The dialogue in this movie was not great, and the movie took forever to get started. I love the Planet of the Apes movies and had been looking forward to this movie for years. Noa is not a compelling protagonist. There was little character development for Noa. Mae was a bit more interesting, but not by much. An interesting note is that I noticed that there are no Black humans in this 2 hour and 25 minute movie, and that is odd. I don't know if that was just an oversight or if I missed it or if it was intentional and it means something. There are black people in 100% of the Planet of the Apes movies prior to this one. I think this movie was really long and had some good cinematography, but is basically a dud. This is my least favorite of all Planet of the Apes movies, and I have seen each one at least five times. This super fan hopes we can get a new director for the next one.