Not a time-waster at All!

Rating: 6/10 (15 October 2011)

It was really entertaining and I consider it the best Planet of the Apes movie so far, but I can't go all excited about it as everyone seems to be! The story flows nicely but quite lamely; there is something missing about the development of events that I couldn't really spot. Caesar's transition from friendliness and meekness to anger and rebellion doesn't feel right. Maybe because the process was accelerated in some parts and intensified in others.. I don't really know! The movie again tackles the question of power, putting the master-slave paradigm to test in the hands of a highly intelligent ape who starts questioning his existence and relation to Mankind. There is some amazing performance in the movie, especially that of James Franco and John Lithgow. However, it's funny that the best performance is given by Caesar, played by Andy Serkis who managed to breathe more life into a CGI ape than any of the other cast members showed. All in all, I think Rupert Wyatt did a good job.