Hey guys! Thank you for watching this with us. What a ride! There is so much to admire! From the performances by Andy Serkis and Toby Kebbell, the cinematography and the incredibly written story that is full of depth. Watching this trilogy has been an absolute joy so far. If you enjoyed the reaction leave a like and subscribe (it helps us out a ton!) and if you'd like to support the channel and gain access to the full length reaction become a member of our patreon bit.ly/3ICVrJ6 Watch our reactions early! kzfaq.info/love/iCUz1bHid4H9mu6g2IOjXgjoin

Koba is fucking terrifying, but man what a character.

I love the loyalty of Rocket and Maurice. Unlike so many of the apes, they were there from the start. They understood where he came from, what he went through, and how much he has truly done for apes.

Toby Kebel is amazing as Koba. What a fantastic villain

What i love about koba is he hates humans the most, yet is the most human of them all. Hes the first to use a gun and just straight up murder humans with them. He uses deceit and manipulation on both humans and apes, he plots and wants war, he enjoys bloodshed. He has very little remorse for humans like many humans have for animals. Hes controlled by emotions and allows them to influence him and doesnt think about consequences. The way he moves and holds himself is also very human.

Andy Serkis is amazing in these films. He will deo go down in history as one of the pioneer actors of mocap movie acting.

I love that last scene. The Humans fading into the shadow, into darkness, into nothing while the Apes are in the light of the rising sun, of a new day, of a new future. Amazing.

I love your reactions because you always engage with the film. So many reactors are too busy trying to “outsmart” movies with pithy jokes & cut-away edits to memes. I appreciate how much you guys take every movie on its own terms & think about every filmmaking decision. This is a phenomenal series with a rich text and gorgeous visuals. You’re the reactors I want to see engage with these kinds of stories the most. 👏

Malcolm: "I thought we had a chance." Caesar: " I did too." After Caesar says those last words to Malcolm, I began to understand why he was thinking about humans in those 10 years they were hidden. Caesar cares deeply about his family(apes) and wants nothing more than for them to be safe. However, as they were growing/advancing all those years, Caesar continued to think about the humans especially Will Rodman, which is a sign that he misses them. This causes him to wonder about the human's existence and whether or not they would be able to hold peace amongst each other, creating a light of hope. Malcolm also had this hope when he encountered the apes feeling the true nature of Caesar and his compassion towards them. Imagine Caesar's and Malcolm's hope of both the humans and apes maybe coinciding with one another one day. Lamentably, this idea fades away as they come to the realization that both their responsibilities towards their people and their current actions prevent this from happening. Two really honorably and honest characters who understand that their chance for peace would never come true.

1:01:12 I think it's probably important context to know who that ape is: that guy under the steel debris is Grey, one of Koba's most loyal followers. Blue Eyes was lucky to see the ugly side of Koba early on. Grey, on the other hand, saw it too late, when the leader he admired shows his true colors: and his callousness toward his fellow apes.

Fun fact! Toby Kebbel who plays Koba also played Kong in Kong Skull Island and Lt. Chapman. So along with Andy Serkis, both our ape leads have played the most iconic ape in cinematic history!

havent even watched the vid yet, but you guys are one of the best reaction channels out here

This film should have gotten a special effects Oscar just for Maurice (the orangutan). He is, like, freakishly realistic. There is nothing about him that looks computerized or fake.

That “No” in the first film made me cry the first time I watched it. What a moment. Still gives me shivers

This entire trilogy is a microcosm of humanity. Focusing on the two sides, humans and apes, but showing the microcosms within the two sides, at the same time. Race relations, political and religious differences. Every time I watch this trilogy, I am reminded of Carl Sagan's "pale blue dot" speech. So many videos on YT have him speaking these words. And they are definitely worth a watch, for everyone. "There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known."

Malcolm: i really thought we had a chance. Caesar: I did, too. Man, the story of Malcolm and Caesar really breaks my heart!

