After seeing the new trailers..... can't say he was wrong

The Colonel is easily one of my favorite villains. He's cruel and unforgiving but you can definitely understand why. He doesn't want his species to be gone, which is an understandable motivation for anyone. But the lengths he will go to... The damage and pain that he caused. Easily the best written villain in the franchise

“If his destiny was to inherit your unholy kingdom” jeez the fucking lines just give me chills,

The Colonel foreshadowed Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes when he said "if we lose, be the last of our kind. it will be a planet of apes, And we'll become your cattle"

Colonel: it will be a planet of apes Caesar: well yea no shit you watched the OG trilogy

Dude plays a good villain role

Such a good villian. He's insane and ungodly cruel but is also the only human who realizes how dire humanity's situation is. We are sickened by his methods but understand how he came to this conclusion.

Colonel: "You came to kill me. You're gonna show me mercy?" Caeser: "I showed you mercy when I spared you men, I offered you peace, and you killed my family"

These movies are great but I find the last one in particular is a fantastic example of how humans can empathize with anything, so long as there is an evil human hurting someone helpless.

“So emotional” the colonel said calmly

What I love about these films and it shows in this scene in particular, neither ape nor man want it this way. Ceaser and the Colonial are both under a lot of stress and in extreme emotional pain. And yet they can’t do anything but continue on fighting.

What’s crazy is that all of this could have been avoided, if the humans had just sat down and listened to Caesar explain how Koba’s false flag attack caused the first conflict. It was already shown that humans and apes could coexist in the early part of Rise, at the very least they could have left each other alone. The Colonels quest to prove human superiority ultimately caused the downfall of the species.

Woody Harrelson acted his ass off in this

Woody is one of the best actors ever

The cgi in this movie is still so fucking good

He definitely wasn’t far off though when it comes to survival it’s me or you, you either kill yourself and be a hero or you save yourself and be a villain, The world ain’t shit. Honestly I feel like that’s why he yelled so emotional He’s not doing it because he wants to, He’s doing it because he doesn’t want to die and when making choices like that, you can’t be too emotional. this new movie that’s coming out proves his points

Listening to the antagonists, it's clear that this is a man in a war he's already lost. Right now he's sacrificed all his love and humanity to save what little he can. Pitifully small as it is. The tragedy here is that it's the act of picking up what makes him human is his doom.

Imagine being a human soldier in this dying world where you knew you would soon be extinct...Makes you wonder how these soldiers were able to maintain their sanity or even sleep at night......

Yet another instance of the villain being correct.

It's crazy how he knew exactly what would happen If you seen the original planet of the Apes they take place after the new movies you'll see he was completely right every part of what he said was true

Tallahassee has been through the shit

He said the thing!

Wow. He correctly predict the event of Planet of the Apes. Astounding fortune teller. 👏 👏

It's ironic. The Colonel was right about a future where it's a planet of apes with very few if any humans left around, but if he and his armies hadn't been so hostile against the apes, they might have been able to avoid that possibility by living peacefully or even at some time being able to cooperate for everyone's benefit

I always loved how the Colonel accused Caesar of being overly emotional, and yet all of his decisions are ruled by his emotions. Everything he does is to justify his decision in killing his son, from forcing his men to kill their loved ones to swear fealty to him to going to war with the apes and posing as a messiah. He claims to be logical and controlled, but he's the most emotionally driven character in the movie, so much so that he is forcing the rest of humanity to participate in his breakdown.

Colonel was right but at the end of the day, Cesar just wanted peace koba started this I blame him, but I do understand his pain and I still feel sorry for koba another thing is if humans were able to rebuild once they got the power back on and accepted the apes for what and who they are and just let them stay in the woods. I think everything would’ve been just fine.

He was right, you know. You MANIACS! This is a MADHOUSE!

😂😂 it’s like if Dennis Hopper and Colonel Kurtz fused together.

"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it."

