Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Anybody else had the opportunity to catch this?

Saw it yesterday evening and came away pleasantly surprised - a lot better than I thought it'd be!

Much better than the 2001 remake, and while I'm not sure it's technically a prequel to the 1968 original, I thought it worked well as an origin story.

Also worth giving the special effects a mention. I'm not particularly keen on CGI, but the motion-capture effects in this movie were at times truly outstanding.

Worth a watch if you enjoy the apes mythology. I particularly enjoyed the homages to the Heston films. Might not be for everyone though - my sister-in-law found it very slow to get going.

Its a remake of the 4th film in the original film:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conques...et_of_the_Apes

I'd heard the trailer pretty much gives the entire plot of the film away. Personally, the apes faces just look "wrong" - in an uncanny valley sort of way.

I've not seen the film yet so, perhaps, I'm incorrectly prejudging it?

i thought that that the movie was pretty good, i would give it 8/10

I watched in the Cinema a few weeks ago, I quite liked it. One of the better films I've seen recently at the Cinema.

Superb movie, yes very fine enjoyment.

Got to say i enjoyed this film, ending was a bit meh though...

I personally wasnt that impressed with the movie. I wasnt convinced with the story i guess. Althought that may be because I havent watched the orignal movie(s), thought I wouldnt call the movie a waste of money.

I liked it more then i thought i would... having seen all the orignals i would still recommend to watch this.

I also really enjoyed it - I have the original 5 film box set, might give them a re-watch.
On a related note, I always really liked (for it's time) the make-up etc of the Apes faces, until last year when I was fortunate to attend a presentation & discussion of 2001 Space Odyssey, and learnt that Apes stole from Kubrick!

I really really liked it. Took me by surprise to be honest.
Though the ape speaking was cheesy in a way.... but there was no way of it not being lol

Did enjoy this film but expected it to go on longer.

Saw it on Saturday and would say its worth a watch, i too thought it would'nt be upto much.

Thanks for the reviews, I've been umming and arring about watching it so I think I'll give it a go :)

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Originally Posted by ray168

I liked it more then i thought i would... having seen all the orignals i would still recommend to watch this.

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Agreed , im not a fan of cg i but it stole the show , best Ive ever seen for an onscreen character imo and probably the best film ive seen released since Benjamin Button , truly an 8 / 10 .

melon

aye, me n her enjoyed it too, cgi was quite subtle, as it is on most new films, a few cheesy moments but not enuff to spoil it.

9/10