Caesar's "You are not ape" is such a tragic moment for the apes' society. They had an idyllic existence, without any of the bullshit that we've acquired over the millenia since we were at that stage ourselves. "Ape not kill ape" was the foundational principle upon which their unity was based; the bond that "we're all in this together". Now, the precedent has been set that being an ape is not the inalienable right of every ape born: Caesar is the arbiter of apehood. Once you can deny an ape his or her status as an ape, you're on the slippery slope towards nothing being off the table. I always see it as the tragic moment when the apes began their descent towards what we've become.

This movie is on Top 10 Greatest Sequels imo! Hail Caesar! 😮‍💨

Usually, CGI effects don’t age well, as technology improves. But 10 years later the visuals in this movie still hold up very well. Amazing.

Koba hated humans, but he became like them, became the worst that humanity has to offer. Also funnily enough there was a debate on twitter whether Bonobos (Koba's species) were apes or monkeys because Caesar said he was "not ape". I knew media comprehension on social media was bad, but that was ridiculous.

Ceasar in the beginning wanted to be Ape in the first and in the end of the second he looked more human and now it's how it can be a balance of self and a warrior's path. The eye's never lie.

Can’t stop laughing at Denise’s face whenever Cesar shouts 😂😂😂

“So I guess this is it…this is how it ends”. Such an ominous line.

The way danice said daddy's angry x2 is halarious 😂

This was such an amazing sequel. This had such a great villain and I love Caesar so freaking much. Plus, the CGI was perfect for the apes.

“Koba weaker” is the best line to me.

Funny thing at 36:21 in addition to that, Terry Notary, who plays Rocket and Ceaser's mother, also portrayed Kong himself in that movie. And I think Toby Kebbell also assisted with facial expressions for him too. Andy Serkis also portrayed King Kong in the 2005 movie by Peter Jackson!

This is one of the few movies that successfully pulled off the "both perspectives" thing. We want neither the apes nor humans to suffer.

What I Learned Today: I DIDN’T realize that Gary Oldman was Sirius Black!😱

This is one of my favorite trilogies of all time. The tragic part is that Koba probably would not have been like that if he hadn't been abused as a lab animal. Not too mention, Koba is not a chimpanzee but a bonobo which in nature have a more calm and peaceful demeanor than chimpanzees. So knowing that, you know that he really had to have been tortured. So as bad as Koba turns out, it's heartbreaking to know that human nature could have created that kind of change in an animals nature.

The Maurice that we get in these adaptations, has so much more depth and empathy than the Maurice from the original movie.

1:01:58 Actually two ironic things, Koba died becoming no better people who tortured him in the first place and he died the same way he killed Jacobs, pushing someone of the high ground to fall to their deaths.

I like the death of Koba when compared to the death of Will's boss (steve jacobs) on the bridge in the first one. We see the power hungry person (profit hungry in that case) overstep and ask for the help of the being they tried to kill (Koba) who drops them to their death because they are not worth saving. Then we see it again when Koba asks for help from Ceasar. Draws parallels between people/apes who strive for power and in the end their actions come back to haunt them

This is my fav of the series. It shines such a bright light on humanity and racism. Hating for the sake of hate.

i remember watching this in theaters and the amount of emotions this film took me through. i nearly cried by the end, and i rarely ever cry watching a film.

That one dude that shot Rockets kid was so scared and then wants to be so tough after. He's lack of self control is what got the remaining humans in trouble

one of the absolute best sequels to any movie to fucking date. just rewatching this movie shows how Matt reaves put his heart into this movie

This is my favorite of the Ape trilogy Koba acts like Scar from Lion King and I like the fight at the end against Caesar.

planet of apes are some of my favourite movies and i’m so glad i discovered you guys!!! i love your videos so much, you’re both so intelligent and well spoken, i enjoy hearing your thoughts :)

Absolutely love it especially Koba being a villains Love how ceaser yells Go was awesome and badass Great reaction you both loving it

Andy Serkis is a Legend... -The End

Finally part 2. Was waiting for this. I love planet of the apes movies so much. I'm glad you guys are enjoying 😎❤

The visuals in this film are the best in the series. That opening shot of Cesar gives me chills. There are very few movies with flawless cgi but damnit if this isn’t one of them.

