I’ll never forget that “NO” in cinema, could hear a pin drop

I have always adored the Caesar trilogy. Easily my favorite trilogy. And Caesar is easily one of the best character of the last few decades.

I love how this is basically the ape version of the story of Moses. Caesar was born a slave but raised in the king's palace, frees his people... Even in the third movie, the avalanche wipes out the remaining humans (red sea wiping out the army), and finally Caesar leads his people through the desert to their Canaan and dies within sight of the promised land. Its insane how thought out it all is

i just wanna give props to the guys who thought up how quickly the disease would travel across the world with that animation at the end of the first movie. cause it took covid about 2 months to lockdown most of the planet IRL so.... yeah...

The first movie is good but the other two are masterpieces, and I think a lot of people miss the best part by dropping it after the first one

The third movie was brilliant. The humans are doing terrible things but it ends up being sort of like a dying animal kicking and screaming. The element of the virus taking speech is tragic, and Caesar himself is empathic to that. He never wanted humans to die off just to leave him alone. I would even argue Caesar, being the first smart ape and raised by James Franco, would have the most sympathy towards humanity out of the ape society. He basically fought the ape civil war on humanity’s side in the second one

best thing abt ur channel is that u cover basically anything lol from call of duty, twd, to the conjuring. diverse asf 😭

You're right on the money here. While the world is glazing over Marvel movies, this gem of a trilogy just got looked over

That last scene in the first movie between Will and Caesar always gets me. And that last line of "Caesar is home" always gets a few tears out of me. Such a good trilogy.

Hands down one of my favorite modern trilogies that get better after every entry

11:29 I would say Rocket is more like Daryl than Maurice. I would say Maurice is more like Hershel, as he is mainly the one who seeks reason.

What's amazing is how well they did with this masterpiece of a saga despite the lack of a major fan base. This was never a Star Wars, MCU or Lord of The Rings. Heck, Avatar now has a greater fanbase. The filmmakers involved with these Planet of The Apes movies never compromised. They were given absolute control and they absolutely delivered. I'm still trying to get my head around all of the technical achievements and the incredible, dynamic, engaging and emotional story of Caesar. I cried like a baby when our hero died and he's an ape. And he barely speaks.

24:49 I got some very sad news about that: in a deleted scene, the Colonel is talking to Caesar and how he met Malcolm and what happened was that Malcolm was really trying to convince the Colonel that the apes weren’t bad. What happened next was that the Colonel then tells Caesar that he killed Malcolm by shooting him. So this man not only took away Caesar’s wife and eldest son, he took away his good friend too. So that’s why Malcolm isn’t there!😭😭😭

I was a kid when this trilogy started. The first one left me in awe and the third one left me crying for almost an hour. Easily my favourite trilogy

So I'm a mason (in small-town Canada, no less, so you know I'm ready for the fuckin' apocalypse) and I can accurately assess that it takes roughly only 8-10 years for plant life (especially trees, even their roots are fucking strong) to break through concrete. All they need is a few multiple winters of Earthquakes or storms battering and weakening the structure making cracks and then rainwater getting in and winter freezing it all over before the next thaw makes it all worse. Now repeat cycle for X amount of years. A whole skyscraper's foundation can collapse from that in less than 5 years and it all gives way for moss and such. All that to say: 10 years? When I watch the movie I think "unlikely but definitely not implausible" for it to look how it does. At the very least, there'd definitely be plants in the floors and bottom walls of houses and buildings and shit growing through cracks in roads (I don't think they'd almost already look like little forests like they do in the film unless shit was already planted there but I've never been to San Francisco). I'd also like to point out that the apes say in the film that they haven't seen Humans in 10 winters. That doesn't mean the apocalypse began 10 winters ago, for all we know it could be 12-15 years later. Much more reasonable for what's shown. The Last Of Us after 20 years I think is fairly accurate. Especially when you consider they also say in both continuities that they bombed the fuck out of the major cities during The Outbreak. They probably accelerated the reclamation by nature thanks to that. The most glaring one is a Will Smith film called I Am Legend. The bulk of the film is set less than four years after the initial apocalypse and yet New York City looks like a fucking forest in Times Square and most of its streets. Yeah, I don't think so unless you've got some wicked fucking limestone.

