Love that the screaming at 10:37 is every soldier showing they are not infected. It’s both a show of strength and practical.

This channel is WAY better than CinemaSins. I'd much rather find out reasons why a movie is so loved, than find all the negative things about it. Sometimes, positivity is not a bad thing.

Having Koba personify Caesar’s guilt by haunting him was my favorite part of the movie

Maurice will forever be my favourite supporting Ape character throughout this trilogy

21:11 I’d just like to point out that in ASL, the way to sign someone’s name is the first letter of their name and a special gesture to describe them. In the first two movies, the other apes were shown to refer to Caesar by signing a C over their foreheads, because of his intelligence, but in this scene, Maurice signs a C over his heart instead ❤️

Caesar died in the exact same way as Moses, leading his people to the Promised Land, but dying before he could join them.

I look at Caesar killing Nova's father as a little allusion to how his mother died. That man was only trying to protect his daughter, just as Bright Eyes sought to protect an infant Caesar.

Something that really blew me away was how much Caesar's speech improved from Dawn to War. He talks like a full human.

4:24 As a general rule of thumb, horses can carry a rider that is about 20% of their weight. So if Luca and the other gorillas weigh 350lbs, they'd need horses that weigh about 1750lbs. Luckily there is a breed that more than meets this requirement: the Shire Horse, which can weigh anywhere from 1870lbs to 2430lbs

In the DVD commentary for War for the Planet of the Apes, co-Writer and Director Matt Reeves revealed that the filming of Caesar's final scene where he says goodbye to Maurice before he dies was extremely emotional for everybody involved. During filming, "pretty much everyone on the set" was weeping openly at the deeply touching acting of Andy Serkis and Karin Konoval. Serkis' mother & Reeves' father had both died during shooting.

An indirect reference to Malcolm and his family from Dawn was cut from the conversation between Caesar and the Colonel at Caesar's cage. According to the film's director Matt Reeves: Malcolm was killed by the Colonel, trying to persuade him that Caesar and the apes could be trusted.

According to IMDB: The final shot was originally Caesar's eyes closing for the last time, than a cut to black. After discussing the scene with Andy Serkis; Matt Reeves and Serkis decided the audience needed to see Caesar actually die, with Maurice stroking his leg to comfort him as he died. In addition, Maurice's final speech was originally written as sign language. While filming, Reeves decided it would add emotional resonance to the scene if Maurice spoke the words. As it would be the first time in the trilogy that his character talked.

14:42 these two moments really are incredibly deep, in that moment Nova restored Ceaser's faith in humanity and then his fellow apes restored his faith in himself, he always thought they would naturally follow the strong and couldn't show weakness, but even at his lowest, they still follow him, it's a beautiful way of showing just how far they have really come.

im shocked you didnt go into the fact that ceasar goes from speaking one word in the first movie to barely using sign language in this one. to me it showed he came full circle and was not to different from humans especially with his rage and grief

Nova is the most important character of this movie. She saved Ceasar's life and reminded him of the goodness in humanity. Without her Ceasar would have pulled the trigger.

3:01 I totally missed this on my watch, but I think the reason that winter wants the apes to leave so badly is because he had already told donkey where they were hiding. He is regretful and wants to save them from the coming attack.

Everyone needs a homie like Maurice!

Bad Ape brought integral light/levity to this extremely somber and heavy atmosphere. Some criticized it as silly or cheap laughs, but without that degree of tonal break this movie would have been just too heavy for broad audiences. EXCELLENT choice and execution

Also my favourite detail in this is when donkey talks, the other soldiers look at him like "Um I didn't know you could talk wtf?"
Easy to miss if you weren't paying enough attention

"Next week... more desert???"

Lisan al Gaib! As it is written.