Well now, here's a pleasant surprise. The first trailer I saw made Rise of the Planet of the Apes look like an empty, noisy film and on the basis of the trailer, I vowed to avoid it. Then I saw the second trailer which made it look a little more interesting and persuaded me that perhaps it was worthy of my money after all. Having now seen the whole film, all I can say is that whilst first impressions might count, they can also be very, very wrong. Yes, Rise of the Planet of the Apes is very effects heavy, but they are an integral part of the film, not its sole selling point. For once, provide a means of telling the story effectively, rather than being the ...  Read the complete review

About the film Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a 2011 science fiction drama film. Rated 12A due to scenes of action and violence, the film has a run time of 105 minutes. It was released at the cinema on 11th August and the DVD was released on 12th December. It is not a remake of any of the original films although there are similarities in storyline. Plot Will Rodman is a scientist who works for a company that specialises in gene therapy and the research behind it. His own father has Alzheimer's disease and Will is desperate to find a cure. With each day that passes and his father's condition gets worse, Will is more obsessed with finding his cure. ...  Read the complete review

*Film Only* Now that the summer is coming to an end it's time for me to start visiting the cinema again. Well, I've already started - I went last night to see Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I hadn't seen any trailers only posters around the city centre advertising this new movie directed by Rupert Wyatt of The Escapist fame. Now, I remember sitting in the cinema watching Planet of the Apes many years ago - you know that science fiction classic directed by Franklin J Schaffner in 1968, and being scared. How silly is that? Two attempts have been made at revisiting it. The first was a remake by Tim Burton in 2001. The cast he chose were ...  Read the complete review

Intro It's quite a long time since I ventured into the world of Planet of the Apes, but I'd heard some good things about the recent offering Rise of the Planet of the Apes so I decided to give it a viewing. I do like a bit of Sci-Fi but it is usual the space kind that I'm into, not so much the interference of genetics type. Rise of the Planet of the apes This is basically a prequel to those well scary versions we saw years ago and some not so long ago. My only instant criticism is that the CGI was so blatantly obvious which kind of spoiled it a bit for me. I did of course realise that there was no way real apes were going to be ...  Read the complete review

*Introduction* Me and my boyfriend watched this film a couple of days ago, and I thought i'd share my views on it. I was pressured into watching this by Marc (my boyfriend), who kept insisting it would be a brilliant film and worth watching. I did enjoy it much more than I imagined, although I think Marc was a bit dissapointed as he was expecting a much more action filled, gory film. What we got instead was a bit more like a chimp version of Marley and Me with a bit of tension and fighting thrown in at around an hour into the film. There were brief scenes of action upto this point but not many, to be frank. These small glimpses of action did build up the tension ...  Read the complete review