Caeser displays signs of intelligence way beyond any human his same age and Will guesses the effects of the drug somehow passed from mother to son.
What initially was supposed to be a baby-sitting job for a few days turns into weeks, months and finally years when Charles & Will grow attached to the chimp whom they name Caeser. He even manages to find a successful test subject in a female chimpanzee he names 'Bright Eyes' after her green irises (an after-effect of the drug) however 'Bright Eyes' dies in an incident leaving behind a newborn whom Will reluctantly takes back home. Will (James Franco) works at GenSys, developing a drug that can cure Alzheimer's, something afflicting his father, Charles (John Lithgow).
Nolan did that with 'Batman Begins', Campbell did it with 'Casino Royale' and Rupert Wyatt manages a coup detat with 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' something Tim Burton's 2001 remake failed spectacularly at.
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But every once in a while comes along a team of writers and director who understand the dynamics of the original and how to play around with it to present a fresh take that offers more than its share of nods to the original. Reboots are a tricky proposition, you just have to look at the cinematic wasteland to witness the ugly behemoths lying around that failed magnificently to realise how few studios realise how to make one. Using modern technology's brilliant effects to tell a story, rather than instead of a story.Review Rise of the Planet of the Apes & earn 20 DM Points.* Review Submit I wish more films these days would be like Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It's far from perfect, and not exactly aimed at my interests, but I can say this for it. When I first left the cinema my first thought was "Hm, that really didn't need to be a prequel to Planet of the Apes" which upon further thought, was actually a good thing! It had the strength to stand out completely from its own laurels, not just those of the original, so not only was it a great movie, it was a great stand-alone film, completely separate to its predecessor. Still, on humans, it was cool to see Tom Felton (Harry Potter, The Apparition) and Brian Cox (X2, Super Troopers) getting into anything has always got to be a good thing. I'm glad now though, as this was as worthy a reboot as you could ever hope for, which as far as I'm concerned trumped even the original, not to mention how much it absolutely fucking brutalised that crap Burton came up with in 2001.Īndy Serkis (Burke and Hare, Lord of the Rings) returns to motion capture glory as Caesar, super-intelligent chimp-lord, who, to be perfectly honest, was written infinitely better than any of the human characters. Although the trailer did look pretty sweet, I must admit that when I first heard about them yet again delving into the Planet of the Apes franchise, I was incredibly bloody sceptical.
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People sometimes miss them in action blockbusters.Įxtra half-star for a monkey riding a horse, although that would have worked better in a movie produced by The Asylum.įrom the get go I was pleasantly surprised by Rise of the Planet of the Apes. With a sorry excuse to involve "human reflections" and characters we never care about (beginning with Caroline and Will's father), this unrequired delivery certainly makes up for the level of disappointment that Burton brought a long with a remake, but utilizes the safest Hollywood escape route for cashing easy money: Rupert Wyatt offers a potential prequel for the events that followed in the previous films however, it is a bad sign to realize that the amount of entertainment this was providing me throughout was pretty much comparable to Michael Bay (actually, he has done better!) and to the bombs of the 90s by Roland Emmerich. It made me miss the old classic days of the 60s and 70s. The overabudant CGI was too tough for me to handle and to buy in the first place. This so-called "thought-provoking" and "emotionally driven" ride has me in loss. "Take your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!"įew times I have rolled my eyes so hardly in a movie.