zero imagination, sell out effort, Franco dials it in, CGI

Rating: Null/10 (9 August 2011)

I didn't walk out, but it was close, a fetid, movie-by-committee effort, no verve or real excitement. Not sure where to start.....hmm, the set-up was too long, almost every character was a predictable stereotype, the script was sodden. Further, the characters acted in nonsensical ways, for example, Franco became the father of Caesar, but essentially gave up Caesar to animal control with nary a shrug and his efforts to free him were minimal or simply silly. Further, the primate center was some kind of weird prison lock-up nightmare that has NO chance of actually existing in this day and age. In general, it seemed liked one crappy scene after another. And of course, there were references or actual film clips of the original "Planet of the Apes" which was super cool, exciting, unexpected and thought provoking, at least compared to this waste of money. And again, references to a movie that has events that are suppose to occur in the future, just to generate cheap reference knowing glances/chuckles really sucked