Hello there. I love monkeys. I love monkeys in film. But these
days after watching how cruel is it to have real monkeys and apes in films the
next best thing is a film like this. Where you wouldn’t know they weren’t real
monkeys and apes unless told.
Back in the original films you, of course, could tell it was
a guy in excellent make up monkeying around. But these days the audience is
smarter and wants CGI for their bucks. Stunning
apes they are too. Thankfully this film rises from the ashes of the mess Tim
Burton made of the franchise.
Andy Serkis, the mo-cap king, is amazing as the lead ape
Caesar. His movement and matters make you believe that is a creature born and raised
as an ape. It is the type of amazing performance that makes you hate award
voters during the award season as they pass on voting for what is one of the
strongest performances any actor can give.
James Franco is also
good. Sometimes James is lazy, thinking he can get away with just playing James
Franco (and I don’t just mean as in the overlong, over indulgent This Is The
End) but here he plays a well rounded character looking for a cure after a
personal family tragedy.
With the sequel here so soon it’s time to revisit this great
film or watch it for the first time in preparation for the films to come. Come they
will, long live the king of the monkey films.
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