It would be very interesting if the new villain, Proximus Caesar, took Caesar's name as his family name to claim his throne. IIRC we see the same window symbol Caesar had in his house as the new symbol for his kingdom. Would be kind of cool how Caesar's name and legacy is twisted to give this new ape authority and power.

Caesar: Do not worry, Maurice. You are home now. Apes are strong... With or without me. Maurice: Son will know who was father... And what Caesar did for us.

Do NOT sleep on these films. Best trilogy in recent memory.

"APES DO NOT WANT WAR!!! "

I love how you compared Caesar to Rick Grimes multiple times Lol

I was really surprised and shocked that the Planet of the Apes Trilogy didn’t won every single Academy Awards or Oscars or BAFTA Film Awards, nor every single movie awards or film awards after the ALL-Three films came out in theaters. But I think this trilogy itself was *Outstanding and A Visually Stunning Masterpiece and A Work of Art Trilogy* at the Time in Modern Cinema. But I really wish The Planet of the Apes Trilogy should’ve WON an Academy Award or An Oscar-Winning Award and also other film awards as well.

The “Rick Grimes of Apes” had me rolling 😂

I recently watched the Planet of the Apes trilogy for the first time and it was literally the most beautiful trilogy I have ever seen. I feel like going back in time and kicking my younger self for not watching the movies earlier. The movies were so good I watched them twice in one day.

24:18 Fun fact, the German title for this movie is - no joke - Planet of the Apes: Survival

When watching your content I often feel that sense of wonder I did in college. What an eruidite creator you are! I so admire your work.

That jab at dune is criminal, good vid though, I have loved these films for so long and they have never gotten the recognition they deserve

A last comment: that line from the first movie at the end when he says "Ceaser is home" still gives me chills. Andy Serkis was robbed multiple times of an oscar for that performance.

Now I never made TWD connections to the Caesar/Reboot PoTA Trilogy but now hearing “My Mercy Prevails Over My Wrath” is what basically sums it up for Caesar when you think about it

If you’ve seen how Caesar kills Koba, you know how fucking crazy that shit was

I really like how they didn't go with a generic "animals are better than humans", but instead showed how even they make mistakes. The trilogy gives them a humanity, and in doing so, gives them a propensity to mess up. To me, they are no different to humans in this trilogy, but the advantage they have is a smaller and tighter nit community which is something we inevitably lost. I see this as a cycle more than them exceeding humans, because they will inevitably spread out and develop different cultures and encounter the same issues we have. tl;dr - thanks for not making monke a mary sue

The planet of the apes trilogy is one of the few remakes in the past 15 years that I genuinely believe is what a remake should strive to be. I never liked the Mark Wahlberg one, but I oddly liked the original movie and the fever dream that was the sequel. The story of Ceasar portrayed by the always under-appropriated (he's finally getting the recognition he's sorely derserved in recent years) Andy Serkis brought so much life to the character and made me invested in a story originally about humanity losing its namesake and ceding, albeit unwillingly, control to the next species that we always downplayed as being inferior.

I was about 6 or 7 when the very first Planet of the Apes came out. I saw it at the drive-in with my Dad, uncle and cousins. This might have been my introduction to "horror" type movies and a lifetime fascination with the genre. I have seen all of these movies and was also blown away by the quality. It sure has come a long way. But, back then, it looked very real to a child and scared the crap out of me. Love your analysis! When you compared the apes to Rick, Carl, Shane... and I thought you were going to say Cornelius reminded you of Hershel. So I took a drink of tea and then spit it laughing when you said Daryl! 🤣🤣 I enjoy most all of your reviews, some things I don't watch because I haven't watched what you're covering. I also tend to agree with you (which my son finds amazing). I hope you will continue your coverage of Supernatural. Or even Dexter if you were a fan? Take care ✌💖😃

The end of the first Planet of the Apes with Charlton Heston kind of lets you know whats going to happen in these movies with what happens to mankind. Its kind of a classic scene in cinema.

