilization. As is commonly known, mankind has always had a sense of greed. This first act of greed is displayed when one group of apes take a source of water from another group. The morning after the instance of greed, a monolith appears. Confused with this perfectly geometrical object, the apes begin to examine.

In the opening scene, a mysterious black monolith is bestowed upon the prehistoric apes. It appears in the cool desert dawn as the sun rises with blinding light. Prior to the rising of the monolith, the apes lived in a very peaceful manner. Once, the apes reached in

The elements of film structure are important in any part of a movie, but to achieve an astounding structure during a film’s climactic scene is what makes a movie so memorable. Every little bit has to be taken into consideration, such as camera angles and movement, lighting, sound, and production design. Each element contributes to the way the film is seen, whether someone realizes it or not. In the clip from King Kong, the four elements of film structure are brought together to create a climactic scene of one of the most memorable characters in history. Camera movement and angles are very important when it comes to the action of the film.

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When Planet of the Apes opened in theaters, few people knew what to expect. To most, the idea of a movie with the premise of a planet full of intelligent apes went against everything they had been taught. The initial attraction was the superb cast, spearheaded by Charlton Heston who portrays Taylor, an astronaut who crashes onto the planet. Heston was joined by many popular actors and actress such as, Roddy McDowell as Cornelius, Maurice Evans as Dr. Zaius and Kim Hunter as Zira. Though the cast may have been the initial draw, the content is what has made the movie Planet of the Apes a classic that will continue to be enjoyed for generations to come.