See this film now, not now, yesterday, go back to yesterday, see this film and then get back to me

Rating: Null/10 (16 September 2011)

Another one of those films where the title isn't worth the movie, so I'll just call it Rise of the Apes. Anyways, Rise of the Apes is a film that shouldn't work, a prequel to a franchise which was shot dead by a shoddy Tim Burton production which doesn't stick close to the source material yet constantly references it. But somehow, Mr. Wyatt makes an egg and chili chutney sandwich; nearly all the wrong ingredients put together makes something so very right. Andy Serkis, soon to take over the world once again as captain haddock in the highly anticipated Tintin movie, is the shining star of this film, his performance as Caesar is perfect, and along with other actors in mo-cap suits, they most certainly outshine all others, making you sometimes want to see apes when all you get is James Franco with his beady eyes and daddy issues and Tom Felton moving from stuck up prat with Pansy British accent to abusive zoo-keeper prat with stereotypical American accent, but these are minor points, and won't ruin the film so much, and the father son relationship between Franco and Caesar is a decent centrepiece for the film to be based around. With fantastic set pieces, brilliant acting, more real sympathy being found in these apes than in any big blue cat people and the best use of the classic line of the franchise since it's origin from Mr. Heston all those years ago, Apes will rise, and then perform sign language.