The 'Must See' Movie of 2011!

Rating: 10/10 (18 August 2011)

As a fan of the original films although not really keen on the Mark Whalburg adaption, i went in with scepticism based on how believable the movie could be when only CGI apes were used instead of the incredible makeup used in the originals. Well my scepticism was unfounded and i was blown away!
This is actually a prequel to the original covering the story about how the apes came to be the 'human' intelligent creatures they are. I have to say that i was gripped from the moment it started and the movie is a roller coaster of emotions. When Caesar first speaks the word "NO" the entire theatre (which was packed solid) gasped with unexpected shock and then when (not giving too much away), he speaks his last words at the end i think the entire theatre cried!
The acting is amazing considering the emotion the actors had to portray for something they couldn't actually see (they possibly had to act with a doll or something before the CGI was put in), the story itself and not to mention the incredible CGI array of different chimpanzee's, gorilla's etc which looked very real!
My partner and i make use of Orange Wednesday's 2-4-1 ticket deal every week so we see a lot of movies but for me, my partner and the friends we went with were all in agreement that this is THE movie of the year and i don't think i've ever rated a movie 10 before!
I implore you - If you are going to see any movie over the next month PLEASE go and see this. I promise you won't be disappointed!!