I think what I find most interesting about the Colonel is that he doesn’t necessarily hate the apes, but he certainly doesn’t pity them either. He’s just someone who sticks to the mission and doesn’t get emotional over things. He knows the apes are the result of the arrogance of man, and is just trying to rectify it. He is a ruthless, merciless, and extremely cruel human being. So cruel in fact, that Caesar is more human than he is morally and even calls him out on it. But he is loyal to his overall objective which is to save humanity. The scariest part about him I think is that deep down we all know that he was right. The world was in a desperate state and as a result created someone who was to be the tool to balance it. Someone without morals, someone without personal ties, someone who sticks to the mission no matter what. He’s like a machine that has been programmed to accomplish a task by any means necessary. And it’s why nearly everyone became his enemy in the end. He didn’t care what people thought of him or if they hated him. He just cared about the results of his actions. Overall a very simple yet interesting villain!

I like that he's not wrong , it makes a villian that much more compelling when their motivation isn't flawed or necessarily selfish

"So emotional" The colonel says in an emotionally charged way

Yet it was only after Caesars death in the original planet of the apes did they decide we are the ones to become cattle if their leader was still kicking we'd have the one ending from the original series of The Planet of the Apes when there were two chimps who left their planet after the Gorillas caused wars and began a new golden age between ape and man. Side note after it cuts from the youngsters of ape and men the screen shows Caesars statue with a tear of joy running down the side is my favorite scene

"It will be a Planet of Apes. And we'll become your Cattle" Kingdom Of The Apes, anyone?

Only Woody Harrelson can pull off a F’you…Why get so emotional ! Moment.

The Colonel reminds me a lot of Thanos in a way. Both were individuals that truly believed in their mission. Both saw what they were doing as righteous and for the good of all. Both believed in their cause so much, they murdered their own children to see it fulfilled.

And then here comes kingdom of the apes, humans still thriving underground. Like sheesh, can we just croak out already 😂

The craziest part about this is they made a movie with what looks like actual apes on set and not only made us believe they were really apes, but made us believe they could actually think and talk on human levels and made us believe so much that these humans and apes were fighting that we, the audience, actually see them as equals with equal respect and attention and empathy for both the live action and animated characters. We were so invested that our minds bypassed that aspect and just took it seriously. I consider Caesar a person and felt for him.

"SO EMOTIONAL!" The Colonel said, calmly

I feel like his death was poetic. He died a mute monstrosity and lived the last few hours of his life as the sole creatures he hated, the apes he once upon a by thought were inferior.

The work they did to express the emotions in ceasers face with no words, its incredible.

Watched the new movie and now I keep seeing these. Absolutely here for it. Woody Harilson absolutely killed. It was absolutely amazing. Ps, The new movie is also realy good

I was very thrown off to see that he was the main villain when I went to the theater and almost didn’t take it seriously, but he was a great character.

These movies are underrated.

He did all that & still died from that disease

First time in a movie I dislike him

Quieter and less stressful situation than when the Governor said essentially that in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Damn bro, this movie bro hits u in the feelz.

And after all that he was right, man I’m stoked to see this upcoming entry.

"Unholy kingdom". Dude, the apes are probably holier than human beings. It's okay for them to be your cattle but when the table turns it's unholy.

No reason for him to jump right back up with his hands up yelling “so emotional “ 😂😂

This is the woody I needed to see as carnage 🤦‍♂️

A father's revenge

These movies are so close to perfect

Woody is such a gem, dude only had like 15 minutes in No country for old Men but knocked it out of the park. He nails his role in this as well.

The way he shows control, like he understands what is at stake and what he has to do. Apart of me was rooting for him, because he a piece of all of us. What we would do to ensure our species survived, sacrificing his only son for the greater good. I mean he was already on track but damn, Woody portrayed a phenomenal performance and really drove home that this was humanity’s final stand. Sad to see that all his worst fears would become reality.

In reality he teaching Ceasar with power comes responsibility.......he has a duty by his people sane as Ceasars its a never ending cycle same as what Eren in AOT was talking about

I swear, every war humanity has fought has been a "holy war."

"If we lose, it will be The Planet of the Apes©️" WOOOO HE SAID THE THING

It will be a Planet...of Apes Ah ah! He said it! He said the thing

i ❤ this movie.

The Colonel was such a perfect antagonist for Caesar. Complete opposites yet so alike.

Criminally underrated movie.

