It was always going to be slightly laughable but in an interesting shift in the production Wyatt has decided to go the CGI route for the apes as opposed to the traditional “man in a monkey suit” style of its predecessors.
I’m normally one to champion the old school methods (we all know puppet Yoda was waaaaaay better than his CGI counterpart) so I was slightly wary of how realistic these primates were going to look. But my Gawd, were they good. It helped lend a certain realism to the film that it's older relatives have been found lacking in. Although the audience did erupt in laughter when an ape began talking, it took away the cringe factor of the older films.
The primates aside the story is quite good, enough to keep you entertained for its running time. Little touches like the mention of a lost mission to mars help tie in the original and are subtly done. Franco is easy on the eyes too, if not a little wasted here. Oh and who was the casting director for this movie? Franco as a scientist? Really? Something I would never have put together, sure I know he went to Harvard or Yale or somewhere and he even wrote that knock off Catcher in the Rye book but seriously, a scientist?? His stoner voice and dopy eyes did not lend well to the role. Screw not believing apes were about to take over the world what about Franco being a scientist?
Okay so rant over. This film is entertaining, an enjoyable watch that answers all the curious questions we had about this “Planet of the Apes” origins. Tim Burton take note, this is how to pull it off.
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