Rupert Wyatt is the new Spielberg

Rating: 7/10 (23 August 2011)

Believe this. Rupert Wyatt is the new Spielberg.
The climactic action scene on the bridge is brilliantly filmed. Everyone says that this film real star is Andy Serkis, but I digress. It is Ruper Wyatt who takes a tired, ridiculous and far-fetched premise and makes it work to full extent.
The fact that Ceaser is able to connect so well to the audience is thanks to the way Rupert handles the story, giving it such a weight to the more intimate scenes. And even if the cgi is not always credible, the story takes its time to create a real character out of it, that by the end of the film you'll find yourself at the edge of your seat. And the fact that we are talking about a film with cgi apes, that is all even more commendable, if we take into account, that all the other summer blockbusters failed to create truly engaging stories and characters.
This film brings the kind of excitement and heart Steven Spielberg used to brings us with his films.
On a final note, the film's biggest flaw is Tom Felton's character who in two very awkward scenes says two lines spoken by Charlton Heston in the original.