I was a fan of the original movies from the 70s seeing them in rerun on TV and was excited when the Burton film was coming out. But after watching a bunch of actors in monkey makeup with a mouth full of fake teeth (they all sounded like they were talking with marbles in their mouths) it didn't seem that far off from the original movies on a technological basis and the story was only so so.
The new movie has some of the best digital apes I've seen since the new King Kong and best of all the it has a plausible story, you understand why the apes walk up right and talk and how they could take over the world. Just like you felt sad for Kong you become emotionally invested in the Apes. The movie never felt slow and James Franco does a good job as the scientist (not like Denise Richards in The World is Not Enough).
Being that this movie cost $93 million to make and is looking like a $50+ million weekend I will be looking forward to a sequel.
4.5 stars out of 5
2 comments:
Yeah, Denise Richards didn't come across as very 'sciency'!
Have you seen "Limitless" - if you have I would like to read your review.
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