It’s got the Serious Movie Starter Kit™ color palette, too, its hues averaging out to something between gray and grayer, as if the director, Matt Reeves, had consulted a mood board composed of a slab of wet concrete when dreaming up the movie. It’s got a runtime of two hours and 20 minutes, but it wasn’t directed by Judd Apatow, which means it’s definitely not a comedy, because who else in comedy would dare. This is a capital S, capital M, Serious Movie. But here comes War for the Planet of the Apes, the final volume of the rebooted Planet of the Apes franchise, out to spite me.
Here’s a movie pitch: Woody Harrelson rules over a kingdom of CGI apes.
