Black people loved The Black Panther movie...But what about Planet of the Apes?

Now I just want to start out by saying that I thought The Black Panther was a GREAT film!  The cast was incredible the story line was on point for the most part and the movie overall was nicely executed. I liked how the movie triggers a sense of pride and connection with mother Africa. Everyone has been talking about the Black Panther movie and the all-black cast for months so this movies was highly anticipated.  When you watch the Black Panther movie, one can easily pick up on the imagery and subliminal messages that are baked into the movie.  This has led to many debates and viewpoints of the movie and it's characters.

I understand that black people are happy to finally see black characters portrayed in a dignified manner but what about the message of the movie? Many people felt that the Black Panther movie subliminal displayed two kinds of black men.  T'Challa, who was also the Black Panther, was more passive and hesitant in his actions and decisions and wanted Wakanda to remain hidden for the sake of avoiding conflict between Wakanda and the outside world.  Erik Killmonger, who was also part of the Wakandan bloodline, was the nemesis of the Black Panther and was more assertive, aggressive, and militant.  He was identified as an outcast of Wakanda but he wanted Wakanda to come out from hiding and use their greatly advanced technology to empower black people all throughout the world.
Because of this, many viewers of the Black Panther movie actually felt that they related and favored Killmonger over T'Challa.

Now everyone is giving so much praise and glorification to The Black Panther movie but what happened to The Planet of the Apes? I feel like this movie trilogy was slept on by everyone, especially black people.  The Planet of the Apes movies could easily be used to compare the social struggles of black people in America.

In first movie of the trilogy, Rise of The Planet of The Apes, the main character is an ape named Caesar who was born with special gifts and abilities as the result of being the offspring of a lab ape would was the subject of human-developed experiment. Caesar's mother died at his birth while trying to protect him.  As a result, Caesar was raised by humans.  As he grew older, Caesar developed an extremely high level of intelligence, cognitive skills, and awareness.  He also got to learn more about humans and their nature.

In the movie, Caesar is taken from his human family and put into a shelter after trying to protect his human father's dad.  His natural instincts and nature caused fear amongst the rest of society so he was put into captivity.. Sound familiar? While trapped in the shelter, Caesar is able to expose the other caged ages to the same chemical that was given to his mother. The chemical caused the apes to become more intelligent.  After this, Caesar leads all of the apes, monkeys, and gorillas to freedom in their own natural habitat.

Caesar was the real deal! After leading his own kind to freedom, he forms a great tribe with the apes.  His tribe grew in numbers and strength.  However, their existence are threatened by human intruders.  Being the great leader that he is, Caesar makes an agreement to help the humans for well being of the apes.  However, their existence is threatened by the humans are the humans began dying from the a disease which the apes were immune to.. Caesar gave his life to save his own kind from the demise of humans and never showed weakness while doing it.

He was also a father and husband.  A true leader who made his own kind better, greater, stronger. The way he carried himself with nobility, fierceness, and strength.  Caesar, although he was an ape and a fictional character, embodied the leader that we really need!  Caesar lived his truth in every way that he could.  I think that's also a gem that we can all take from the Planet of The Ape films.