Worthy of the title

Rating: Null/10 (6 August 2011)

Planet of the Apes has been a part of me since the seventies. I've found the themes of alienation, prejudice, conflict, and what it means to be human engaging. The first five films set the ground for the thought that something bad was gonna happen in the future. As I grew up I felt the echo again and again. I grew up in a cold war, watched the rise of HIV, saw World Trade Towers come down, and watched our global markets freeze and heave. The apes were always waiting. So Rise of the Planet of the Apes comes along. The world of man is going to fall again, and this time we are in on the ground floor right away. This film has its critics, and what film doesn't, but I suspect its a case of not really getting it. I loved the idea that we seed our own destruction because we forgot that someone else might be up for the job. Caeser is the driver of this movie, it's clear from when he comes out to the box that will ever be the same once he hits the scene. When I first saw the Apes movie I was child, then I sided with the apes because I thought they were doing a better job than my parents at running the world. Now, as a parent, I can see how the order I once thought existed is always ready to be challenged by simply wishing I can make the world a better place. Watch this movie if you grew up close to the Planet of the Apes, but want to see something with a hipper outlook. Oh yeah, we are gonna fall, but it will be cool because we were hoping for something better. Peace.