In hindsight, it makes more sense than not that Abrams' The Force Awakens was a play-it-safe carbon copy of A New Hope, especially given that it was the first entry since 2005’s Revenge of the Sith, the last of the despised prequel trilogy. But there’s no denying that, despite its many strengths, it was a film weighed down by the past. Even in its controversial disposal of Harrison Ford's much-loved nerf herder, it was something of a Han Solo-centric film, though its decision to cast him into the ether in the first place spoke volumes about Disney's plans to start wiping the slate clean.
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Sunday, 7 January 2018
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi Review
Monday, 17 July 2017
War For The Planet Of The Apes Review: All Of Cinematic History Has Led To This Moment
“The best and most groundbreaking film
since Jurassic Park”
There can’t be
a human being alive who isn’t familiar with Planet of the Apes, whether it’s the classic 1968
original starring the late Charlton Heston and the late Roddy McDowall, along with its four sequels and 70’s TV spin-off, or
Tim Burton’s hugely-panned 2001 remake starring Mark Wahlberg and Helena Bonham
Carter, or now Rupert Wyatt/ Matt Reeves’ groundbreaking trilogy. Add to all of that the animated
series, the video games, the graphic novels and all the old-school cosplay that
has populated comic conventions the world over since the dawn of ape, and you
have a franchise that rivals the likes of Star
Wars and Star Trek, but one which
speaks to the audience on a deeper level with its commentary on our society as
well as our treatment of primates not so deep within its subtext.
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