BrianSez's Review

Summary - Great 4.0

So the birth and rise of the great Caesar and his brood is revealed! Finally a great prequel to the famous Planet of the Apes series that the boomers grew up with! I think half the excitement was this homage to the old-school. Only few films have you rooting for the bad guys – helped along by a*hole treatment by dumb-asses – but really you are rooting for their eventual take-over and hoping the movies get re-made. Great action and desired reaction to some very angry apes swinging around town and creating havoc… preparing for the eventual putting of humans in their place and creating a great series. Hail Caesar – I’m ready for more!

Acting - Very Good 3.5

James Franco holds his own, but Caesar out does him in the end. John Lithgow in an unsettling role – but a good job. Sorry, but Frieda Pinto will be forgotten very soon. Brian Cox – great as the corrupt ape-keeper. We’ll probably see more of unknown David Oyelowo, and we should have seen more of sidekick Tyler Labine – who could be Jack Black’s double.

Film - Great 4.0

Appealing to the boomers and paying homage to their adolescent entertainment is the biggest coup. Real aficionados will pick up on the references (Caesar on a horse, the astronaut launch, glimpse of Ophelia, very angry gorillas and more) , but adding modern effects and a higher level of sci-fi underpinnings could give a revival some staying power.

Edge - Risqué 1.6

Reality - Supernatural 4.0

5 Comments

• Wick Sep 10, 2012 11:10PM

  Regarding modern marvel’s Review
  “To compliment andy serkis on his work as caesar is going to be an understatement no matter how i try; lets simply say that its a revelation and the man deserves every accolade he earned or will earn.” Here, here! Best actor in the movie.

• Wick Aug 25, 2011 8:04PM

  Regarding BigdaddyDave’s Review
  Dostoevsky. Cool.

• Wick Aug 7, 2011 10:39PM

  Regarding izzio’s Review
  “I pray the sequel won’t be called something ridiculous like Return of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” :-]

  I also liked “10 points from Slytherin.” Funny.

• Wick Aug 7, 2011 7:29PM

  Regarding BrianSez’s Review
  “Hail Caesar!” Indeed.

• Wick Aug 6, 2011 1:02AM

  Regarding jc1986’s Review
  You got the basics JC, of the Summary anyway.

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