Huge Disappointment! Lame Story?

Rating: 2/10 (1 July 2014)

Big fan of the original three movies, especially the first two. Refused to see the Burton remake and hesitated to see this one. A friend said it was very good. Read IMDb reviews and was impressed. Saw the film.
Ugh! Really? Half the movie is still developing plot. Slow and boring. The fact is the plot of an intelligent chimp through drugs (a monkey version of the film Limitless) could have taken 30 mins at most.
The CGI apes were bad as well. The original movie looked WAY better! The only good thing was the facial gestures of the monkeys, especially Caesar, but they looked too human in that regard. Very disappointing. Monkeys flying and swinging was so computerized and for this to be accepted it tells me a new generation of young movie goers accept this dribble. That is regression in my book! When in doubt, add eye candy to keep the male viewers attention w/Will's g/f. The lead acting was terrible, especially David Oyelowo as Jacobs. Franco needs to slow down and focus on one project at a time. He seems half present as the story rolls on. Brian Cox and John Lithgow were miscast.
One of the worst scenes that told me the director was a goof had to be the stolen classic line from the original...it was so bad and comical the only reaction was insult. This would be poor in a local community play, but a major motion picture?
Bad movie overall. If movies like Avatar and Rise are good, then my movie enjoyment will decrease with this type of genre.