Did this really need to be so depressing?
Even the intended comedy moments felt awkward to laugh at seeing as it was sandwiched between torture and infanticide
Also Rocket > Maurice > Caeser > Bad Ape > Luca
>Did this really need to be so depressing?
Yes Planet of the apes was always like that,you expected a happy ending?
How come humans aren't considered apes in this movie?
Because the movie is a mixture of a biblical epic and a classic prison movie. We see Caesar's arc take its end with him as a martyr/religious figure/political leader all in one. He rises (no pun intended) from a leader to literally a mythical figure for the apes.
I mean he literally leads them to a promised land. He's a Jesus/Moses hybrid.