Review of Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) by Spadenx — 19 Dec 2011

I enjoyed the film, As did my family. The few flaws the film had are as followed - James Franco is a terrible lead. He shows no emotion and honestly he is so plain and simple that its painful to watch him when he is on screen. The film is a bit predictable, Not very predictable but if you pay close attention you can almost always tell what will happen next. The script is terrible. Its makes everything seem so straight forward and it really doesnt add any creativity to the film what so ever. Thanks to a terrible straight forward script - It brought the entire film down quite a bit.

However despite all this - Andy Serkis is amazing in this film. He truely brings the role of Caesar to life and should be at least nominated for a golden globe (which he wasnt) and an academy award for his performance. Also the action sequences and the interaction between all the apes,chimps, and so on and so forth is good as well. It was well worth the watch.