The trailer for this movie looked intriguing; CGI and motion special effects would probably give this franchise a fresh reboot. I was wrong. This is an origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy.
James Franco walks through his role scientist Will Rodman (I still don’t know why he was nominated for 127 Minutes). All of the other performances are mailed in except for the lead ape Caeser (whose emotions were brought to life brilliantly by Andy Serkis). The chemistry between Freda Pinto and Franco is forced and her character is not fully developed so you really don’t care if she ends up with Franco.
The original Planet of the Apes series had humans wearing ape suits yet it had many surprises and it freaked me out. For a summer movie I expected more. There is no adrenaline rush and the apes are not scary, in fact I laughed at scenes where I should have been frightened. There are no surprises due to zero depth in storytelling.
Of all the movies that can possibly be re-booted......why reboot another movie that's already been re-booted? Especially after the horrible reboot with Marky Mark Wahlberg, why did they decide to revisit the Apes again??
Verdict:
I am one of the few critics that didn’t care much for this movie. The first Planet of The Apes movie is still the best. Even the 2nd one was better than this. For those of you who have seen it and contributed to the big box office debut, would you pay to see it again?
1 comment:
I agree. I was very disappointed and napped during the last 40 minutes.
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