I agree, this trilogy is extremely underrated but I would disagree about the character development being “boring” in the first movie, the first was for sure my favorite because of the character development and of course the “rise” of the apes

It was the 3rd film that really blew my mind because of the Virus. I always saw this Trilogy as just a new take on POTA, but when the Colonel says the Virus is taking away humans ability to Speak and Think. My Jaw dropped at realizing this wasn't a New Take of the Franchise, this was a Prequel the whole time and I just love it

I've loved the planet of the apes trilogy. Everything you've said summed it up perfectly. Dawn also has to be my favorite of the 3. Koba was certainly entertaining. I'm also someone who loved War of the Panet of the Apes. I remember going into theaters with my older brother. Took me to see it even though he didn't have to. It's such an amazing set of movies, and I can't wait for Kingdom!

My favorite trilogy and you hit all the points as to why it’s so good. I watched the old ones as a kid (I’m a genxer) and I was fascinated by the politics of the old ones and was justly horrified by Tim Burton’s version. I can watch any of these newer ones and cry and just love the hell out of these apes, but especially Caesar. Andy Serkis should’ve been awarded for his motion-cap performances. Exquisite acting. Love your channel, started following you with The Ones Who Live Recaps/analysis

This earned a new subscriber.. I’m shook at the quality

I agree with you about how no one talks about this trilogy. I'm a part of the guilty party, and I do it a lot to movie franchises that contain more than three movies, regardless of the setup. (SW, LotR/H, PotA) 😅

In Rise when Ceaser goes "NO." Is one of the most chilling and visceral scenes in movie history

War, Dawn and Rise. In that order. Reeves hit home runs with the sequels. Having said that, I do love Rise. A quality triliogy...

this entire trilogy is mind blowingly good, so was this review, got yourself a new subscriber

I lovoooooooe these films they’re criminally underrated. It’s great how they don’t dwell on the virus, it’s all action. Lesser filmmakers would’ve killed an hour showing us the same descent-into-chaos start-of-the-apocalypse stock footage we’ve seen over and over again but with the Planet of the Apes each film can stand alone we don’t need to see the virus ravish the human population to understand the second or third film because they’re such immersive films with strong stories on their own. I’m so excited for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes I personally think It’ll be interesting to see how many films they make and how far they take this franchise, I’d be happy if they explored some of the themes and ideas in the original 1970’s sequels. It’d be so cool to see telepathic nuclear Holocaust surviving mutants fight more advanced apes in these modern reboots like in Beneath the Planet of the Apes because I think they’d be able to really expand on those films and ideas.

Bruh, that is such a fact. I remember watching part 3, but when I watched it the second time, I could not recall any of the scenes.

I watched the trilogy again just a few months ago on my new OLED TV. I'm glad there's other people appreciating what these movies are and did. A truly underrated trilogy.

I've been looking for a good video essay on this trilogy for a couple months now. Unironically tell people this is one of my favs and I'm ridiculously excited for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Appreciate this work! Coming back to add that I love how organized your rating system is!

I’ve personally seen what grass, vines etc can do in a matter of months if not kept up. I totally believed that’s how a city can look if left for 10 years

Such a solid trilogy! Awesome content btw bro, ive always watched for twd vids and had no idea you reviewed other films etc. So awesome!

Best review content out there, criminally underrated. Awesome to listen to

The Caesar trilogy reminded me of how interesting Sci-Fi can be. It's always the same thing and this Caesar trilogy is so unique and well done. People are sleeping on this series. Also Kingdom was amazing, absolutely has me excited for their next films!

11:28 Maurice is most definitely Herschel

When I went to see Dawn at the theater, I'd recently started wearing glasses but forgot them before I left the house because my eyesight wasn't that bad and I only needed them for school or whatever when I needed to see detail far away from me, it just totally slipped my mind. Boy that afternoon those apes looked *real* in the soft-focus haze I watched the movie with.

This is such an amazing video, I’m so glad that you’ve covered my personal favourite film trilogy, loved to hear all your thoughts, and glad someone’s finally talking about this franchise in the way it deserves. Please do a review on Kingdom when it comes out.

