Very well done, even for a die hard original POTA watcher...

Rating: 9/10 (23 December 2011)

I watched all the original POTA movies when they came out, so you can imagine I wasn't exactly confident I would enjoy this reboot. I was surprised at how taken I was with this movie. It felt every bit as new and exciting as the original.
If you remember Escape from The Planet of the Apes, you'll appreciate how difficult it is to accept a completely different origin for Caesar. No space ship, no intelligent ape parents from the future, no Carnival Owner a.k.a step father; ROTPOTA has a totally new concept/theme to account for the prelude of Apes taking over the Earth. With the recent garbage truck full of poorly thought out and executed reboots, this one grabs the imagination right away, with excellent writing and direction. Sure, there are a few seemingly meaningless nods to the original through some inappropriate dialog "borrowed" from the originals, but essentially you can allow them as momentary lapses in judgment. Get past those and the movie stands well on it's own dialog and acting/CGI merging. The final scene is particularly moving and pretty well timed. No, not gonna tell you about that, heh heh...this is by far the best reboot in 30 years!