
I finally had the chance this weekend to catch up on this movie. I've heard rave reviews for it from the media and some of my close friends who saw it before I did. I would have to say this movie did the Planet of the Apes' franchise really well. The main character Caesar(yes! Caesar the CGI monkey) really did steal the show in this movie. It was the first time in a long time since I've actually cared to watch a movie with a non-talking main character. Wall-E was the last character to do that for me. James Franco, who played Will, also did a superb job, but the story really fades away from him towards the end and it soon just focuses on Caesar. A lot of people said James Franco didn't really have a lot of screen time in this movie, but I felt he had just enough to make the story work plus the fans want to see the apes or else it'd be called "Rise of the Planet of the Men". In the end, I thoroughly enjoyed the movies and I would recommend it even casual fans and not just fans of the franchise. It was a much more enjoyable movie than the "Planet of the Apes" movie that released in 2001 that featured Mark Walhberg.
Overall 8/10