The first scene in the third movie had me hooked right away and didn't lose grip on me the entire film. Amazing movie in its own right and an amazing trilogy overall.

Very refreshing to see a positive take on war, I’m about to rewatch war after having seen rise and dawn these last two weeks so I’ll look out for the points you said and see what I think with a fresh perspective

THANK YOU for advocating on the greatness of these movies

The *Planet of the Apes* Caesar Trilogy is *A MODERN CULTURAL PHENOMENAL MASTERPIECE and A WORK OF ART in Cinema.* ✨

I’m happy to have been here when the reboot started. Caesar is one of the greatest characters in cinema.

Your channel is the perfect level of randomness for me it's perfect

The Caesar trilogy is phenomenal! Everything about these films is amazing! Can’t wait for Kingdom!

these movies shook me and moved me deeply. some of the best writing, filmmaking in general, and just incredibly emotional story. they're pretty fantastic and i'm sad that they're so underrated and overlooked

When I was a kid my dad and I went to see all the Planet of the Apes movies and that's when Charlton Heston became my hero!!! I loved this trilogy and agree with you 100%! REALLY enjoyed this video AND all the TWD references!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES please do a video on the old movies :)~~

I found myself wierdly attached to Rocket throughout the trilogy. He used to be one of Ceasar's biggest ops but now hes one of his oldest friends who's loyal to the very last. I wasn't sure if he was gonna die or not, unlike Maurice. Not to discredit Maurice, the guys an absolute g.

Thank you for this video. I finally watched this trilogy last week after only seeing #1 as a kid when it came out and it was AMAZING. I was scared that watching this video essay would kind of spoil it (though I usually don’t care about spoilers), but - and I mean this in a complimentary way to both you and these movies - nothing could’ve prepared me for them. They were absolutely fantastic. I’ll be revisiting them every so often from now on.

I saw each of these 3 movies in theaters. First one I only saw because I was with my grandparents and we were bored. I liked it so much that I came back each time a new one came out. I’ve never seen the original. I’m planning on rewatching them.

How do we live in a world where a Planet of the Apes is far superior in every single way and a Star Wars sequel trilogy flounders completely? How is that possible?

My wife and I started watching these movies the other day. We’re halfway through the 2nd one (wife works early next day so we paused) but we’re super into it!

I loved all three and can’t wait for Kingdom. I hope Kingdom lives up to the Caesar films.

I never understood the unrealism complaint for sci fi or just fiction in general. It's made for entertainment

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is one of my favorite movies in general. Koba is such a brilliant, nuanced character, and one of my favorite villains of this century (the Troglodytes from Bone Tomahawk being, imo, the scariest villains of the century). Koba isn't even wholey wrong in his thinking either which is what makes him so intriguing. He's wrong about ALL humans being dangerous but its proved over amd over again that his skepticism is warranted and important to the thinking of the apes. Koba's dumb act at the armory is almost tragic and is truly scary as well. You're watching him completely degrade himself to survive but the level of cunning is unnerving

I was thinking about you making a video of the planet of the apes today so happpy made my day

I remember catching Dawn on TV back in the day, back when I actually watched free-to-air TV. I found a lot of great movies that way, I miss naturally discovering movies like that.

Having watched kingdom yesterday. I agree one hundred percent about the evolution of society in a dissociated rapid advancement of the will of knowledge and unity. Watching the video to see your thoughts though now lol

When I rewatched the 3rd one a few weeks ago I also swore I had seen it before but for the life of me I couldn’t remember anything about it

Awesome video. I always loved this trilogy my dad showed me it years ago and it’s been some of my favorite films since

Man i have to say, i love a good movie review. This is exceptional. Im a new FOREVER subscriber. Ive watched 3 reviews so far; I am Legend, The Crazies and now POTA and I couldnt agree more on each of those. Love the work!

Not only is it the most underrated but it's the best trilogy in my opinion, every film is so well crafted and they all have their own different tone but still work well together to tell this story of apes rising to power.

I literally watched this this week what an epic adventure

I always wondered if Cesar actually died at the end and I always got the feeling that he did but then it’s crazy that he actually did

I have been wanting to watch all of these for a while now. I only watch the first one all the way through and bits of the second and none of the third. I’m excited to watch them and then maybe the originals too! Thanks for this video.

