The best of this year by far.

Rating: 9/10 (7 August 2011)

Have you ever been surprised by a movie? Ever saw a movie trailer and then thought over that, "hmmm, this will be something good to watch", or "just another summer cash cow movie". Well this is aimed towards both. I went to the cinema with normal expectations for this movie, to watch apes take over the world. But instead, I got presented by a story, which is well crafted around the characters and especially the apes. There were scenes that were spectacularly done and performed. James Franco did look out his normal best at times, but then again, hey, this ain't a movie around him, but this is a movie where the apes takes the center stage or at least AN ape named, Caesar. The movie opens with a very heart wrenching capture of the chimps and from there is straight on jumps on its wheels and never slows down in its momentum. It doesn't go fast at any point, everything in place was well put. I would be wrong If I say that "after watching this movie", but I would even put, "while watching this movie", I started to realize the surprise factor it packs. It's not A surprise that you should be waiting to look for, the movie as a whole is a surprise packed for you to watch. We all know that this movie is a reboot or a reboot. At least that's a perception you will get upon watching the trailer. But not, (I'm not giving out a spoiler up next), it's a connector bridging the gap between the incidents, where Charlton Hesston/Mark Wahlberg left for their space expedition, then got trapped in the whole space storm, and came to the Planet of the Apes. Yes this movie shows what happened then. There are even two big clues in the movie for you to grasp on to. Yes two. One of which is during the credits. So there you are, the story is right in its place where it should be. Over all the acting was good, based on the characters given, they performed well. The main focus should be on the chimp's expressions and acting delivery, because there are CGI chimps and not real ones, yeah some scenes might have some real chimps shown, but it's mainly a CGI enriched movie. Andy Serkis stands out, even in a motion capture version, he stands out. There is this one scene in the movie, which will indeed grab you. It deserves to be in the best movie moments. So all in all Rise of the Planet of the Apes is one of the best origin movies ever to hit. The ape intelligence shown and the story momentum are really good and it's all well placed. So do go to your local cinema and check this movie out, for it will not disappoint you!