[charsace]

Shame Serkis probably won't get an real Oscar consideration, yet Sandra Bullock can pretend to have a shitty southern accent and voters eat it up.

I thought it was the best performance this year.

[Yoshichan]

Saw it two days ago... it was surprisingly amazing.

[Evolved1]

The thing about this movie...

Apes not being able to talk has nothing to do with their intelligence. You could have an ape 10x smarter than a human and it still wouldn't be able to talk.

Communicate, sure. Writing and all that. But talk? Nope, never.

[BananaBomb]

fucking worst movie i have seen in years

[crazy monkey]

Rise of the planet of the apes

[Hero_of_the_Day]

The thing about this movie... Apes not being able to talk has nothing to do with their intelligence. You could have an ape 10x smarter than a human and it still wouldn't be able to talk. Communicate, sure. Writing and all that. But talk? Nope, never.

Movie ruined.

[bangladesh]

Pretty forgettable. OG POTA is where it's AT.

Still can't get over the title.

[JdFoX187]

Pretty forgettable. OG POTA is where it's AT. Still can't get over the title.

What's wrong with the title? It's not like there isn't precedence. Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest for the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes. The whole series is known for extremely long titles.

I recently saw the film myself and posted about it in the recent movies thread. I didn't know about the stuff after the credits with the virus, which was interesting and goes a long way to explaining what will inevitably happen. I'm glad they avoided the pitfalls of this specific small group completely taking over the whole planet, like some of the trailers lead me to believe. Serisk, whom I'm not really a fan of otherwise, did an excellent job. His role as Caesar was just awesome. Really glad to see a successful reboot, both financially and critically, of this series. And I say that as someone that liked Tim Burton's remake.

[Max Armstrong]

I thought it was really bad.

[_Isaac]

I thought it was really good.

[FStop7]

Does the original "remake" Planet of the Apes (2001) compare at all?

NOOOOOOOOOOO

The 2001 remake is the worst major release movie I have ever seen.

I -really- liked Rise.

The thing about this movie... Apes not being able to talk has nothing to do with their intelligence. You could have an ape 10x smarter than a human and it still wouldn't be able to talk. Communicate, sure. Writing and all that. But talk? Nope, never.

I was actually thinking about that the other day. I figure "gene therapy" is the new catch all Hollywood way to explain the rapid development of muscles and vocal chords and everything else needed for a primate to speak like a human. I'll accept that.

[planar1280]

prob the best movie of the year for me personally


this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wjw94XUf94

is better than 95% of movies released this year alone

[_Isaac]

prob the best movie of the year for me personally this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wjw94XUf94 is better than 95% of movies released this year alone

That's not a scene. That's a song.

[planar1280]

That's not a scene. That's a song.

its a scene if you have seen the movie

[_Isaac]

its a scene if you have seen the movie

I've seen the movie, and I think it's still a song.

[The Outsider]

Title is such a mouthful. Avoid 2001. It doesn't make any sense, really.

[gdt]

I was pretty shocked when reviews and impressions started coming in, and saying the movie was actually really good.

Pretty much loved it. The movie has a lot of heart to it, which is what makes it so good. Watched it again recently with my younger brother and sister, and they loved it too.

[Vyer]

Surprisingly strong movie. Very enjoyable.

[Van Owen]

Just watching the apes tear shit up was entertaining.

[Khalifa Jayy]

Glad to see I was not the only one to enjoy the film. The girl I'm talking to right now wants to watch it now, so I guess I'll see it again within the next few weeks.

[SonicMegaDrive]

The Tim Burton film bears the distinction of being the only DVD I have ever gotten rid of from my collection.

'Rise', however, was good fun. I'll probably watch it again sometime soon.

[Submarino Conversível]

Worked out for Harry Potter. Rowling wanted Rickman, she got her other two actors that she wanted (Robbie Coltraine and Maggie Smith), but the role was offered to Roth first.

I agree, Rickman's Snape is fantastic, one of the best things about the movies.

[FStop7]

Think it's hilarious that he turned down the role of Severus Snape in Harry Potter to be in that POS.

Wow, I can't imagine anyone but Alan Rickman playing Snape.

Kind of like Obi Wan Kenobi. It was originally supposed to go to Walter Matthau and not Alec Guinness.

[Yousefb]

Just saw this movie on demand a few days ago as well, was pleasantly surprised with it. I don't know why but from all trailers and promo I just wasn't interested in watching it at all. But my friend convinced me to see it the other day and I'm glad I took his advice. Good good stuff!

I hope the sequel has this in it :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMnG3gOqigE

[DMczaf]

Shame Serkis probably won't get an real Oscar consideration, yet Sandra Bullock can pretend to have a shitty southern accent and voters eat it up.

Only one man will be able to get the voters to buy into mocap actors.

Someone get Bale a jumpsuit with balls on them.

[GK86]

Great movie. One of my favorites from this year. The cgi was insane and well done. I need to pick up the blu ray copy soon.

[jiji]

Great big meh. It was fast and loud like a trailer, all the way through, and indulged in all of Hollywood's worst misguided-science tendencies. It was a B movie that tried to be taken seriously.

I have a really hard time accepting CG actors. Their animation always looks just a bit too smooth and full of flourishes. Caesar inhabited this weird, stylized, overly-fluid man-chimp space that made him look like he should have been in a fully-CG movie (which, to be honest, Rise is at times). I would rather have seen Tim Roth in a rubber suit.

