I think people are making way-too much of that. US military troops don't graffiti the sh!t out of places? They don't mark their helmets with pop culture references?

The avalanche is the result of all of the explosions of battle.
And, um, seems you missed it, but Caesar had a pretty huge contribution to make to one side winning the battle.

Nah. You're high.

I haven't forgotten. This reboot had every chance to fail, but it never ceased to surprise.

Return to it no earlier than 20 years from now.

The next "trilogy" could focus on Maurice, and I'd be happy. For whatever reason Kodi Smit-McPhee's character from Dawn shows up, with his sketchbook containing the whole record of the apes rise and man's decline. Changes in him, result of difficulties as he's aged, cause conflict between him and his old friend.

Rise remains the one most-directly tethered by quotes to the original. It attempted more common "blockbuster" beats. But that whole section in the ape sanctuary really telegraphs how character-driven the whole thing will become.

Interestingly, the reboot pretty much ends at the same relative point as the old series (only with a whole lot fewer humans around). So, do they do something where they try to reconcile apes and humans from the outside with the idyll that Caesar founded? Or do they take us down a further path of destruction toward …

Agreed. Exact same experience.

Three mediocre-bad previous Spider-Man films have kick-started Spider-Man fatigue?

Riiight? It's been, like, since 1994 that I was excited for a Batman movie.

Frankly, I kind of hope they'd stop. Quit while you're on top.
I don't want them to tie the reboot too tightly to the original. I'm satisfied.

The two are very similar in tone. I think Dawn is broader, and War cranks up on the emotion. I don't see any real reason to favor one over the other. Just me, personally.

I don't know what it means for movie studios, but, for the culture, it means we hit peak Spider-Man over ten years ago.

Well, it happens in a sewer, and it gets a big laugh. Was your ledge that one?

I've heard enough from Trey Parker. I don't want to peek into his mind.

"Nah. On second thought, let us just read it to you."

Um, morons commenting on the internet are bad, yes, but I think brainwashing a score of younger women and keeping them from contacting their families so you can rub your love muscle is A LOT worse.

So gross.

Han Solo: "Wonderful girl. Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to like her."
Kimble: "I did NOT kill my wife!"
Henry: "I do not remember killing my wife."
Norman Spencer: "I think my wife drowned."
Allie Fox: "My wife stayed behind in the jungle."
John Book: "That's ridiculous! There are no Amish in the…