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Dunkirk is being compared to the best war movies ever. It is not in that class it is a solid movie that has very good cinematography. The acting is decent but the story is not that great. Best thing that the film does is make you believe war is hell. The characters will quickly be forgotten.

War for the Planet of the Apes is well made. The acting was decent. The story was nothing special. As others have already stated the movie is mostly prewar scenes that are dramatic not action. At times it really does feel like a rip off apocalypse now with apes in the northern California. The movie is also has pacing issues, probably 30 or more minutes too long.

I am a big fan of all the previous Bourne movies, so I had high expectations for this one. I was willing to overlook the fact their would be no Jason Bourne in this one. The major sin of this movie is that is boring for the 1st hour. I mean like you want to walk out of the movie boring. At one hour into the movie you finally have a fight which by the way is not fought in typical Bourne style.

The acting in the movie is fine, the casting is probably even over kill for many roles ie Ed Norton, and even Rachel Weisz. The plot, pacing, and balance are all wrong. Half the movie is wasted, they could have given us that info in 5 minutes. The next 30 minutes is OK, then the last 20 minutes is one large chase seen. The chase seen is good but too long. They expand on the bad government agency themes and pull in an even larger conspiracy. The Aron Cross character is not well written. It is hard to find any reason to root for this character. He is in general self serving, and fully aware of what is going on. Basically it is like feeling sorry for a wall street banker who's plan to rob the public false apart.

The net is I suggest you skip this movie or wait for to come out on cable or even better yet read the book that is actually a good story.