Rise of Planet of the Apes

I've not been to the movies since ages. Fine, maybe since Real Steel or 6 post back or since 30th Aug. Man! That's long. What's worse is I've watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2 weeks back before I'm reviewing it. A refresher with the help of wikipedia is needed.

A prequel to all the Planet of the Apes, I think. I've not watched the originals except the remake of Planets of The Ape. I'm a sucker for remake if they include better graphics. From what i've known, they didn't really pursued the Rise for the originals due to the monkey constrain. How would you create the evolution of the prime apes to highly evolved simians with technology then? I bet they'll use costume which portrays an oversized chimp.

With modern technology and visual effects, we can now envision the Rise of these simians. From a primitive ape to a highly evolved intelligent.

Andy Serkis aka Gollum, is chosen to use his physical movement and not his true self as chimpanzee, Caesar. Not too sure if that is an insult for him. If the movement is truly 100% Serkis, he is one fine ape.

Storyline and plot are quite straight forward and expected, it's a prequel!!! Actions sequence are like those you'll see in the zoo with a few runts and grunts. Overall, just another old movie with modern technological visuals.

Ratings: 4