Studios have become incredibly aware of how reviews — or more specifically, a Rotten Tomatoes score — can make or break their films. You don’t need to be a brain surgeon to understand that most of the time, if a studio is holding press screenings very close to the release date, they’re a bit uncertain about how it will be received. But on the other hand, if they’re screening the film weeks in advance and letting the press tweet about it, they’re feeling very confident, and it looks like Fox has a winner on their hands with “War For The Planet Of The Apes.”
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A select batch of press viewed Matt Reeves‘ follow-up to “Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes,” and the reaction appears to be ecstatic. In a summer that has so far served up (mostly) lukewarm franchise efforts, ‘Apes’ looks like the one to beat. Here are some of the reactions:
https://twitter.com/kristapley/status/875739742108647424
https://twitter.com/graedrake/status/875572349478682624
Apes 🦍 together Strong 💪 #WarForThePlanetOfTheApes is just phenomenal, I could watch 🦍 on 🐴 in the mountains & snow ❄️ forever! Wow!!!
— . (@headgeek666) June 16, 2017
It's OFFICIAL! #WarForThePlanetOfTheApes is AMAZING! Deep, dark, EPIC! RISE + DAWN + WAR = one of the BEST MOVIE TRILOGIES EVER! #HailCaesar pic.twitter.com/MEvaWumGUS
— Scott Mantz 🖖 (@MovieMantz) June 16, 2017
#WarOfThePlanetOfTheApes is the bleakest summer blockbuster I can recall. Suicide, torture, whipping, crying monkeys. It's unrelenting.
— Nigel Smith (@nigelmfs) June 16, 2017
Damn. “War For The Planet Of The Apes” opens on July 14th, and we can’t wait. Check out a new clip below.
