Virag's Movie Reviews: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)

Jeez, this flick was pretty fucking dumb.  Isn't the country pretty much empty in this story?  And don't all the smart apes live in a small section of Mt. Tam?  So why the fuck are the survivors in the one place where the apes might be able or willing to interfere with their plans to restart modern society?  I guess reasons?  Like without this inanity we won't have a movie reasons?  Anywho, this thing was giving off a huge Falling Skies vibe with the bearded guy, the woman from The Americans as Moon Bloodgood, a traumatized kid, Zorg as the bad army guy, special-effects monkeys as the aliens.  I don't know, but the whole enterprise seemed somewhat less than crucial.  Again, not a bad movie, but a pretty stupid one, featuring your old fave, the hand-held machine gun that never, ever runs out of ammo.  At least this edition didn't have Paul Giamatti in it playing a gods damned motherfucking talking monkey.