The Rise of the Planet of the Apes

I love both the original and the remake of Planet of the Apes...but this movie was AWESOME!!! It was not only beautifully directed, the acting was absolutely remarkable! This movie is for both Sci-Fi fans and non Sci-Fi fans.

The movie is basically the opposite of the Planet of the Apes and also explaining how the earth turned into Planet of the Apes. There was a guy, who was a scientist, trying to cure alzheimer, so he used this formula on chimps. Once he finds a female chimp who gets a puzzel right, he tries to show it to the board to get more funds, but the Ms. "Bright Eyed" went postal. They thought her animalistic ways kicked in but they didn't know that she had a baby and she was being protective. The scientist ended up taking the baby chimp home after all the others were put down. Then that baby chimp turned into Ceasar. The formula was pasted down into his dna and not only did he become smart, his IQ increased by double over a few years...faster than humans. Ceasar also had bright eyes, like his mother. Ceasar grew up in the attic and learning things. The scientist taught him how to sign so they could communicate. One day the neighbor was picking on the scientist's father (who has alzheimer), who accidently crashed his car (mind you he left the door opened). So Ceasar came to the rescue and ended up not only terrizing, and beating on the man, he also bit his finger off. Feeling bad, Ceasar went to the father to make sure he was ok. After that insident he was forced into animal protection where they locked him in a cage and treated him and other monkeys horribly. Ceasar started to think, and became a leader. Mission one was to show the other monkeys who's boss. Mission two conduct a plan to break out. Mission three become free. Ceasar achieves all of this and he spoke his first word "NO!".

The best part about the movie is when the fact they played into Planet of the Apes. I don't know if many people caught it, but they lost men in outter space. There for going into Plant of the Apes. The orginal movie the astronaut came back to earth after being lost and to find that monkeys ruled the world. :) Another way they played into the orignal is naming the chimp "Bright Eye" and also when Ceasar said "NO" the "gate keeper" said "Get your hands off me you dirty ape." just like in the original.

The sad part in the movie is how the guy treated Ceasar and how most of his stay at the horrible "animal jail". Not only was he attacked by another monkey who felt he was "the man" but also by the "gate keeper" who obviously felt threated by Ceasar because he was smart and cute.

The ending was too cool! "Ceasar is home."

If you like Sci-Fi movies this is the movie for you. If you like a movie that makes you think about how not only you treat others, but also animals, this movie is for you. If you like a good story. This movie is for you. Hell this is an AWESOME movie...it's a MUST SEE movie. And if you don't see this movie you are so missing out!!! I give this movie a 10 out of 5 stars!!!