Wow, I was surprised...

Rating: 9/10 (12 July 2012)

Before I give my explanation why it was a 9, let me first say that I have not seen the original Planet of the Apes. I never really thought about seeing it, it always looked dumb to me, because back then, technology was awful, so there were just men in monkey masks talking.
Anyway, this movie really caught me off guard.
I knew I wanted to see it, when I saw trailers for it, I thought "Hmm... that could be decent, maybe I'll see it."
So then it came out on DVD. I rented it, and I watched it, expecting it to be a good film, maybe worth a 7/10.
WOW, I was wrong. This movie wasn't INCREDIBLE, but it was very well done. If they did a Planet of the Apes remake to sequel this movie, I would watch it, no doubt.
Everything about this movie was very good, even the music. The music was rather intense to say the least. Anyway, James Franco did a good job as usual, (see Spider-Man 1-3, Pineapple Express, 127 Hours, etc.)
I thought the concept of a chimp raised in a house with humans, then brought to an abusive shelter, then eventually leading other chimps to revenge was great. I'm not sure why, but I loved it.
I'm not sure that there could have been another way to make this movie as good as it was without using that specific concept. It was great.
Then in the credits, you think, wait, so how do they take over the WORLD? Well, they show you with a visual in the credits that has the 1 infected human taking a flight to Europe, and the disease spreads, which will wipe out humans, leaving chimps to rule.
Very good movie, 9/10.