So emotional!!!

The Colonel was right in the end

Woody really shined in this movie along with Andy Serkis this is one of his best roles. Some people aren't used to seeing this side of him they're use to seeing him being funny.

Basically, rooting for the apes means the demise of all movie goers?😂😂😂😂😂

Bro said emotional like he didnt just bring up him killing his son like it was a tuesday 😂

Love that "so emotional" line. The Colonel definitely sees ceasar and the apes as another species on par with his but he has to make sure he and his species survives and the only way to do that is by protecting himself from the people who he sees as too weak to do what needs to be done and by killing the apesbwho are ending his species

So imotional!!!

Woody should play more villains.

all the ppl saying “he was right” this man shot his son and dozens of his soldiers without remorse or hesitation. he said he felt pure after killing his own son. he is insane and cruel lmao

This movie is a pure illustrious masterpiece.

Considering the movie shows that humans can recover from the mute disease, nah all these comments simping for the villain are just wrong. Instead of building a state or doing any of the productive things humans have done to triumph over adversity, this guy took his legion and started an increasingly costly and unsupported war for which there was no foreseeable end. Egomanics with sufficient oratory skills tend to fool the ignorant. Saying "hes right" when his actions CANONICALLY helped bring about the future he predicts is like saying Saudi oil billionaires are right for holding pessimistic views about climate change. Citing likelyhood of outcomes means nothing when you're helping cause the problem. Considering that humans survived under ape rule, it's easy to imagine things could've gone better between them. Even if our decline was guaranteed, if our last intelligent energy was put towards helping lift the apes up, they might've turned out much more culturally kind, like adults looking after elders with (extreme) alzheimers.

There's a lot of foreshadowing involved when he says, "it'll be a kingdom of the planet of the apes"

It’s amazing how right he was. Something humans have gotten good at understanding as we have evolved throughout history is power. How to manipulate it and how much we value it. Eventually Apes would evolved to value and learn the same things eventually leading them to be just as bad and just as cruel as humans can be. Nature continues and goes along the same as it always had. However something he is wrong about is the whole idea and notion of Caesar unholy kingdom. Even though he’s already made the assumption as unholy. For all we know if Caesars son never died Everything he said could’ve been avoided. But now we’ll never know. All he did was reinforce apes negative perception of humans and basically gave them the excuse to do what apes would become that he fought against.

SO EMOTIONAL What he expected the smarter apes get the more humanlike they will become

The real irony is that he was so determined to save humanity that he had to give up HIS humanity in order to do what it took to achieve his mission.

Not people in the comments defending the logic of the character who’s dying from brain rot virus 😭😭

“It’ll be Planet of Apes.” *title card rolls.*

“SO EMOTIONAL!!!!!!”

Totally understand both sides. That’s why it’s an incredible trilogy.

this is exactly the kind of person humanity needs when it’s in danger

The irony of humanity’s hubris creating situations where humans almost always end up losing everything. Idk why we can’t just chill out and let things be.

Bro the movie is War for the Planet of the Apes

I can't wait until the new one comes out

I feel as if the new movie is gonna be about cesars bloodline reclaiming the name of king among the apes and freeing humans

"But if his destiny was to inherit your unholy *kingdom,* I'm glad I did it."

This actor has grown on me. Hes always playing sutin different and is good at it

Great scene.

I’m after re-watching this trilogy Holy crap people are so god damn wrong This trilogy is so good at making you think on humanity god damn

I'm on the side of the Colonel, the side of human species.

I mean, he was right. Why is he seen as the bad guy? If apes suddenly gained human level intelligence, and started building organized civilizations, how do you think we’d respond to that?

Ohh he said it Planet of the Apes we can go

When i listened to his words, they were the only thing i could hear, everyone knew he was somehow right

Woody Harrison should've did more villain roles he's good at em

Colonel Ape: So emotional Uncle Roger: EMOOOOOOTIONAL DAMAGE..

Now I wish that The Colonel met Proximus Caesar!

Caeser is one of the best characters ever to be put on screen.

It's ironic that he acts like Caesars emotions are a weakness. Considering it was the colonels' lack of empathy that led to his downfall in the first place.