In so many ways this could have been ludicrous, ridiculous and a big waste of time. All of this is avoided by the ignorance of that great barrier to decent sci fi; over explanation. Throughout the film the audience had to make their own connections as to what’s going on, it’s all in the eyes really.
We were also presented with a lot of pointers to the first film; the rustling in the bushes, a reference to the Statue of Liberty, the hands line, a character nicknamed Bright Eyes, a line of cages where an inmate is sprayed by an over zealous lab assistant with a high pressure hose.
The film is all about man’s hubris, as the series is really. Humanity being the first species that can destroy itself and the planet come to that. This is the karmic element to it as well, what goes around comes around, man’s treatment of the apes add to the conclusion as well. They are better off trusting the trees really.
Although I can’t really take this seriously, as much as I enjoy the films, it was on the whole a lot better than I expected and does go a long way to help partially erase the memory of the Tim Burton film.
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