a one time watch

Rating: Null/10 (11 November 2011)

I haven't seen the original planet of the apes. So I was looking forward to this movie despite some bad reviews. And I DID like it . It wasn't superb but it was fine. The effects were amazing . I have always liked James Franco and he didn't disappoint me in this movie either (but am i the only one who feels he looks a bit funny now?) Freida Pinto , well , got about 4-5 dialogues in the movie which was good considering the fact that I find her irritating . Coming to the STORY, it was a bit predictable except the fact that the chimps didn't really want to hurt the humans but just wanted to be set free (as I mentioned, I haven't seen the previous one,so I don't know if it was exactly the same before) Amazing to see how Caesar actually stopped a couple of them from killing people. The relationship between James Franco and his father was beautiful. There were so many scenes in the movie where I was actually scared of those animals. haha! The end was nice too.No emotional drama. SIMPLE. Oh and the portion showing the beginning of a viral epidemic was well, just okay!! What I didn't like and understand was this one particular scene where Tom Felton (Dodge Landon,right before he was killed) goes in to shove Caesar back into his cage and gets attacked and the other guy (even though aiming his gun at Caesar) doesn't shoot???? I mean he has done this many times. Just because the chimp shouted NOOO ? but of course, had he shot at him at that moment, the rest of the movie wouldn't have taken shape.
Anyways nice movie, one time watch !!