And yes the rumours are true – The Rise of the Planet of the Apes has nothing to do with The Planet of the Apes starring Mark Wahlberg which released in 2001 OR for that matter the Charlton Heston version 33 years before its remake. This one works the other way round actually. The previous two spoke about how the lead cast find themselves in a planet where the Apes are way ahead in terms of civilization and how homo sapiens sapiens come to terms with the existence of such a race. However, this one is far more normal to begin with but over the course of the movie kind of morphs itself into yet another one of those sci fi movies which you take at face value and assume that it is possible. Don’t watch TROTPOTA (that acronym itself is so long one would forget the movie before it starts) unless you would go to the movies to watch something totally real (which would make you someone who doesn’t like James Bond).
Will Rodman (James Franco) is a scientist who is working on a cure for Alzhiemers through Genetic Engineering. He has been working on it for quite a while (I could have been fooled considering that he hasn’t aged one bit in his job – would have started quite early in life). He works for an organization called Gen Sys and he boss, Steven Jacobs (David Oyelowo) like any average business man is clear that he is willing to invest more money in the project provided there is some progress. Will thinks that they has been a lot of progress made thanks to a chimp which the project fondly calls Bright Eyes shows loads of improvement. However, hell breaks lose for no apparent reason and Bright Eyes goes on a Gen Sys destruction spree only to lose her life. Jacobs orders all the other chimps to be put down. However, Bright Eyes has left a baby just before she died. Turns out she was only trying to be protective. But she has passed on the strain to Ceaser.
One would find it quite obvious that loads of scenes in the movie have actually used the “green screen” or in other words appear pasted. It is quite surprising in this day and age considering the extent of technology that we have access to. And then there is James Franco who continues to be just about average. I am totally convinced that Franco got his nomination for 127 Hours purely on sympathy. I mean he is good alright but doesn’t seem to get under the skin of his character like a lot of actors from his age do like Leo DiCaprio if I were to name one. Freida Pinto is just part of the furniture and nothing more. The movie pretty much belongs to Ceaser and no one else – in terms of focus that is. The transition from just average intelligence to one that yearns to lead a pack of apes and does it successfully is shown quite well. One of the few good things about TROTPOTA. Not too great or too bad actually. 5 on 10 is what I would give it. The hall was full however, so I guess the world would beg to differ.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1615502617/
Will Rodman (James Franco) is a scientist who is working on a cure for Alzhiemers through Genetic Engineering. He has been working on it for quite a while (I could have been fooled considering that he hasn’t aged one bit in his job – would have started quite early in life). He works for an organization called Gen Sys and he boss, Steven Jacobs (David Oyelowo) like any average business man is clear that he is willing to invest more money in the project provided there is some progress. Will thinks that they has been a lot of progress made thanks to a chimp which the project fondly calls Bright Eyes shows loads of improvement. However, hell breaks lose for no apparent reason and Bright Eyes goes on a Gen Sys destruction spree only to lose her life. Jacobs orders all the other chimps to be put down. However, Bright Eyes has left a baby just before she died. Turns out she was only trying to be protective. But she has passed on the strain to Ceaser.
One would find it quite obvious that loads of scenes in the movie have actually used the “green screen” or in other words appear pasted. It is quite surprising in this day and age considering the extent of technology that we have access to. And then there is James Franco who continues to be just about average. I am totally convinced that Franco got his nomination for 127 Hours purely on sympathy. I mean he is good alright but doesn’t seem to get under the skin of his character like a lot of actors from his age do like Leo DiCaprio if I were to name one. Freida Pinto is just part of the furniture and nothing more. The movie pretty much belongs to Ceaser and no one else – in terms of focus that is. The transition from just average intelligence to one that yearns to lead a pack of apes and does it successfully is shown quite well. One of the few good things about TROTPOTA. Not too great or too bad actually. 5 on 10 is what I would give it. The hall was full however, so I guess the world would beg to differ.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1615502617/
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