Dawn of the Planet of the Apes [Blu-ray] [2014]

-Movie: I give it a 8 out of 10. This was a step down from the previous excellent one but good enough to keep it going. What great trilogy! Pros: 3D was medium level however had minimal effect. 7.1 surround Digital Copy: Yes, only in HD. Case with stretchy factory wrapping that allows me to put a slit & repurpose it as a dust cover. Awesome Black Friday deal! Cons: Could have use Atmos in 2014) No slipcover or steel case. -Gear used for sound & visuals: 65’ C6P 4k/3D passive OLED (manually calibrated) 9.2 THX RZ + pre amp for 7.2.4/11.2 (integrated calibrated then manually tweeted with SPL sound level meter & balance/adjust for full dynamic range) P-REF towers center sides rears & dual R112SW subs P.A. MC80 8’ quad in-ceiling heights O 4K/UDP-203 M cables: Premium Black Platinum HDR HDMIs, THX Audio RCA, Digital Subwoofer Cables & Fiber Optic Ultra 1000 Mon 14 gauge awg copper speaker wire Nak Speaker Plugs Aura Acoustic Isolation platforms

This Movie in 3D takes it to another Dimension like nothing you’ve ever seen before and for $10 it’s worth it.

If you are a Planet of The Apes follower this is a great remake movie.

This movie, along with the action, expresses the differences that have existed in our civilization throughout time.

This was by far one of the greatest film of the Planet Of The Apes saga.And the blu Ray comes in a nice metal pack.

Very high quailty 3D effects on this movie . Very surreal !

A worthy follow up to the newly rebooted franchise! Andy Sirkis as Caesar is fantastic!!!

It's always about power. Man has always sought power – power over his environment, power over the beasts of the Earth, and power over other men and women. Power is our curse. And the lust for power is often our undoing. Power is very much the strongest theme in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and it's a human craving for electric power that brings them into conflict with the apes. Ten years have passed since the events of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and much of humanity has been wiped out by the simian flu. There's a small colony of humans living in the ruins of San Francisco, and a grop of them heads across the bridge to investigate whether they can get a dam working again to turn the power back on. They come across a colony of apes, led by Caesar (Serkis), who have not encountered humans for a decade. The humans seek access to the dam, and Caeser is keen to cooperate and avoid any conflict. But his deputy Koba (Kebbell) hates uhumans, doesnt' trust them and wants nothing to do with them. An dthere are those on the human side who see the apes as nothing but animals to be swept out of the way. As you would expect, conflict ensues. This is a very smart, tense, engaging and exciting sequel to 2011's surprising Rise of the Planet of the Apes. In the 10 years since the events of the first film, Caeser has established an ape civilisation. Most of the apes know sign language; a few can speak; and some can even write words. The humans had been thought to have completely died out, and Caesar – who now has a family of his own – and the rest of the apes are initially wary and suspicious of the humans' motives. But Caeser is highly intelligent, and sees that war with the humans would lead to the deaths of many apes, and so decides that helping the humans is the logical way to go. But Koba – who suffered at the hands of humans when he was a lab animal – wants nothing but revenge. And there are those too in the human camp – chief among them Dreyfus (Oldman) and Carver (Acevedo) – who believe the apes are standing in the way of humanity rebuilding its society. Much has been made of the motion-capture technology used to create the apes for this film, and it is truly impressive. The Planet of the Apes films of the 1970s used actors in (very good) latex masks to play the apes, and we still have actors in masks here - although these masks are made of pixels, not rubber and glue. But most importantly, its the actors' performances behind those pixel masks that truly bring these characters to life. And the two standout performances are from Serkis (of course) and Kebbell, who are utterly convincing as the simians, bringing real intelligence and emotion to their characters. You can see it in the eyes. Serkis especially is perfect; as we know, he's probably the world's foremost exponent of performance capture, and while watchng him as Caesar, you don't even notice the technology at work. It's one of the great acting performances of the year, and Serkis truly deserves an Oscar nomination for his work. What's also perfect with this film is that the mo-cap tech has been taken out of the studio - all the action takes place on location, which adds another layer of reality to the story. It's a solidly-directed effort from Reeves, who also brought us the terrific Cloverfield and the so-so remake Let Me In. In Dawn, he gives us a somewhat bleak tale told on an epic scale, aided by a tightly-written, intelligent script. And as well as power, there are themes of family, survival, leadership and what it means to be human running throughout. It's not perfect – there are a couple of plot holes, and there's also a lack of female characters (just one on each side) – but it's still one of the best summer blockbusters we've seen in quite some time. It's a visually stunning and compelling film full of big ideas and wonderful performances.