As a huge fan of the original Planet of the Apes franchise, I have been both eager and wary of this film. When I first saw the trailers, the wariness subsided; the effects looked outstanding and it appeared to be a fantastic treatment. I'm glad that they didn't lie. The effects for this film were outstanding, and never distracting, even though the CG apes were such a huge part of the entire film. It makes me wish they had waited to make I Am Legend until they could figure out how to do it right; that film would have been great without all of the cartoon vampire/zombies. While this isn't a remake of the original Planet of the Apes, but a retelling of the incidents that led to said Planet ruled by Apes, it is closer to the story of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. I am glad to say that Rise is not a remake of either film, but an alternate story that does not retread the events of either; it provides an alternate, and more plausible story for how apes could one day overthrow us all.

A well-developed story coupled with awesome special effects.

I saw the midnight showing of this movie, and I am very surprised that it was so good and that I liked it. I need to go back and see the first one, when I was a kid I saw the first one and hated it now I want to go back and see it I might like it now. Also, Tom Felton who played Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies is in it, he is a bad guy again, but he is a good actor.

GOOD MOVIE! ACTION PACKED! GOOD STORY LINE!

I went to see planet of the apes looking for another terrible performance from Franco like 127 hours but this movie turned out to be amazing what a great actor NYU represent he is amazing and the graphics were ridiculous. SF great city for the movie to take place poor Cesar had to loose his love for Franco there!