after being
captured by apes on a planet they rule.
Not exact matches
The special effects team behind the recent Planet of the
Apes trilogy stopped
by NYCC to give fans a demonstration of their motion
capture process.
On top of that, Andy Serkis was on hand to introduce a brief video showcasing the live - action human actors filming the performance
capture for the
Ape roles side
by side split screen with the computer animated finished footage of the
Apes.
Director Rupert Wyatt gets an adequate performance from Franco and a rather hammy one from Olyelowo, and Pinto is primarily window dressing, but moments of brilliance from Lithgow and a truly astounding performance
by Andy Serkis as the motion -
capture - animated Caesar make rise of the Planet of the
Apes worth seeing.
One especially unnerving scene places us at a swanky gala dinner that is interrupted
by a performance artist — played, brilliantly,
by the actor and stunt coordinator Terry Notary, whose motion -
capture work in the recent «Planet of the
Apes» films serves him ferociously well here.
As for the
apes, they are led
by charismatic Caesar, played in motion -
capture by Andy Serkis, who himself is minded towards diplomacy.
Billed as an origin's story, this remake of the 1972 film Conquest of the Planet of the
Apes, features motion -
capture performances and CGI primates created
by the digital wizardry of Weta Digital, the company behind the Avatar characters.
His right - hand man, Klaue, is brought to life
by Andy Serkis who's best known for his motion
capture work in the Planet of the
Apes or Lord of the Rings trilogies.
As with Rise, the
apes are all played
by actors in performance -
capture suits (most notably Mr motion
capture himself — Andy Serkis), were every movement is
captured on computer.
Description: When Colonel George Taylor (the fabulous Charlton Heston) crash lands his spacecraft on what seems to be an unfamiliar planet, he is
captured and held prisoner
by a dominant race of hyperrational, articulate
apes.
In the capable hands of director Matt Reeves and motion -
capture star Andy Serkis as Caesar, I'd gladly watch more new
APES films
by 20th Century Fox to see just where the narrative will take us and how closely it will skew to the original franchise storyline.
Disc 1: Theatrical Feature Blu - ray ** Deleted Scenes ** Mythology of the
Apes ** The Genius of Andy Serkis ** A New Generation of
Apes ** Scene Breakdown ** Character Concept Art Gallery ** Breaking Motion
Capture Boundaries ** Composing the Score with Patrick Doyle ** The Great
Apes ** Audio Commentary
by Director Rupert Wyatt ** Audio Commentary
by Writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver ** Theatrical Trailers Disc 2: DVD + Digital Copy
The most focal
ape of the first film, Caesar (again Andy Serkis motion
capture), is the leader of the
ape population, respected and revered
by all of his kind.
The stoner essence of the The Dude is perfectly
captured by an on - form Jeff Bridges playing against his previous type (thirty years of mediocrity) and John Goodman's foul - mouthed
ape Walter delivers ninety percent of the insultingly funny lines.
Disc 1: Rise of the Planet of the
Apes Blu - ray ** 11 Deleted Scenes ** The Genius of Andy Serkis ** Scene Breakdown ** A New Generation of
Apes ** Breaking Motion
Capture Boundaries ** The Great
Apes ** Mythology of the
Apes ** Composing the Score with Patrick Doyle ** Audio Commentaries
by Director and Writers ** Character Concept Art Gallery ** Digital Disc 2: Dawn of the Planet of the
Apes Blu - ray ** Journey to Dawn ** Andy Serkis: Rediscovering Caesar ** Humans and
Apes: The Cast of Dawn ** The World of Dawn ** The
Ape Community ** Move Like an
Ape: An Artist's Medium ** Weta and Dawn ** The Fight for a New Dawn ** Deleted Scenes With Optional Audio Commentary
by Matt Reeves ** Feature Audio Commentary
by Matt Reeves ** Gallery ** Digital Disc 3: War for the Planet of the
Apes Blu - ray ** Audio Commentary
by Director Matt Reeves ** Deleted Scenes with Optional Audio Commentary
by Director Matt Reeves ** Waging War for the Planet of the
Apes ** All About Caesar ** WETA: Pushing Boundaries ** Music for
Apes **
Apes: The Meaning of It All ** The
Apes Saga: An Homage ** Concept Art Gallery ** Theatrical Trailers ** Digital
In addition to its exquisitely crafted spectacle (artfully punctuated
by Giancchino's heart - string - tugging score) and hefty themes (War for the Planet of the
Apes deals in humanity's worst milestones, with allusions to the Holocaust and Slavery), War functions as a powerful vehicle for Andy Serkis, who redraws the lines of motion -
capture performance's potential once again.
Director: Peter Jackson Cast: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black, Thomas Kretschmann, Jamie Bell, Evan Parke, Kyle Chandler, Colin Hanks and Andy Serkis Plot: A group of desperate film - makers head to an undiscovered island where their lead actress (Watts) is
captured by a giant
ape, King Kong.
That critique comes to the fore in a brilliant, Buñuelian performance - art sequence that will lodge itself in your brain for days, built around a terrifying turn
by Terry Notary, whose animal / creature motion -
capture work you may have seen in «Kong: Skull Island» and the recent «Planet of the
Apes» movies.
Neither Franco nor Pinto are to be found in Matt Reeves's sequel, Dawn of the Planet of the
Apes, a film way less equivocal about putting the grimacing Caesar (portrayed, as before,
by Andy Serkis in motion
capture) at its front and center.
On the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge (which served as a key human /
ape battleground in Rise) is Caesar (played again
by Andy Serkis via motion
capture), who since the last movie has built a thriving community of fellow
apes and led them to a harmonious existence, tucked away in the towering redwoods of Marin County.
By that point, three years will have passed since the theatrical release of the last Apes installment, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; a sequel to 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes, itself a prequel / reboot film that introduced the world to the genetically - altered chimpanzee named Caesar (played via motion - capture by Andy Serkis
By that point, three years will have passed since the theatrical release of the last
Apes installment, Dawn of the Planet of the
Apes; a sequel to 2011's Rise of the Planet of the
Apes, itself a prequel / reboot film that introduced the world to the genetically - altered chimpanzee named Caesar (played via motion -
capture by Andy Serkis
by Andy Serkis).