Double Feature Duel (Rd2):
Rise of the Planet of the Apes vs. Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes vs. Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Two movies about the battle between apes and humans for a planet, set 600 years apart, filmed 38 years apart and separated by 7 bugs on a scale from 0ish-10ish. Well, they have a lot of other stuff in common.
Title: If I was the type to hand out draws, this would be the most likely candidate yet. I am, however, the type to flip a coin. Heads it is. Sorry Battle, this was probably your best shot. (Point, Rise 1-0)
Funnier: Don’t expect either to really make you laugh, as pointed out in the round of 64. But Rise was certainly less painful, which has become this category’s default. (Point, Rise 2-0)
Better Turn: Caesar closing the cage in Franco’s face is just so gangster. (Point, Rise 3-0)
Better Ending: In Battle, So there were these good apes and these evil war apes and the evil mutant humans and they were fighting one war against each other. I don’t think they knew what they were doing toward the end. (Point, Rise 4-0)
Better Message: If you’re going to perform testing on aninals, make sure it doesn’t make them smarter than us. (Rise 5-0)
Better Acting: I really think Andy Serkis deserves an Oscar nomination as his role, albeit aided by lots of CGI, as the main ape in Rise. (Point, Rise 6-0)
More Creative: Battle tried really hard to put together the pieces of two very different puzzles into something. (Point, Rise 7-0)
Poster: 1973 vs. 2011. (Point, Rise 8-0)
Watch again: I actually currently have Rise at home on DVD waiting for me. (Point, 9-0)
Overall: I should have called that fight back after the Title. Battlecouldn’t even win a coin flip. Winner: Rise of POTA (9-0)
