What's the best primate movie of 2024/25?
March 4, 2025 3:03 AM - Subscribe
What's the best primate-related movie of 2024/25?
- Better Man
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- The Monkey
- Monkey Man
The Monkey was fantastic. I can get why its "Everybody dies, haha! [does a mocking softshoe with sarcastic jazz hands]" vibe didn't work for everyone, but I think it was deceptively smart.
Oz Perkins is a person whose dad was one of the first big public figures to die of AIDS and whose mom was flown into the WTC on 9/11. He has definitely given a lot of thought to how savage and cruel death can be. He's laughing with The Monkey, but it's a gallows laugh, through clenched teeth.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 10:13 AM on March 4 [1 favorite]
Oz Perkins is a person whose dad was one of the first big public figures to die of AIDS and whose mom was flown into the WTC on 9/11. He has definitely given a lot of thought to how savage and cruel death can be. He's laughing with The Monkey, but it's a gallows laugh, through clenched teeth.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 10:13 AM on March 4 [1 favorite]
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Monkey Man: great action movie with an appealing message
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: Solid action adventure movie with some great ape effects
The Monkey: Didn't click for me but well-made and some like it
Godzilla x Kong: Decent entertainment
posted by TheophileEscargot at 3:08 AM on March 4