55:56 That Noise She Made 🤣🤣🤣🤣

"I'm gonna miss him so much" got me laughing my ass off!

Such an amazing and underrated movie. I know you didn’t show it in your reaction but I love the scene at the end after Caesar and Malcolm part ways, Malcolm continues to watch Caesar become the leader again as he himself slowly backs out and gets engulfed by shadow and disappears. I love the symbolism there kind of showing man’s time is coming to an end disappearing into the shadows as the Apes become the dominant species.

Wow! I forgot what a great film this is. Fantastic performances by Andy Serkis and Toby Kebbell. loved the nuances and seeing both sides of the conflict. Great reactions!

15:35 What an absolute joy it is to see someone enjoy a masterpiece like that. Reminds you that for all underappreciated films out there, there's still people like Denise reacting to them.

@40:00 Denise "Bad Ape"... 😂😆🤣 How's she serving up spoilers for the next film?!?!

This is my fave of the new trilogy. The world building is immense. Maurice is still my fave. I'd love to sit and read some books with him.

"Time goes by fast!" yeah, wait til you have kids!!

I’d put these into some of the finest examples of how good science fiction should be done. The way they force you to see different perspectives, and shove you into thinking outside of your own “side” is fantastic. If you’re feeling conflicted, they’re doing it right. This is something we need more of, the key thing that comes from understanding is empathy.

I don't know what's sadder - the tragic end of human civilization, or the fact that the new dominant species of intelligent beings is in no way different from the previous one...

I like the scene where the apes came to people to show their power, in a sort of peaceful manner, but Koba's badass stare was telling the otherwise lol

Trivia for you both - the actor who played Koba is from the UK like Andy - he was trained by Andy in MoCap and also played King Kong on Kong: Skull Island - he was also the soldier/pilot on that same film that got eaten first by a skull crawler. Toby Kebbell is a brilliant actor like Andy, very menacing as Koba. Edit - I made this comment before finishing your reaction - of course you already know 😁

45:30 Don’t get me wrong. Gary has a had a long and illustrious career. But this role.. this scene.. I think is the pinnacle of it all. Without any words at all he shows just what kind of man Dreyfus is like. Of course he’s happy that the humans just got power. Of course he feels like he accomplished his mission. But he takes one look at his past… one look at his family and he breaks down into a shell of a man. Because even if he’s the leader of the humans during the apocalypse even if he has saved them for now. He will never be satisfied because he failed those that needed him most. His crying is so damn raw and real and this scene man… I’m crying right along side him.

Koba really hit us with the "Look at me, I'm the Captain now"

The loud mouth who shot Rocket’s son and is always causing trouble is Kirk Acevedo, played a great character in the Show 12 Monkeys. Amazing series.

This film is one of the best sequels ever made, if not the best! He's practically perfect. Respects the characters and develops them brilliantly. Waiting for the reaction to the last chapter that closes everything in a spectacular way!

This trilogy stands up there with LOTR for me. Wonderful acting, wonderful directing and the emotional pulls are so heavy and so well done.

Each chapter gets better even though it doesn't seem like it shouldn't possible. I didn't see this and the next until 2021 while I was bed ridden. And of course regretted not have seen them sooner.

You guys are my favorite reaction channel, truthfully. You guys are always so attentive, invested, and pick up on the little details of the films you watch all the time. Thank you and keep it up!

It's one of those sequels that's better than the first. And I agree. FYI, Andy Serkis also did the mo-cap of 2005 King Kong remake.

I know this is not within this universe but Rosa Salazar gave a near Oscar for motion capture worthy performance in Alita Battle Angel, based on a manga. It’s not a perfect film but it’s so darn entertaining. She became a polarizing figure on KZfaq and pinned against Captain Marvel as Alita, the movie, doesn’t paint men as sleazy and dumb. Captain Marvel has some of that and I guess she was too assertive for some and it became an agenda and there’s videos about it and the comment sections were ablaze. It was nuts 🔩 The New York Times wrote an article about how she was basically a sex bot. It was insane. You guys should watch and be the judge. A campaign was launched and a plane was hired to fly above the Dolby Theatre during the 92nd Oscars with a banner asking for a sequel. It was a James Cameron project that he passed to Robert Rodriguez because of Avatar. I was a tour guide when this movie was being filmed and I still remember looking down from the top of the open tour bus at the next lane on Columbus street, which was turned into a set with weathered vehicles and there were two men in motion capture suits and two black SUVs with cameras on cranes. It was cool.

