Related: Every Planet of the Apes Movie, Ranked This means the audience is asked to root against their own species and future in this franchise.
Caesar is the protagonist and the character the audience is meant to connect with. In contrast to the first Planet of the Apes movie, which is seen through the eyes of human astronaut George Taylor as he discovers the horror of a planet ruled by apes, the rebooted trilogy shifts the perspective to the apes, specifically Caesar.
