Is Planet of the Apes better than Avatar?  Wes Ball answers us

Is Planet of the Apes better than Avatar? Wes Ball answers us



Wes Ball at the helm of the future

With Planet of the Apes: The New KingdomWes Ball brilliantly revives the franchise The Planet of the Apesseven years later Planet of the Apes: Supremacy and the passing of the legendary Caesar. It is therefore around him, who has become the “Moses” of the primates, that this new world in which monkeys are omnipotent is structured. Indeed, several clans of monkeys now live in a world returned to the wild Planet of the Apes: The New Kingdom, each with their own relationship to Caesar and his legacy. Legacy of peace and goodwill or legacy of war and domination? It is in this world full of tensions that Noa, a young chimpanzee, will have to grow up and set an example…

“More world building”

Planet of the Apes: The New Kingdom offers spectacular special effectsin the creation and animation of sets relating to the results of the performance acquisition. For these images, Wes Ball collaborated with the post-production company Weta, created by Peter Jackson, using technology already at work on Avatar: The Way of Water, reference of the genre. He told us, regarding this comparison, that he conceded a little extra for Planet of the Apes: The New Kingdom :

Wes Ball : I’ve heard this comparison to Avatar. It already helps to have worked with the same studios. But I think there is a more important world creation for Planet of the Apes. Because there are many places that are very different from each other and some are truly spectacular. Buildings that turn into mountains, wrecks of stranded ships…

There is a wide variety of environments and it was very interesting and fun to create them. One of the dimensions of the film is that of the journey, the journey, and these places serve this journey, with our ancient world that the apes explore and rediscover.

I’m honored to be a part of this franchise because it’s one of the few where you can trust a scene where just two characters are talking to each other around a campfire, and do it with the best special effects possible.

Planet of the Apes - The New Kingdom
Planet of the Apes: The New Kingdom ©Disney

Wes Ball thus makes the factual observation that the variety of the world in which his film takes place exceeds that of the worldAvatar: The Way of Water. As for knowing which aesthetic is the most successful, between quantity and quality, it is up to the public to choose. But it is still proof that the use of this technology is expanding and improving. And the certainty that James Cameron’s next film will, as usual, raise the bar even further.

Source: Cine Serie

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