If only the talents were as good as the CGI guys!

Rating: 3/10 (9 April 2012)

The film is lost very early on by the poor quality of script and acting. James Franco has a distinctive 'shhhhhhhh' sound at the end of his words which eventually was all I could hear! In contrast David Oyelowo's diction was so 'RADA' schooled it sounded unnatural. Generally the acting was a B movie apart from Brian Cox. The CGI was excellent and the film could have been so so much more. You lost empathy with the human race when they were all acting so poorly and the script did not ring true conviction in any shape or form. I kept going onto ebay throughout the film to try and still the boredom! I was sorry about this as I had so loved classic planet of the ape films. I feel the score rating of 7.7. is rather more than generous. This film shows how important good film directing is, with a genuine script which is well acted - kind of basic rules really I suppose!!