Rise of the Planet of the Apes August 5th, 2011
I went into the theater expecting this to be a pretty good movie, but knowing that it was equally as possible to be completely and utterly let down. The effects were amazing. I will give them that.
James Franco did pretty good, his performance was flat in some places but at least his eyes were open and only occasionally red.
They laid out a decent backstory to the original movies of the 1970's.
Nice to see the kid who played Malfoy playing an American redneck version of the Harry Potter character.
A lot of the moments that the film's makers were going for heart felt come off as forced.
And how are there that many apes in San Francisco? Really? If it had all gone down at a zoo. Maybe but they definitely went overboard on the sheer number of wild animals gaining sentience.
Andy Serkis brings a certain Gollum-esque hatred of humanity, he seemed to create the only fully formed character and he did it without speaking through most of the film.
From my perspective it was well done but could have been even better. Although I have heard from some fans of the originals that they thought it was perfect.
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