Smart and fun

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2011)

I saw this movie when it first was released, as I just could not get enough of it, so I went to see it again. You see, I don't usually see movies more than once. But, in this case, it felt like I just had to.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes is not necessarily a remake to the original one. This has a different vibe than before. James Franco's character tries to find a cure to Alzheimer. He does this mostly because his father is an aging alzheimer victim. So, he and his colleagues try to find the cure by testing it on apes. However, it backfires on them. The apes begin to get smarter, and smarter, and smarter.
Don't let the trailers mislead you. The trailers showed that a lot of the movie was action packed, filled with apes attacking San Francisco. However,t hat is not the case. It turns out that is only the last fifteen minutes. For the first hour and a half, we lead into how this all happened, while following the ape's leader, named Caesar.
I was in awe when I saw the effects. I can not believe how well these apes looked in this movie.In the beginning they looked more like a rough sketch of what was yet to come. It appeared as if the effects of how the apes looked got better as the movie went on. I think it was mainly through Caesar's childhood. Maybe it was because he was really small and stuff.
A very smart and fun movie, in which you can bring the whole family ages ten and older to the theater. I highly recommend this.