tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481549185308465110.post143171815094445560..comments2024-03-08T04:06:20.301-05:00Comments on TrustMovies: Rupert Wyatt's "Rise" has risen -- and those "Ape" movies will never be the sameTrustMovieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01130460547029155342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481549185308465110.post-11218964712274389182011-08-09T09:21:25.090-04:002011-08-09T09:21:25.090-04:00You are absolutely right, Kyle, and I had planned ...You are absolutely right, Kyle, and I had planned to mention and compare the two, saying that they would someday make a great double bill at a Classic-Movie Repertory Theater. But then I forgot to do it (part of what happens when you're 70!). So I will let your comment stand as memorial to both my forgetfulness and how well these two films compliment each other. <br /><br />While I was watching Rise of the Planets of the Apes, I kept flashing back to moments from Project Nim, and mentioned over a post-movie dinner to my companions how much the films had in common. Of course, none of the other three at the table had seen "Nim" (that's what happens to documentaries, even the best of them, in our culture).<br /><br />You're also right in your use of the word "uncanny." It does seem really strange and amazing how much Caesar reminds us of Nim. But then, they are both chimps -- and so resemble each other in ways humans think are nearly identical, only because we've have probably not observed chimps closely enough to see all their many subtle differences. Sort of, I suspect, the way us white folk, for decades (centuries) thought (think) that all blacks, Asians, east Indians etc. look alike. (And maybe vice versa.)<br /><br />The two films "Rise" and "Nim" were probably being worked on simultaneously (although Nim's true story begins in the 1970s), so it's probably not a case of one set of filmmakers stealing anything from the other. More likely an example of how the cultural Zeitgeist spews out such similar things at the same time. It's as though "Rise" has taken Nim and doused him with sci-fi/fantasy dust. But both films are timely in ways we probably have yet to learn.<br /><br />Didn't mean to go on so long. But, really, thanks for your very pertinent comment. You sure got me thinking further, and you probably did my readers, as well.TrustMovieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130460547029155342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481549185308465110.post-79084205727456332422011-08-09T00:40:43.338-04:002011-08-09T00:40:43.338-04:00Why no mention of the documentary Project Nim? Bot...Why no mention of the documentary Project Nim? Both films share so much in common that it's uncanny. This might as well be retitled as The Revenge of Nim Chimpsky!Kylenoreply@blogger.com