Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Oh man was I excited to see this. After seeing that hilariously bad movie by Mark Wahlberg, I was interested to see how this would tie in with that story, or the original. And I'm gonna say, I wasn't disappointed.

Synopsis: You follow the story of an ape named Caesar who has inherited human level intelligence from his genetically modified mother. Will Rodman (James Franco) is a scientist who harbored the ape, as a result of his own medicine testing. The ape is imprisoned as the result of a court order ( He was defending Will Rodman's father). From then on you begin to see how the ape plans to escape, and what he wants to do with his freedom.

Review: I mainly came to see this movie to see if James Franco could rescue this dying series after Mark Wahlberg stabbed it in the back. I was not disappointed. He really made the audience sympathize with him. But, the person I was most impressed with was the director, Rupert Wyatt. This was only his second film he directed, and the first major Hollywood picture. As I watched the movie, I realized that although the apes were portrayed as evil in the previous movies, Mr. Wyatt provides a fresh insight to the series, and the audience begins to question who they should really root for. I was most surprised by how well he ended the film, with just enough vagueness to make the viewer think. It was a great film, well worth seeing. 22/25