gary oldman played caesar in the planet of the ape movies.
gary oldman played caesar in the planet of the ape movies.
who plays caesar in the planet of the ape movies?
gary oldman
roger ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and praised the role of caesar and andy serkis by stating it was a "wonderfully executed character" and "one never knows exactly where the human ends and the effects begin, but serkis and/or caesar gives the best performance in the movie." giving the film 5 out of 5 stars, joe neumaier of "daily news" labelled "rise of the planet of the apes" as the summer's best popcorn flick. nick pinkerton of "the village voice" wrote, "caesar's prison conversion to charismatic pan-ape revolutionist is near-silent filmmaking, with simple and precise images illustrating caesar's general-like divining of personalities and his organization of a group from chaos to order." roger moore of "orlando sentinel" wrote, "audacious, violent and disquieting, "rise of the planet of the apes" is a summer sequel that's better than it has any right to be." he gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars. manohla dargis of "the new york times" praised the film by saying, "precisely the kind of summer diversion that the studios have such a hard time making now. it's good, canny-dumb fun." she also gave it 3.5 out of 4 stars.
rise of the planet of the apes
will tries to take caesar home by bribing the owner of the primate facility, who takes the bribe, but is refused by caesar himself to go, believing he belongs there more so than with will. caesar realizes after befriending another ape, who also knows how to sign from being in the circus, that he needs to make the apes more intelligent if they are to break from their bondage. caesar manages to escape and return to his former home, where he knows that will use to keep stolen tubes of the original alz-112 in the refrigerator. however, he finds the new 113 instead, and upon accidentally pressing the cap, a little bit of the virus is released on to the window pane and absorbed, letting the intelligent caesar realize that the virus can be absorbed as it's a gas. he releases the 113 down the corridor of where the apes are held in cages, and the virus fills the air with its gas. the next day, caesar inspects every ape passing through to see if its eyes are green, thereby knowing if that ape has the virus or not. he leads a revolution against their captors and heads towards gen-sys, and proceeds to break out all the lab chimps and all the apes at the zoo. after fighting their way towards the golden gate and towards the redwood grove, will calls for caesar, but is attacked by koba, but stopped by caesar. will tries to reason with him by trying to take him home. caesar speaks to him, "caesar is home", and they part as the apes are overlooking san francisco. caesar appears to take on more human characteristic, like walking upright, riding a horse, and now speaking.
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