Ah yeah, the chimps will rise. I have to say wow going into this didn't expect much, especially after Tim Burton's last edition to this franchise. Rise of the Planet of the Apes is best film in this franchise since the original 1968 film with Charlton Heston. Its maybe the best film of the year.
The movie is about scientist played by James Franco who is trying to find the cure for Alzheimer's, because his dad (John Lithgow) is suffering from it. By doing this he has to test on apes. Caesar(who is incredibly intelligent because of the testing) a baby chimp of one of the ape subjects is born into this lab and Franco takes him in. His character and Caesar form a an emotional like a father and son. However Caesar screws up and gets locked into to a chimp shelter. Only this is no haven. Caesar sees the cruelty of how people treat animals, and says no more. Now the monkey revolution is on now.
The CGI motion capture performance by Andy Serkis as Caesar is incredible. For those who say it is not acting let me say ya'll are idiots. Those emotions come straight from him. I still think Andy Serkis should be nominated for an Oscar for Gollum and I think he should be nomiated here. He is that incredible. Not only Andy Serkis is great the people doing the CGI should get nominated too.
Most of the performance are good James Franco, John Lithgow, and Freida Pinto do a good job. Some of the side supporting human characters are kind one dimensional, but since that is all they are meant to do is advance the plot I'm okay with that because the film is not about them. Rupert Wyatt, who I never heard of till now does a good job with the action, and has a good since of pace with the editing, cinematography, sound, and music. I strongly recommend this movie. Rating = 94%