But funnily enough, my favorite character in the movie was the orangutan, because he was the only character played with any subtlety or reserve.

[johnFkennedy]

Do they explain how there are enough apes to overthrow the entire human population?

[titiklabingapat]

Do they explain how there are enough apes to overthrow the entire human population?

The virus that was used to deliver the genome sequence that gave the apes their intellect is also highly lethal and very contagious to humans.

[johnFkennedy]

The virus that was used to deliver the genome sequence that gave the apes their intellect is also highly lethal and very contagious to humans.

Haha. How convenient!

[Spire]

My favorite part was Freida Pinto's character. She literally has maybe 20 minutes of screen time but only a dozen lines. She does absolutely nothing, I think they have her distract some cops so the big heroic man can save the day at one point simply to justify her even being in the movie. I know the studio probably demanded they put a female character in there, but I've never seen a film so clearly not give a shit about a character that's on screen that much.

[this guy]

James Franco felt to wooden in this to me. All I remember when I think back on this film is, "CAESAR! SHE-SHER!"

[_Isaac]

My favorite part was Freida Pinto's character. She literally has maybe 20 minutes of screen time but only a dozen lines. She does absolutely nothing, I think they have her distract some cops so the big heroic man can save the day at one point simply to justify her even being in the movie. I know the studio probably demanded they put a female character in there, but I've never seen a film so clearly not give a shit about a character that's on screen that much.

All this is true, so why is that your favorite part?

[Spire]

All this is true, so why is that your favorite part?

It made me laugh. I didn't care that much for the movie.

[McNei1y]

It made me laugh. I didn't care that much for the movie.

That was absolutely horrible. Such an obvious "who gives a shit" character. I don't even know if they were married or remember her name or how she felt about anything.

Aside from that it was a decent movie. Ill probably watch the sequel.

[Truant]

I liked the part that felt like a prison escape thriller. That was really well done. I guess it was a big part of the film, but everything before and after that was kinda boring.

[planar1280]

I've seen the movie, and I think it's still a song.

"music" from the scene. it covers the entire scene. I cannot post the vid of the video scene because its not on youtube (copyright)

[McLovin]

It's like the last two hulk movies. The first one was a pile of shit, second one was alright.

[JdFoX187]

Haha. How convenient!

No more convenient than World War III happening right after an ape revolt in San Francisco, paving the way for the intelligent apes to take over the whole planet.

[Vibri]

An excellent, 8/10 film movie, that had a couple of amazing mind-fuck moments that were amongst the best in recent years.

[Speedymanic]

The virus that was used to deliver the genome sequence that gave the apes their intellect is also highly lethal and very contagious to humans.

That isn't actually confirmed beyond a couple of cases. I can see it being something that kills a large swath of the population but also serves to dumb down people it doesn't kill.

I also think there will a very small minority who aren't affected by the virus at all, they will be the ones to initiate a nuke attack as some last ditch attempt to destroy the planet rather than it fall into the hands of the apes.

That leads into the original trilogy quite comfortably.

[&Divius]

Finish the movie.

Fucking this.

Also how can you be LTTP when it's a 2011 movie?

[Evolved1]

That isn't actually confirmed beyond a couple of cases. I can see it being something that kills a large swath of the population but also serves to dumb down people it doesn't kill. I also think there will a very small minority who aren't affected by the virus at all, they will be the ones to initiate a nuke attack as some last ditch attempt to destroy the planet rather than it fall into the hands of the apes. That leads into the original trilogy quite comfortably.

Um... iirc wasn't it confirmed at the very end of the movie, right before/during the credit roll?

[RedSwirl]

The thing about this movie... Apes not being able to talk has nothing to do with their intelligence. You could have an ape 10x smarter than a human and it still wouldn't be able to talk. Communicate, sure. Writing and all that. But talk? Nope, never.

I don't think the movie disputed this at all. When James Franco's character is talking to Ceaser it's implied that Ceaser can understand him perfectly, but is simply forced to use sign language.

[Cheech]

This was a fantastic movie. I was thrilled it's on sale for $15 on Blu this week. It's the only movie release this year I knew I was gonna buy as soon as I left the theater.

[Evolved1]

I don't think the movie disputed this at all. When James Franco's character is talking to Ceaser it's implied that Ceaser can understand him perfectly, but is simply forced to use sign language.

Until the end when he... you know... talks. ;)

[Kimosabae]

Literally just finished watching this. I don't get the appreciation for it. I'm mean, I get it, but... I don't get it.

Could have sworn the CG in King Kong was light years beyond this. Ceasar, while impressive in his own right, didn't mesh with his surroundings at all, and almost always looked CG outside dimly lit scenes. I don't buy Franco as a cutting biochemist. The female lead is one of the most beautiful... things... I've ever seen, but utterly useless. The disposal of humans in the battle scenes was hokey - I'm going to throw you to the ground and pound on your chest: you will die from this.

Overall, the plot accelerates too fast, and never really explores any of the minutia that could make a story like this compelling. That might be because I just finished watching the Rings trilogy tho'.

[shira]

This movie was okay until the apes started getting out. I think there must have been 20 panes of glass shattered by monkeys. It is a great effect, but c'mon they were busting out of windows like no tomorrow.

[The Lamonster]

They showed me this entire fucking movie when I saw the trailer so I will never be watching the full version.

[Khalifa Jayy]

They showed me this entire fucking movie when I saw the trailer so I will never be watching the full version.

But it's a pretty good flick! Just watch it and never revisit it, if you wish...