It's too long and it's a little too serious, but Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes ain't half bad!
Unlike superhero flicks, which are a collection of set pieces connected by a treasure hunt - you couldn't call the mess of events a "narrative" - Apes has a story. You can take it or leave it, but it makes an attempt at being thoughtful and surprising, and the action scenes are bracing. The flick's at least worth a shot when it comes to streaming in a few months, though I agree with all the assertions about watching movies in theaters.
What's interesting, though, is it's a rare stab at middlebrow culture from a major film studio; in other words, Apes is conventional with a heaping spoonful of challenging. The big flicks nowadays are simply imbecilic, while indie cinema is as precious as an orchid. There really aren't any David Lean-like stemwinders anymore outside of whatever Steven Spielberg has in the hopper.
It's not clear to me why this is. Every explanation I come up with seems half-baked, but the fact remains a movie about monkeys battling it out in the future is the current quintessence of middlebrow culture even if it's because there's no competition. It's a cultural relic, thus worthy.
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