This one is the best of the rebooted trilogy.

I love how you guys will also talk about the editing, characters development, lighting, acting, directing. Pretty much cinema photography in general.

The say Koba gets the apes to fight humans is pretty smart, making them think Caesar was killed by a human and burning their beloved home. And they'll believe they are fighting for their leader who is seemingly dead. Koba: APES MUST ATTACK HUMAN CITY! FIGHT BACK! COME! FIGHT FOR CAESAR!

This movie was important in the sense that Caesar realizes just because someone looks like you does not automatically make them your ally, nor someone different the enemy. We all have the same capacity of good and evil. It is our choices that determine who we are and how others should see us. War becomes inevitable when we forget that.

I loved how blue eyes looked at Koba after he killed Ash his face conveyed everything that I'm about to say: "what have I done, this can't be the same Coba I grew to admire… How could I have been so blind?" 52:27 if you pause it right there ice I promise you that eight with the gun that he's pointing at himself. He's doing the peace sign or victory sign at this point. Also, Koba, when he ran through the fire, I got demon vibes coming from him, he is the embodiment of human cruelty and evil. Caesar was the embodiment of kindness and understanding and love.

Let's just get this out of the way.... Caesar is one of the greatest characters in cinema history. Fight me if you want but it doesn't make it not true. Phenomenal. Ok... Now KOBA is a GREAT villain. The character building of Koba from the first movie to this one is masterful. And the acting is just as masterful. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Can't wait to see your reaction to this. This was so well done. All the actors did such a great job with the motion capture. Andy Serkis is amazing. Toby Kebbell as Koba brings the villain to another level. I'm glad you enjoyed this.

3:03 i remember this shot of him on that tree in the rain being the only thing i saw in what i thing was like a ten second trailer, and that was all needed to want to see this movie, same as how the first one just showed the side pan closeup of him in his cage for a few seconds, that was all i needed to wanna see it. and now there's a FOURTH plant of the apes film coming out i just saw the trailer for called Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes. i hope this franchise never stops, theyve been so good. i gotta see a time traveller shouting at the statue of liberty!

I have been enjoying your reactions for many months. I just want to say that you both seem really nice.

Huge fan of the original films. The remakes definitely did them justice and I can't wait to see the new one. This is my favorite of the three. Koba is scary as hell but Caesar is a true leader.

The 3rd movie in this run I got to see 2 weeks early. Was at a convention in Austin and Andy Serkis was there doing a keynote talk about performance capture, and we got to go see an early screening with him there doing a q&a afterwards. Really special moment

Love you both n your channel ❤. Hope your first few months of the new year have been good for y’all, I’ve been subscribed for about a week or a lil over. Been enjoying your reactions. The movies you react to I grew up on and love heavily. Some of the movies that you’ve watched were part of my childhood and really take me back to the good days. Even love you reacting to the movies from my teen years. And even the newer movies from 2020-now. Y’all are like 1-5yrs older than me, I always love coming across people close to my age on KZfaq that I love watching your content.

Andy Serkis always amazing the technology from gollum to Ceasar is crazy the storyline is amazing the emotions of being a leader family

I watched these over so I could watch your reactions and know the entire movie. Thanks guys❤️💜

Hey, sorry for the totally unrelated comment but I had to ask: Ari, has anyone told you that you look a lot, and I mean A LOT like the Turkish popstar Murat Boz? The resemblance is quite uncanny. Murat, is that your second identity?

33:26 - 33:30 Caesar: "Human... Remembered to tip valet on way out."

I didn't get to see this in the theater but I heard it was pretty good.

Vous n'êtes pas prêts pour le troisième opus. Cette trilogie est un chef-d'œuvre !

