CGI monkeys and nothing else, a very overrated waste of time

Rating: Null/10 (7 August 2011)

Anyone who tells you this is a great movie is just trying to get someone else to drop money on this middle of the road flick. Everyone who has been waiting so patiently for this movie has run out and seen it, even if people say it is average and "kind of dull." Most will see the movie because of the name recognition of the old movies we fondly remember even though the final effort is a movie that can barely stand on its own. It seem some will go and see it whether it is average or not – it definitely has them by the wallet. Still, those praising it must love CGI monkeys and nothing else. Give them a monkey with shifty eyes and they're happy all day long. The rest of us want more when we pay to see a film. We want a coherent plot that doesn't try to preach and one that we can invest in emotionally. Rise of the Apes does NOT do that and that's the real problem when there's no action to cover for the bad writing.