The best one of the "planet of the apes" saga !

Rating: 9/10 (23 July 2012)

The first book I read in my life was "The Planet of the apes" from Pierre Boule. I saw all movies about "planet of the apes". I really liked only the first one, despite the fact it doesn't respect the novel (the end is totally different in the novel, you should read it).
And even the last try by Tim Burton disappointed me, So I was waiting for the worst with this one...
Happy surprise ! It is a great movie, totally different of all the other "planet of the apes". At last, we're talking about APES and not "apes talking like human, walking (almost) like human, wearing clothes like human"... and THIS is the very spirit of the original novel. I saw finally what I've imagined when I was a kid reading this novel.
Of course, the story is far from the novel and referred in fact to "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" (1972) but with a much more credible story. In the 1972 plot, all humankind use apes as slaves. So dumb ! Who wants a monkey slave ? Not me. This plot is far from us... But here, in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", we have scientists making research to find a cure against a brain disease. This is our reality. And the apes are the same apes we all know. So the story begins slowly in our reality. Wyatt waits to give credibility to the plot before entering the subject. It's appreciable instead these blockbusters which love to start with a big action scene before we are ready to believe what they show us.
The choice to use CGI instead of actors with make-up is a also a good choice. It allows fine shades in the expressions and more emotion. (And of course allows grand action scenes).
In brief, this is really a good movie and I can't wait to see the announced "Dawn of the planet of the apes" by the same director Ruppert Wyatt, and who knows, one day, a real adaptation of the Pierre Boule's novel.
PS : Nevertheless, the best music score for the "planet of the apes" saga remains the Jerry Goldsmith masterwork. Too bad there isn't one little reminder here... that's why I don't give a ten.