The look on your guys faces when Cesar screams GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! 😂

Man this one is incredible…the plot slays, the score slays…everything slays. 😭 The final fight between Caesar and Koba is definitely in the top 5 cinematic fights.

I liked the moral of this movie of how peace is very fragile and can always be broken easily by either side.

Man I really enjoy you two reacting! Love these movies! keep on doing amazing work guys!

Yesssiiirrrr once I saw Rise of the apes I knew dawn was coming next! I remember going with a bunch of my buddies to watch this one in theatres and we were hooked the whole time

Ya, 10 years and I believe I appreciated it more this time around. Very impressive. Thanks.

I’m not sure if it was intentional or not but something I noticed in the scene where Ceasar and Koba have their fight, Koba touches Ceasar’s chest with his pointer finger. Which upsets him and leads to their fight. Similar to how in Rise the neighbor touches Will’s father with his pointer finger when threatening to call the cops on him. In both scenes, Ceasar sees this as a sign of disrespect.

Koba was just broken, like here’s like his full story: Koba did once in his life trust humans, but unfortunately he was put in the wrong hands. When Koba was very young him and his mother were under the care of a woman who loved apes, she loved to study them and care for them. But one day Koba never saw her again. After that him and his mother were put in the care of a terrible human. One night the very bad man was drunk, he walked into Koba and his mothers cage and beat Koba’s mother with a bag of oranges. When Koba woke up the next morning he saw his mother’s lifeless body laying infront of him, Koba had never experienced death before because he was born in captivity, so he thought his mother was just still sleeping. After that incident the man was fired and Koba never saw him again either or him mom. Koba waa then sold to a ape show host who had another ape named Milo. Koba and Milo were used basically as a joke. The host made Koba and Milo do tricks and other things to entertain people who watched it. One day the show host was drunk. Koba now knew what drunk was, the host started abusing Koba and Milo for along time. The host starved Koba and Milo, beat them, and other horrible things. One day Koba knew him and Milo couldn’t survive like this anymore. Koba had a plan to escape. This plan would end up only getting Koba out of this terrible place, Koba ended up getting his milky eye during his time here aswell, the host put a cigarette out in Koba’s eye. Koba in the end got away from the host but Milo was killed in the process by the host. Koba was free for a little before getting captured by animal control. Koba then was taken to multiple labs and tested on. Finally after years of this he was taken to Genises where Caeser his new leader broke him free

This trilogy is fantastic! It's a joy to hear your analysis, keep it up!

Every ape death on this movie felt so heartbreaking... With every one of them, you can see Caesar dream of peace breaking up in more and more pieces.

So I haven’t finished watching the video, but you guys asked what happened to Will. And apparently Will had died off screen to the Simeon flu (if that’s how it’s spelled).

Dude….🥺 the bit from 46:00 - 46:20 ish is why he should have been the main character, or at the very least he should have gotten far more screen time! Cause I mean like seriously my dudes, he is just absolutely freaking amazing! It’s actually kinda ridiculous but imo this small scene has more emotional depth and weight than any other human scene in the movie….ffs my dudes…how!?🥹🤷‍♀️ ………oh and btw damn this was a great reaction(as always😉) you guys are freaking awesome!!😅👍

Y'all I'm SO EXCITED FOR THIS!! i JUST discovered this channel because I'm a HUGE planet of the apes nerd and fangirl and this movie is my favorite in the franchise! We all love the "No!" From Rise but this movie is what I'd consider to be as close as I can think to *THE perfect movie*. The story, acting, pacing, dialogue, absolutely nothing is clunky or sloppy. Chef's kiss. I'm instantly subscribing by the way, this and y'all's Godzilla and monsterverse deep dive have been awesome, I also got swept up into that world starting with Godzilla minus one this year. PLEASE do a reaction to that one when the time comes. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I can only imagine how much. emotional you guys are gonna get watching the third movie.

That entire opening of the movie hits so different now after the whole Covid pandemic thing.

Obsessed with the fact that they upgraded the motion capture suits so that they could shoot outside on location in heavy rain instead of solely in a sound stage.

This is the best of the trilogy in my opinion

Truly love you guys. Definitely had to become a member.