Rise of the Planet of the Apes
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Synopsis:
During experiments to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease, a genetically-enhanced chimpanzee uses its greater intelligence to lead other apes to freedom.
I watched this movie when I was in an emotional place. I was all alone in the world and my only friend was an old malteaser that I found rolling towards a drain during heavy rain. I was in a dark time in my life and I was not expecting too much from this movie (even though the trailer looked awesome).
I was not just surprised at how good this film was but will go as far as to say that it was one of the best films, if not the best film, I have seen this year.
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| Franco - Genius or Arm sawing Nutbag? |
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| Andy Serkis pictured outside his local Gala Bingo |
The girl from Slumdog is also in this but my favourite appearance was by the evil Wizard Malfoy who is also an animal hating hillbilly in this with and "great" USA accent.
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| Malfoy is back but this time he wants to use his wand in the monkeys |
The story goes like this: James Franco is a science geek, doing tests on Monkeys to help cure human diseases, his dad is the alien from 3rd rock from the sun and has a mental illness so James wants to cure him. One of the medicines he makes turns the monkey clever etc... you get the drift if you have seen the older movies but it is an awesome prequel.
I liked it so much that I got a tattoo of James franco on my elbow so whenever I go bowling, I can see him smile at me when I hit a strike.
If I could change one thing about this movie, it would be to replace the Apes with sausages and swap James Franco with a cat. This I think would throw the audience right of the scent and add a deeper twist to the movies outcome. As it is though, you already know whats gonna happen as it's a prequel, so maybe I may right to the studio and see if we can edit this before the DVD is released.
I highly recommend this movie.
5 Murphs out of 5