I recently saw all three in a row for the first time. I watched the first one when i was younger, but not the following. I was floored and loved all 3 a lot. Matt Reeves! what a director

This is my fav modern trilogy too, so I'm glad you made this video.

My god in dawn the moment when Caesar is back from hunting , and checking in with Maurice, it’s best visuals I’ve ever seen.

I've been looking forward to this since your poll post. It came out much faster than I had expected. It's definitely my second favorite trilogy of all time. It's only beaten by The Lord of The Rings trilogy. War is definitely my favorite of the trilogy. It has me tear up on several different occasions. I hope it does well enough to warrant you doing a vid on the original series. While the original movie is probably they best of the original series, from an objective standpoint, I personally prefer Conquest of The Planet of The Apes. It has its strange quirks, but I really enjoy it. Even if I can't help but chuckle a bit at a montage of OG Ceasar staring and nodding from a corner at other apes doing small acts of rebellion.

I completely agree with you. These movies are amazing and deserve much more recognition

Each movie represents the fall so differently yet flawlessly execute but always keeps it the same. I can't explain it and that's probably why its so underrated

Your intro music is the round change toon from dead of the night bo4 zombies!!! Just played this map the other day and thought no way! The thrifty typewriter intro!!

Bro…I’m so glad I found your channel..thought I was one of the only ones who LOVED this trilogy…by far at least the most underrated trilogy of all time

One of my favorite series ever. Oddly was a huge fan of the originals growing up and rise came out on my birthday in eleventh grade and I skipped school to see it. Loved every minute and Caesar is one of my favorite fictional characters. Dawn and war both hit me in ways I can't describe but all in all they are some of the best movies and I cannot wait for the next entry

HELL YEAH MY FAV TRILOGY!!!! Specifically cause the last one is so PRETTY like i was sitting in awe at the theatre while cesar nova and frens were just riding across the beach

:) This was a fantastic video about my favorite modern day movie franchise. You touched on all the reasons I love this trilogy so much. War is my favorite, then Dawn and finally Rise. I can't wait for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as it is my most anticipated movie of the Year, and it is less than a month away. Also, I think the original films are well worth checking out, especially the first 3 imho. Matt Reeves is a huge fan of the Apes franchise according to the bonus features, and it is amazing how many references to the original series there are. Some you won't even catch on first viewing. Bottom line: thank you for this video, as a fan of this trilogy and a fan of your channel.

One of my favorite sutble themes in dawn is as how the film goes on Caeser and Koba become more and more human (in positive and negative ways both) and at the same time they sign less and speak more.

I watched war for the second time a few days ago and I agree with you. When I first saw in theaters I was expecting something different and I didn’t like it as much as the first 2. But watching it again I thought it was amazing and appreciated way more.

Was pleasantly surprised to see some love for TLOUPII! Love that game! 🔥

This is one of the Best Modern a Trilogies of all Time with Great Special Effects that gets Better with Each Time that Passes and shows how Humanity Doomed Themselves in the Process with the aspect of Humans and Apes aren’t as Different as they Think, they can be Monstrous as well as they can have Empathy.

I started with the second movie, but i went back and watched the first film about a year ago. That "NO" scene had me jump off my couch and gave me chills.

Amazing amazing work. Instant sub.

I believe the final movie was the only one I saw in theaters. Absolute cinema for me even when I was a wee lad. Need to watch them all again for sure now

The "its unrealistic that apes would take over society" complaint demonstrates an ignorance of the whole trilogy, bc apes taking down a fully functional human society isn't a thing that happens or needs to happen in this version

I FINALLY started the trilogy this week. Saw Dawn last night, and it's a tragic masterpiece. The music is phlucking FIRE. My wife said "this is making me sad..." and I was like "yeah, tragedy does that!" I'm eager for War. (my only real complaint/confusion is the titling. I still don't know why the first and second aren't "Dawn" and "Rise" respectively. Anyone know that?) My favorite callback that I picked up on immediately was in Rise when Caesar was playing with a Statue of Liberty